Teaching Fellow, The Levitt Lab

Levitt Lab Teaching Fellow

The Levitt Lab | Tempe, AZ | Full-time | 1-Year Fellowship with the option to extend an additional year.

Applications open May 4 – May 29, 2026

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About the Role

The Steven D. Levitt Teaching Fellowship is for those who care about young people and want to help mentor them in their education journey but haven't followed a traditional teaching path. As a Levitt Lab Teaching Fellow, you'll work as a Guide at one of our Lab locations, joining one of our founding schools and working at the forefront of Steven Levitt's movement to reimagine education.

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What You'll Do

As a Fellow, you will serve as a Guide for high school students, bringing your curiosity and love of learning into the classroom. The Guide role centers around holistic student development, focusing on guidance, inspiration, and mentorship rather than traditional classroom lecturing or grading. You will also:

• Have a small “house” of students whose academic progress you oversee, and with whom you build close relationships.
• Support students in either humanities or STEM disciplines throughout their educational journey
• Help oversee In-Depth Explorations (IDEs), our project-based learning program. Advise students in choosing and executing novel IDEs.
• Lead Seminars and Wonder Sessions for students. Seminars are socratic conversations that encourage students to engage with political, philosophical, economic, anthropological, and scientific questions. Wonder Sessions are weekly sessions that inspire awe in students by shining light on a particular worldly phenomenon.
• Participate in strategy meetings with the centralized TLL team, building problem-solving capacities and helping to shape this movement

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What's Included

• $60,000-$65,000 annual compensation, plus a signing bonus 

• Mentorship from an experienced educator

• Meetings with Steven Levitt

• Network access after the program

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Location

• Tempe, Arizona

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Who We're Looking For

We are looking for the next generation of leaders in education, technology, and social innovation. We welcome both subject-matter enthusiasts who want to work in a particular discipline and generalists with a curiosity for various fields.

We select people who are…

• Motivated by connecting with and supporting students
• Aligned with the TLL Model
• Excited by working in a low-structure, start-up environment 
• Team player 
• Life-long learners who exhibit an infectious curiosity about the world

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How to Apply

Apply through this Google Form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8y7IdqxyXsLBZK4T3r7EVgnMWWyMU7oWzN1CE8OXj1JzpmA/viewform). As part of your application, please include:

1. Your resume

2. A 2-minute video telling us why you're interested in The Levitt Lab and this role.

Applications open May 5, 2026 and close June 1, 2026.