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NOW HIRING Marketing Coordinator - Full Time
Carnegie Hall
seeks a dynamic, energetic, and highly motivated person to fill the
position of Marketing Coordinator. This position will promote and
enhance public interest and participation in all arts and education
programs. Bachelors' degree or equivalent work experience required. 1- 2
years experience in marketing, fundraising or public relations
preferred. Position requires excellent communications skills, ability to
write effective and persuasive copy for media promotions,
correspondence and other materials. Proficient computer skills
required.
Closing date is June 1, 2012.
Mail cover
letter, resume, references and salary requirements to: Cindy
Lavender-Bowe, Development Director, Carnegie Hall, 105 Church Street,
Lewisburg, WV 24901. Materials also accepted electronically at
bowe@carnegiehallwv.org
Exploring Citizenship Educator Job Description
The Field Academy is an innovative high school academic program that travels throughout the country and uses the nation as our classroom. By traveling with a group of diverse students from around the United States and learning about the places through which we travel - both from and with the people we meet - the Field Academy seeks to change the way that people think about what education is and what education can be. Last summer, we ran a pilot trip to New England; this summer, we’re leading one to Appalachia.
The expedition is a 7-week program for twelve high school students from around the country. It will travel through North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, and D.C. As a whole, the program asks students to consider what it means to be a citizen, what communities are, and how one begins to learn about and understand a place. On this expedition, we will be focusing particularly on mountains, mining, and music in Appalachia. We will end in Washington, D.C. thinking specifically about how representation – political representation, artistic representation, historical representation, cultural representation – occurs in the nation’s capital. For more information on this program and our vision,
The Dates
• June 20th-24th: Pre-Trip Orientation
• June 25th-August 7th: Field Expedition
• August 8th-August 10th: Trip Wrap-Up & Debrief
The Job
What will you do as an educator for Exploring Citizenship? Some days, you’ll backpack with students through the Smoky Mountains. Some days, you’ll facilitate discussions on citizenship, culture, and
leadership. Some days, you’ll arrange for students to do laundry at a local laundromat. (Some days, you’ll do all three.)
You will be leading and supporting a group of 10-15 teenagers (ages 15-18) from across the United States as they travel, live, and learn together. You will be working with three other leaders to create for
students a learning space that is engaging, emotionally safe, and challenging. And as you do, you will be building relationships rooted in respect and honest dialogue with the people that we meet and work with along the way.
You will be helping to teach courses in history, natural science, and arts and culture – and depending on your level of teaching experience, you may also be teaching your own subject area. Our weeks will be structured around class time in each of these subjects and interdisciplinary experiences that help us to learn within the places we visit.
You will also share responsibility for the everyday logistics of this expedition: everything from driving the van to trouble-shooting student concerns and shopping for food for the upcoming week.
Requirements & Desired Skill Set
Because we believe in making life and learning indistinguishable, we look for people who are passionate about the world, who want to know more about it and share their knowledge with others. Because we are a high school program, we look for people who love working with teenagers and who believe wholly in teenagers’ potential and capabilities. Because a major component of our school is travel, we look for people who respect difference, who are comfortable entering new places, who are able to learn from and with the people around them, and who are able to facilitate that experience for others. Because each of us plays many different roles in this organization, we look for people who are comfortable with flexibility, responsibility, leadership, and collaboration; we look for people who step up.
Candidates should have:
A current Wilderness First Responder certification (if you don’t currently possess this, but are willing to go through the certification between now and the trip’s start, that is fine); Experience with and excitement about working with high-school students A fondness for (or at least, a genial tolerance of) terrible pop music and long van rides; Experience traveling and facilitating intercultural experiences for others; Wilderness experience (backpacking, camping, etc.); Demonstrated skill at and commitment to the development of strong learning communities; An approach to leadership that inspires others; The ability to be described consistently with the following adjectives: organized, flexible, creative, attentive to detail, responsible, and competent; A demonstrated ability to manage stressful situations; An excitement about taking pictures, making videos, and documenting experiences; A good sense of humor, an adventurous spirit, and a boundless curiosity about the world.
How to Apply
• A resume;
• A list of three references;
• Answers (at least half a page each) to the following questions:
$300/week for seven and a half weeks ($2,250 total).
General housing and food costs will be provided during the expedition and in the preparation and debrief times.
1. Why do you want to work at the Field Academy?
2. Tell us about something you are currently in the process of learning (or that you have recently learned).
3. What goals do you have for yourself over the next five years?
4. (Optional) Is there anything else we should know about you?
Questions?
If you have any questions or clarifications, or if you just want to talk to us to get a better sense of who we are and what we do, please call Claire: (203) 228-4801 or send us an email: info@fieldacademy.org
