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support academic day coverage. Opportunities to serve in a larger capacity and cover the full range
of duties of a faculty member exist, particularly for long-term subbing arrangements. [Our PT Subs
are also welcome to express interest in serving in our Field Study driver’s pool. See below for the
description of our Field Study Vehicle Driver position.]
EF Academy is an international day and boarding high school serving international students from
over 50 countries. EF Academy Pasadena opened in September of 2022, joining sister schools in
New York and Oxford. EF Academy Pasadena currently enrolls 196 students, but is on a growth
pathway towards 1000 students (700 boarders and 300 local day students) over the next many
years. EF Academy Pasadena faculty members are exceptional educators who are fully committed
to a competency-based learning (CBL) approach to education. Our faculty constantly pursue
learning to refresh their understanding of pedagogical best practices for student engagement and
agency (with an emphasis on Project-Based Learning – PBL), and they work collaboratively on
implementing CBL with fidelity to the guiding values for equity and personalization. Our signature
Innovation & Impact (I2) program provides a “pedagogy playground” for faculty, as every faculty
member team teaches one section on a transdisciplinary team using a fully project-based learning
model. I2 offers students the opportunity to use the design thinking process to propose, prototype,
and implement an actionable solution in alignment to one of the seventeen UN Sustainable
Development goals.
As both a start-up and a boarding school, at EF Academy Pasadena our faculty are guided in their
practice by an educator competency architecture with four domains that define how to be and
become inspiring educators, committed caretakers, courageous innovators, and relationship
builders. Working on this team of faculty requires a commitment to best practices, a comfort with
iteration, and a fervor for collaboration!
EF Academy Ethos:
We teach students not classes. We customize every student’s learning journey to maximize their full
potential. They gain critical knowledge and skills and put theory into practice through hands-on
experience.
Professional Qualifications and Qualities:
- Bachelor’s degree in teaching or relevant field
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience working with students as a teacher, instructor, or tutor
- Familiarity with student-centered teaching methods
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Well-organized
- Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills
- Growth mindset
Key Responsibilities in each domain:
Inspiring Educators
- Implement student-centered pedagogies as outlined in substitute lesson plans, inclusive of project-, problem-, inquiry-, place-, and/or research-based approaches.
- Uphold inclusive classrooms for students with learning differences or with lower English proficiencies.
- Be familiar with EF Academy Pasadena’s processes for supporting student well-being.
- Embrace responsibilities to support student well-being.
- Embrace opportunities to implement innovative lesson plans.
- Communicate and work cooperatively with colleagues as appropriate.
- Help students feel known, seen, and valued.
Job Status:
The substitute faculty position is a part-time, non-exempt position with hours dependent upon
availability. Pay rate is dependent upon years of relevant experience and highest degree earned and
varies from $18-$25/hour. Should the candidate also elect to support Field Study as a PT driver,
service in the driving pool is paid at $18/hour.
About EF Education First:
At EF we believe that the world is better when people try to understand one another. Since 1965, we have helped millions of people see new places, experience new cultures, and learn new things about the world and about themselves. Our culturally immersive education programs—focused on language, travel, cultural exchange, and academics—turn dreams into international opportunities.
When you join EF, you join a multicultural and diverse community working across more than 600 schools and offices in 50 countries, all with one shared mission of opening the world through education. Whoever you are, whatever you are passionate about—we welcome you and want you to bring that to work every day. EF is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to inclusion and belonging across race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, identity, parental status, experience and everything else that makes you unique.
Founded in Sweden in 1965, EF has schools and offices around the world, including hubs in Boston, London, Mexico City, São Paulo, Shanghai, Stockholm, Zürich, and more. Learn more at https://ef.com.