Who we are

The Academy Group (AG) is a unique social enterprise that leverages earned revenue from financial investments to create world-class opportunities for young people from the nation’s most resilient communities. The Academy Group demonstrates the promise of a new model for identifying, developing, and sustaining a diverse national pipeline of future leaders, employers, and change agents. We were founded based on a unique model. One that creates pathways for young people from resilient communities, if they demonstrate relentless pertinacity, to build wealth and become socially just change agents, ideally through careers and leadership positions in our portfolio companies. No other organization in the world is built to do this.

The Role

The learning designer is responsible for teaching a packaged curriculum to high-achieving tenth-grade students. The co-taught curriculum engages students in the world of management consulting and behaviors required for success in the workforce. The selected candidate employs a range of effective and engaging pedagogical approaches, serving as a model practitioner. Additionally, the learning designer engages in collaborative discourse and planning with the senior director of programs and the lead learning designer.

Success will require deep expertise in teaching and learning, along with the ability to work collaboratively with business professionals. The learning designer’s approach to work should reflect the core values and habits of the Academy staff: tireless focus on excellence, determination despite obstacles, impeccable integrity, willingness to work hard, ability to learn from multiple sources, relentless focus on results, constant reflection and self-awareness, zest, social intelligence, and pertinacity.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Personal Characteristics

Primary Responsibilities

• Co-teach consulting pathway sessions twice monthly with industry professionals.
• Facilitate high-quality, engaging learning experiences aligned with AG’s consulting curriculum.
• Make real-time pedagogical decisions to support student understanding and engagement.
• Support student collaboration, critical thinking, and presentation skills.
• Collaborate with AG’s curriculum team and consulting professionals to understand lesson goals and core content.
• Offer feedback and recommendations to improve lesson plans, materials, and assessments.
• Adapt and adjust materials in response to student needs and session outcomes.
• Build strong relationships with students to foster a positive and inclusive learning environment.
• Model and uphold high expectations for student participation and professionalism.
• Support classroom management and foster a culture of curiosity, respect, and reflection.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience teaching or facilitating learning experiences for high school students.
• Deep understanding of instructional design, youth engagement, and culturally responsive pedagogy.
• Comfort co-teaching and collaborating with non-educator professionals.
• A student-centered teaching style responsive to real-time feedback and student dynamics.
• Comfortable with learning and delivering career-related subject matter.

Location

This position will be based in Boston. The position is part-time.

Compensation

The pay rate ranges from $95 to $115 per hour.

To Apply

Please send your resume to careers@theacademy.group.