Residential Faculty - 

• Live on campus and be an integral member of a residential house/dorm and carry out all the duties and responsibilities of house/dorm advisers
• Organize, supervise and lead daily activities after school.
• Opportunity to be involved with two classes each semester if desired or provide tutoring for individuals and small groups.
• Participate in community life through service in our residential, advising and co-curricular programs.
• Assigned 40 hours week residential duty (3-4 Days a week 4:00 PM - 12:00 AM))
• One weekend day a week (12pm -12am)
• Provide supervision and activities for boarding students daily
• Provide tutoring for students
• Teaching Fellowships if desired (2 classes) 
• Provide supervision, hold students accountable and keep accurate electronic updates daily 
• Coach or contributes to an extracurricular program in the fall, winter and spring
• Provide and oversee student activities

• A background in residential life, a Bachelor’s degree, and/or experience in the field.
• Must know about growth and development of children and young people of the age level being taught; must have the ability to relate to children and their parents; must be able to design activities and teach them effectively and efficiently, organize and implement activities, maintain order and discipline and perform other duties necessary to the education, safety, health and well being of children and young people. Must be able to discriminate what is private from what is general information and keep private information confidential.
• 2+ years of experience in the boarding school setting is preferable. 
• References certifying reliability and satisfactory performance, especially in working with children and young people.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with all the school’s constituents while maintaining strict confidentiality
• Excellent organizational, verbal and written communication skills; keen eye for detail; ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Hard worker  with a “can-do” style
• Passionate about working with a wide range of individuals and parents from diverse backgrounds
• Ability to learn database management software
• Experience working with and being a team player with students, parents and staff members
• Willingness to regularly communicate with the local, domestic and international families  
• Capacity to manage details while working with multiple students/assignments with grace, speed and flexibility
• Secures student information and maintains student confidentiality 
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures
• Take telephone messages and provide feedback and answers to parent calls 
• Do room checks

About The Vanguard School

The Vanguard School is a private, non-profit, co-educational, boarding and day school for students in grades 6-12 who experience learning disabilities. These disabilities include dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, ADD, ADHD, and high-functioning autism. For over 50 years Vanguard has provided an individualized education to these students in small classroom settings that average 6-10 students per class. Vanguard also provides a full range of activities and sports and aspires that all students will go on to higher education and independent education. Vanguard School is located on a beautiful 77 acre campus in sunny Central Florida between vibrant cities Orlando and Tampa.

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