Volunteer or Intern for The Miami Sudbury School

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​Do you believe you have valuable gifts to share with the Miami Sudbury School Community?
​We are a unique school model in which students have democratic say in all school decisions and also have full responsibility for their own learning. The Sudbury model believes that by treating students with the respect and responsibilities of adults, students grow in ability and responsibility. To this effect, students are free to pursue their own educational interests and are invited to personally coordinate resources to further the exploration of their interests. As a school, we want to provide our students with as many opportunities and resources to pursue those interests - that’s where YOU come in.

Some of our wonderful volunteers and "Subject Area Consultants" lending their time and talents to our school community.

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Volunteer Positions

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Full or Part-time Volunteer(s)
Starting Date: Ongoing

Position Details
The Miami Sudbury School is currently looking for full or part-time volunteers that meet the following specifications:

• Capable of working a regular full or part-time schedule (School hours are 8:30 am - 3:00 pm, M-F. Part-time schedule is flexible.)
• Volunteers will be democratically voted on becoming "Voting Members" by both Staff and Students at weekly School Meeting

Duties & Responsibilites
Volunteers at a Sudbury School are significantly different from traditional "teachers." 

• Volunteers foremost enjoy being around young people. 
• Volunteers model being a balanced, responsible, and effective adult. 
• Volunteers do not prepare lessons, give homework, or test students. 
• Volunteers do not plan or direct the daily activities of students. 
• Volunteers support the democratic and judicial systems of the school.
• Volunteers must be patient, working closely with children ages 5-18, respecting their ideas and promoting their growth through empowerment. 
• While Volunteers are available for questions, they do not push or prompt but rather allow students to develop their own ideas, solve their own problems, and learn through meaningful experiences. ​

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​If you're interested in joining our dynamic Voting Member community, please apply below.

Subject Area Consultant (SAC) Volunteer
Starting Date: Open All Year

Position Summary
If you are willing and available for consultation in one or multiple subject areas, we would like to include you as a resource for our students: A Subject Area Consultant. A Subject Area Consultant acts as an external educational resource for our students to reach out to for information, or a supervised school visit regarding a certain area(s) of expertise they wish to share with our students.*
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Position Details

• All seminars, workshops, etc. are completely voluntary for students to coordinate and attend.
• All visitors will be directly supervised by a staff member, but visits will be coordinated by the student who will host the SAC.
• All visits are proposed and voted on democratically at School Meeting.

Duties & Responsibilities
Students can:

• Call/email you with a question
• Call/email you with a request for you to come as a guest speaker or consultant
• Call/email you to see about your availability to come in (or video call in) to give a workshop or seminar (one time or several sessions depending on student interest and your availability)

*Please note: An “area of expertise" can be a variety of skills and interests - please don’t limit yourself - you may know something one of our students may be interested in learning! (i.e. computer coding, math tricks, sewing, musical instrument, shoe polishing, psychology, a language, dancing, flag football, knock knock jokes, cooking a particular dish, a particular animal, history of a comic book character, graphic design, photography tips, how to use watercolors, fishing... anything you enjoy and would enjoy sharing!)
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​If you are interested in offering your skills or areas of interest/expertise and are willing to coordinate a phone call with a student or a visit to The Miami Sudbury School with one or more of our students, please fill out the contact form below.

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Internships

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Entry Level Full or Part-time Intern
Starting Date: Ongoing
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Position Details
The Miami Sudbury School is currently looking for full or part-time intern that meets the following specifications:

• Capable of setting a regular schedule (School hours are 8:30 am - 3:00 pm, M-F. Part-time intern and volunteer schedule is flexible.)
• Bachelor’s degree - Completed or in progress is preferred, but negotiable ​
• Applicants/Candidates will be interviewed by both Staff and Students
• If accepted, approximately first 4-6 weeks will be considered a provisional period, after which students and other staff will vote on status as full Intern or Voting Volunteer
• Mandatory background/fingerprint check required (Our school will cover the cost and provide submission details when needed).

Duties & Responsibilities
Staff, Interns, and Volunteers at a Sudbury School are significantly different from traditional "teachers." 

• foremost enjoy being around young people. 
• have read Free to Learn​ and other information on self-directed learning.
• model being a balanced, responsible, and effective adult. 
• do not prepare lessons, give homework, or test students. 
• do not plan or direct the daily activities of students. 
• support the democratic and judicial systems of the school.
• must be patient, working closely with children ages 5-18, respecting their ideas and promoting their growth through empowerment. 
• While adults are available for questions, they do not push or prompt but rather allow students to develop their own ideas, solve their own problems, and learn through meaningful experiences. 

Sudbury Schools have helped thousands of students worldwide over the past 50 years to become highly effective adults who, rather than becoming "burnt out" from school, become life-long learners who successfully pursue higher education and enterprise. While there are two other Sudbury Schools in Florida, we are the first and only in Miami. Explore our website and social media for more information on the model and a window into what a typical day looks like. Our students expect and deserve the best - so that's who we are looking for. Being part of this community is an incredibly rewarding and unique experience.

​If you're interested in joining our dynamic Voting Member community, please apply below.

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Unique Benefits:
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- An absolutely one-of-a-kind educational experience. Besides the Sudbury school in Ft. Lauderdale, there are no other models exactly like ours available in our area. All of our past staff, interns, and volunteers have shared how life-changing it has been for them to be part of this kind of paradigm and community.

- Being part of a unique oasis and a place of growth for young people, from the highly-academic student sick of "performing" to the struggling student who wants to be appreciated for who they are, not what their grades are. It is in many ways a counter-cultural and revolutionary stance that values children as persons deserving of respect.

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