Education Lead Global Opportunities

Are you passionate about building capacity for innovation in teachers? Do you have experience designing exceptional project-based learning experiences for students? Would you like to work with a team of world class educators, entrepreneurs, engineers and designers to build the future of education?

Future Design School is looking for a dynamic, confident, and innovative educator to join our team full-time.

This Role Is Important Because:

• You will be the face of the Future Design School brand on the front lines working with educators in schools across North America
• There is a growing need to support school transformation as we prepare students for a radically different future

When You Join Our Team You Will:

• Facilitate professional development programs for teachers and deliver student programming as needed
• Iterate on current Future Design School programs and design new programs based on the needs of our community of educators
• Write new content and help to coordinate curriculum development for the Future Design School App
• Work with our communications team to promote events and conduct outreach to our community of educators
• Jump in and lend a hand wherever needed as required

We Are Looking For Someone Who:

• Is an educator with the heart of an entrepreneur: open minded, optimistic, observant, driven and confident
• Sees challenges as opportunities - and knows how to develop creative solutions and bring them into action
• Has at least 5 years of full-time classroom teaching experience, and other interesting life experiences to draw from
• Communicates clearly and confidently in front of diverse audiences - from a classroom of students to an auditorium of education thought leaders
• Can speak authentically and earnestly about your successes and failures in designing learning experiences for students that incorporate Future Design School’s core competencies (creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration) and big ideas (entrepreneurship, innovation, global mindfulness, design thinking)
• Embraces ambiguity and thrives in an ever-changing environment
• Can see the big picture, but also pay attention to the little details
• Has a sense of humour and team spirit
• Is willing to travel

This Experience Will Give You:

• The opportunity to work with, and learn from, a sought after team of successful entrepreneurs, designers, engineers and educators have worked alongside innovation leaders inside some of the world's best known brands, and renowned educational institutions.
• A first hand experience in building innovative programs and products that are being implemented in schools around the world
• The ability to develop your skills in public speaking and design-based approaches to learning
• An understanding of the broader educational landscape as you work with schools and educators across North America
• A collegial, spirited work environment with flexible hours and an exceptional team of colleagues (if we don’t say so ourselves)

We Offer You

A path towards your most rewarding career. Future Design School is a rapidly expanding organization with multiple opportunities for growth. Succeeding in this market-based role in a complex environment will open many doors for your long-term career, in other areas inside Future Design School or otherwise

Why should you join Future Design School?

Working at Future Design School is more than a job. It’s a calling to create a better society through meaningful work, focused on improving millions of lives a year by delivering innovative solutions across the education continuum . Our people are passionate about empowering educators to transform instruction and design exceptional learning experiences that drive future ready skill development. Future Design School enables schools and school districts across the US and Canada through ongoing professional development, comprehensive curriculum and strategic support.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a values-driven company that is developing innovative solutions to school transformation.

Please apply by sending your resume and expression of interest to Wendy Jones at [email protected]