Community and Experiential Advisors (CEAs) will be primarily responsible for supervising students within Alzar School’s residential life program.  This includes leadership during student meals, afternoon and weekend activities, evening study halls, and residential life curriculum.  Moreover, this staff member will play a critical role upholding community norms and standards, as well as maintaining a safe learning and living environment at the school.  CEAs will work within the school’s medical program, administering medications to students and facilitating student visits to clinics and hospitals, when necessary.  

CEAs (along with teachers) lead outdoor expeditions in either backpacking or whitewater rafting and kayaking contexts.  The school has four major (7-day) expeditions per semester.  The Community Life and Experiential Advisor can expect to lead between 3-4 of these expeditions per semester (approximately 6-8 weeks during the year on expeditions).  

Additionally, CEA’s will each have a designated auxiliary role, which will allow them to collaborate with specific programs within the school.  The CEA can expect to spend approximately 4 hours per week working within their auxiliary roles.  Auxiliary roles that CEAs may participate in include: the medical program, media, the outdoor program, food, or others. 

CEAs often teach PE, English Reinforcement (for supporting Chilean students), and many experiential and place-based lessons.

Qualifications:

• demonstrated passion for working with high school students
• adaptable, able to take challenges in stride
• strong communication and interpersonal skills
• robust experience either 1) backpacking or 2) whitewater rafting and/or kayaking or 3) transferable skills from another outdoor sport

We invite applicants from a variety of backgrounds to apply, and firmly believe that a diverse faculty enriches our staff community and connections with students.  Some applicants may possess skills in certain areas and less experience in others, for example: academic, outdoor, residential, leadership, or cultural, amongst others.  We look forward to the opportunity to review your application!

Candidates should possess or be willing to acquire, the following additional skills and knowledge:

• Experience working with teenagers
• Wilderness First Responder or higher level of training
• Knowledge and experience with professional outdoor programming methods and practices.
• The physical ability to perform strenuous outdoor recreational activities in remote and rugged mountains or water based environments.
• Proficiency with a variety of computer software and applications, to include some of the following (but not limited to): all Google apps (ie Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, etc.)
• Proficiency driving manual transmission vehicles

About Alzar School

Alzar School is a semester school for students in 10th and 11th grades. Students are highly motivated teenagers who want to make a difference in the world. Alzar School’s campus is in Cascade, Idaho, and Patagonia, Chile and each semester includes extended cultural immersion in Chile. Faculty travel with the students to Chile, living and working there for six weeks each semester. The school uses honors and AP-level coursework, outdoor adventure, and international travel to challenge students. Our mission at Alzar School is “We build leaders who positively impact the world.”

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