Recruitment Coordinator And General Staff

Description of school: Arthur Morgan School is a small, alternative boarding and day school for 27 students in grades 7-9. Our 100 acre campus, located in the Black Mountains of North Carolina, consists mainly of woods and meadows, with creeks and a pond; it is surrounded by National Forest. The school fosters a loving, energetic living/learning community dedicated to supporting individuality while teaching group cooperation. A balance is sought between academics, outdoor activities, and meaningful work. Experiential learning and responsible participation in community are emphasized throughout. Boarding students live in homes with two or three staffmembers, and the entire community actively shares work, study, play, and decision-making.

General Responsibilities: It takes a lot of time to work here. We have intense work schedules--usually 60 plus hours per week. Our work calendar generally follows a conventional school year calendar, with some additional work required during students' breaks. AMS is staff-run by consensus; we have no director or headmaster. All staff are expected to attend our two weekly staff meetings, two of our four Board Meetings, and to participate in running the school cooperatively. Everyone is also expected to attend our weekly student-run All School Meeting and to participate in work projects with the kids. Most of the staff is also involved in planning and leading backpacking/outdoor trips, our 18 day field trips, and any other special field trips or projects/activities we might plan to do.

Purpose of the Recruitment Coordinator: to continuously attract and retain full desired enrollment and to regularly have a waiting list.

Responsibilities:

1. Outreach: to build connections to establish feeder organizations with a goal of achieving full enrollment of a student body that can succeed in academics and in community.

• Support the Staff and Board in understanding and communicating a simple, effective Elevator speech
• Maintain and develop display materials, give-away materials and distribute these materials effectively.
• Keep detailed records of visits, events, inquiring families and students to track follow up actions and inform future recruitment activity
• Build and maintain connections with Quaker, Montessori, and alternative education schools; wilderness programs; summer camps; alumni and parents.

1. Advertising & Marketing: (in coordination with the development coordinator) to identify and engage alternative, progressive, Montessori, informed parents, as well as parents and students not comfortable with their current educational situation/prospects.

• Develop and grow a social media campaign utilizing Google ads, Facebook ads, Facebook content, Instagram content, YouTube Channel and content. Establish links to the website. Track analytics.
• Promote AMS calendar events
• Create and consolidate files of pictures, testimonials, presentations, etc.
• Produce, or enable others to produce, targeted articles/stories and photos for specific periodicals, magazines and newspapers.

1. Student retention: to encourage full three year participation at AMS or through 9th grade year.

• Conduct exit surveys/conversations to ascertain why students withdraw after being accepted and how to adapt to retain students.
• Communicate skillfully and informatively with parents

1. Staff work

• Create a recruitment calendar of events.
• Attend quarterly Board meetings (August, November, January, & March): Present recruitment updates/progress
• Manage recruitment budget

Other Responsibilities: Recruitment Coordinating would be part of your workload, and the rest of a full plate would be filled out with other responsibilities depending on your skill sets and interest. Other duties can include: teaching core academic classes (Math, Science, English, Art or Social Studies) or electives (performing or visual arts, outdoor skills, woodworking, sports and games, etc.); participating in ongoing maintenance of the school grounds and buildings; leading sports and games; finances and administration; participation in staff committees; fundraising and grant-writing; cooking and chore supervision. All AMS staff are people with a variety of skills, talents, and interests, and our jobs cover a wide array of responsibilities at the school.

Requirements:

One must be committed to alternative education; be interested in learning: be able to work cooperatively with other adults; and enjoya simple lifestyle that includes physical work and outdoor activities. Experience with recruitment and marketing is an asset. Computer and social media skills and abilities sufficient to develop and maintain materials for recruitment and to execute tasks associated with social media. Willingness to learn about and work within the consensus process is essential. Flexibility and a sense of humor are also very important. We ask for at least a two year commitment from new staff members, as it takes a year for new staff and students to become acclimated to our program. Travel is an integral part of this position, as one will attend conferences, workshops and visit other schools to educate others about AMS.

Benefits:

The compensation package for this position could look different depending on the candidate and fit. General staff (teachers and house parents working at the school) receive room and board, and a salary of about $17,990. Most staff members have been able to find affordable health care through the ACA. Other benefits of the job include access to our studio spaces (woodshop, ceramics studio, forge and metals studio), fresh produce from our garden, a monthly food stipend, and some access to school vehicles. This role could also look like a part-time, hourly position, depending on the candidate and fit.

To Apply: Please send a resume with a cover letter stating why you want to work at AMS, how AMS fits into your on-going interests, and describing any relevant past experience. Call for specific job descriptions, information about openings or with questions. We typically review resumes and letters of interest every few weeks and phone interview several persons chosen from the pool of applicants. After a positive phone interview, we invite applicants to interview in person on our campus for two days and two nights. This visit includes time for both formal and informal interviews with applicants and includes the opportunity for applicants to work with students and staff as we progress through our daily schedule. During this process we are interested in staff and student interactions with and observations of the applicant, and we are interested in the applicant's questions and observations of our program.

The Arthur Morgan School, Inc. is committed to equality of educational

opportunity and does not discriminate against applicants, students or

employees based on race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion or

sexual orientation or preference, gender identity or expression, or economic status.