Overview
A high net worth family is seeking a full-time, multi-lingual, travel nanny/educator to provide care and develop and implement an academic curriculum for their bubbly, nearly 4-year-old girl, and possibly a small pod of no more than four similar aged children. The schedule will be 45-50 hours per week, which will remain the same when the candidate travels, though the schedule my differ. Candidates may live-in or the family will also consider live-out (there are various options for both that can be discussed upon application).
Responsibilities
Educator responsibilities:
● Curriculum Planning: Designing and organizing educational materials and activities for 4-5-year-olds, aligned with the students' learning objectives and interests, using Montessori, STEAM/STEM, and RIE approaches and/or other pedagogical philosophies as approved by parents.
● Classroom design and set up: Design and implement the classroom layout, including selecting materials and supplies for approval and submitting orders, tracking supplies, and inventory.
● Instruction: Delivering lessons in various subjects, providing explanations, demonstrations, and facilitating discussions.
● Assessment and Progress Monitoring: Evaluating students' understanding through tests, quizzes, projects, or informal assessments to track progress.
● Individualized Instruction: Tailoring teaching methods and materials to meet the diverse needs and learning styles of each student in the pod.
● Classroom Management: Establishing routines, behavioral management and redirection, and fostering a positive learning environment.
● Communication with Parents: Keeping parents informed about students' progress, challenges, and achievements through regular updates and meetings.
● Support for Special Needs: Identifying and addressing any specific learning challenges or accommodations needed by individual students within the pod.
● Extra-Curricular Activities: Organizing and supervising field trips, guest speakers, or extracurricular activities to enrich the educational experience.
● Socialization and Peer Interaction: Facilitating opportunities for students to interact socially, collaborate on projects, and develop interpersonal skills.
● Health and Safety: Ensuring students' physical and emotional well-being, including implementing safety protocols and responding to emergencies.
● Documentation and Reporting: Maintaining records of attendance, assessments, and progress reports as required by homeschooling regulations or agreements with parents.
● Professional Development: Engaging in ongoing professional growth and development to enhance teaching skills and stay current with educational trends and practices.
Nanny Duties:
● Care-giving: Performing typical nanny responsibilities such as meal preparation, feeding, bathing, bedtime routines, and ensuring the safety and well-being of the child.
● Household Management: Assisting with light household duties related to the children, such as tidying up play areas, child's laundry, and organizing educational materials.
● Transportation: Providing transportation to and from school, extracurricular
● activities, and educational outings, ensuring the children's safety during travel.
● Behavioral Support: Encouraging positive behavior and implementing discipline
● strategies as agreed upon with the parents.
● Enrichment Activities: Organizing and participating in educational outings, visits to museums, libraries, and other cultural or educational venues, especially during periods of travel.
● Organizing for Travel: Create packing lists, assist with packing, unpacking, and in-transit activities, track packed items, think ahead, and ensure that any food items or medications not readily available internationally are well-stocked for the time abroad.
Qualifications
- The ideal candidate is college-educated and experienced as an Educator-Nanny with a background in Early Childhood/Elementary Education (or equivalent), and/or is Montessori and STEAM/STEM prepared.
- You possess a life-long learner mentality.
- You are energetic, enthusiastic, in good health, active, kind and warm.
- You are an adventurous and inquisitive person, willing to try new things, and naturally wanting to engage young minds and energies by developing and/or organizing activities that nurture creative spirits and stimulate a love for learning.
- The ideal candidate is a well-rounded, discreet, emotionally mature and balanced individual, does not smoke, drinks little, and has interests and hobbies they enjoy whilst not at work.
- Candidates should be self-aware and invest in their personal and professional development.
- Must be okay with all kinds of weather due to the various locations the family travel, and are comfortable being in and on the water.
Requirements
- US passport, Green Card or EAC
- Clean and current driving record (and be willing to drive)
- English-Spanish, English-French bilingual an asset
- Be willing to travel extensively - upcoming travel to the family's home in Dominican Republic, and trips to US Mainland (Texas, Utah, California), Bangkok, and Buenos Aires
- Be willing to undergo a background check
- Be willing to sign an NDA/Confidentiality Agreement
- Must be available to start ASAP
Salary and Benefits
- Annual base salary range: $160K-$175K
- Relocation stipend
- Monthly health insurance stipend ($250/month)
- Annual personal travel stipend ($2000)
- Continuing education stipend ($3000)
- Vehicle for personal and work-related use
- Paid time off and sick time
- Annual discretionary, performance-based bonuses (no less than 5% of basesalary)
- Eligibility for a retention bonus ($25K) if the employee remains continuously employed with the Family for a period of two years from the date of hire
- Observance of US-based holidays.
