Who are we
Seeds of Light, empowered by Learnlife. This is how we learn here
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Our Mission
We want to positively change education together.
Our purpose is for all kids to love learning and find their calling in life.
Future Focused Education is coming to Mexico.
Seeds of Light has been created to act as a platform to deliver a radically and consciously relevant educational pathway, fitting of the progressive and unique nature of the Mexican community. Additionally, Seeds of Light presents an alternative education method based on spiritual knowledge, patterns, and beliefs through mindfulness techniques that seeks to build a conscious community of kids, parents, and young adults.
An agile, holistic, innovative learning environment, authentically learner-centric that is unhindered by the constraints of outdated philosophies. Seeds of Light is based on two main principles which are emotional education and self knowledge. Its aim is to empower and encourage students to deepen their emotions and exploit their unique abilities through inner knowledge, leading to the understanding of how their uniqueness can positively impact a rapidly changing global landscape, as well as to positively affect others with their elevated consciousness.
Let us empower our youth to thrive with purpose in an unknown, yet thrilling adventure called their future.
The role: Founding School Leader
We’re looking for an amazing pioneer!
Seeds of Light is seeking a multi-talented, pioneering Co-Creator of the Primary and Kindergarten to take ownership of creating the initial years of operation - early years and primary (3-7 year olds). In time, the college will expand to ages / stages of schooling.
This project will start in January 2024 and the start date of the ideal candidate is ideally after summer, September 2023.
Key Attributes
Do these words resonate with you?
Resilient, open minded, agile, adaptable, empathetic, compassionate, creative, caring, problem solver, communicator, collaborative, critical thinker, positive, growth mindset, optimistic, visionary, team player
We need someone who embodies these and can bring these to life in a new learning community. We need someone who is the gardener who not only prepares the soil, but can plant, tend and grow the garden into a magical place.
This is a start up role - and that will bring its challenges and joys. This is a position for someone who can thrive under conditions that are highly agile and often involving the unknown; someone who can build structure and delegate, a person who is able to build a team and is open for creative solutions for unexpected problems. A person who can deliver on timeframes and tasks, has an eye for detail and is able to work under pressure - but who still has time to smile and never lose sight of the bigger picture.
Key Understandings
This person will need to be 100% aware of the Learnlife paradigm and use this awareness to bring it to life in the Seeds of Light context. This will involve using the required Mexican curriculum base and merge this with the wider self-determined transdisciplinary ethos of Learnlife.
Who will you be working with?
- The Learnlife global team, specifically the Chief Learning Officer – on a regular basis – and who will be available to help steer the journey.
- The growing team of Learning Guides (teachers)
- The learners (we are all learners)
- Parents and the wider community
- Government bodies
Key Responsibilities
This role will be responsible for co-creating and establishing the Learning Hub.
The right applicant will:
- Have the capacity to lead collective envisioning processes and setting the foundation for a new learning environment.
- Be passionate about working with school aged children starting with a co-hort of thirty 3-11 year olds. Extending to secondary years later.
- Deeply understand that the traditional teacher-centric education model is redundant.
- Embrace uncertainty and failure as wonderful opportunities for learning.
- Understand ‘learner agency’ and be excited about embedding this into all parts of the community.
- Find the creative pathways through the Mexican Curriculum in order to focus more specifically on innovative transdisciplinary learning.
- Be fully aware of what it means to promote learning that is self-directed, self-regulated, self-determined, with high learner agency and a strong sense of responsibility us that learning to improve the world, especially in the area of sustainability.
- Have strong skills in relationship building with parents, authorities and other stakeholders.
In your role, you will:
- Act as a guide, coach, mentor, counsellor, passion pusher, facilitator, curator, and whatever else our learners need our guides to be for them in the daily operation.
- Work with Learnlife and the Mexican Founders of Seeds of Light during the initial setting up of the Learning spaces and ensure all learning spaces are kept at an optimal level for daily use.
- Be responsible for establishing and embedding the structures for the necessary daily routines.
- Be responsible to understand, initiate and follow up all requirements of relevant authorities for documentation.
- Take ownership of setting up our primary and later a middle years program and the progressive expansion, translating our philosophy into engaging, effective learning experiences with minimum guidance from the founders.
- Take ownership of communication and engagement with parents and prospective families.
- Develop lasting positive relationships with the local community to support the school’s expansion.
- Develop systems for progress monitoring, authentic assessment, and learning interventions.
- Stay current with innovations and research relevant for the role.
- Be coached and mentored by the Chief Learning Officer of Learnlife, or nominated colleagues as an indefinite process.
You bring:
- At least 7-10+ years of experience in being a principal and educator, ideally also having founded or initiated learning projects.
- Fluency in Spanish and English is a must.
- A proven track record in creating learning programmes and translating philosophy into learning experience, ideally in an innovative learning environment.
- Capacity to draw from a wide variety of learning methodologies and apply them appropriately based on the context and the learner.
- Deep trust in and respect for children as people who are capable of carving out their own path of learning. The ability to see the best in each student/team/community member and bring that forth in them.
- Proven ability to connect and build trust with children combined with skill to identify what role you need to play for each learner: pioneer, guide, facilitator, mentor, counsellor, tutor etc
- Ability to lead and inspire through your own example of being a life-long curious learner who is always open to new ideas and questions.
- The aptitude to embrace uncertainty and failure as learning opportunities and adapt and evolve.
- The highest degree of integrity and self-awareness and the humility to openly acknowledge your own mistakes.
- A spirit of adventure.
The anticipated time frame for this appointment is for the selected candidate to commence from the beginning of September. The plan is to doe the pre-work and appoint the next team for the new operation from January 2024.
What next?
If this sounds like the role for you please contact us with the following
- Your CV that evidences your suitability given the key responsibilities
- A 2 minute video introducing yourself, your interest in the position and your passion as an educator
- A brief letter (no more than one typed page) that outlines your vision of what a day of curiosity driven and student lead learning could look like for a child that joins the primary program in Mexico.
At Learnlife, our culture of creativity and innovation is predicated on a diverse mix of minds, backgrounds and experiences. We are committed to creating an inclusive community where difference is valued. Everyone is unique and celebrated at Learnlife. All members of our community-families, learners, core team, partners, investors-feel safe to be their authentic selves.
