Company DescriptionSailFuture’s mission to provide comprehensive, effective, continuous services to teenage foster youth in crisis to help them stabilize, gain an increased sense of self-worth, and engage in healthy relationships. Traditionally, foster youth have multiple people who cycle in and out of their lives, creating constant instability. Our goal is to provide a continuum of care to foster youth between the ages of 14-22 through an integrated approach that includes multiple treatment options. We’ve created a model unique to our sector that manages all facets of foster care under one organization—housing, education, case management, and therapy. In addition, we provide challenging, rite-of-passage sailing experiences both domestically and internationally to forge meaningful relationships between staff and youth. Upon completion of our program, our youth will have stable housing, a high school diploma/GED and plan for continuing education, connection to community, job skills, an expanded worldview, and renewed self-confidence.Job DescriptionSailFuture’s teacher should be a passionate educator committed to the academic, spiritual, and emotional growth of their students. This person should be familiar with the unique emotional and academic challenges of youth who have experienced trauma, and should have a demonstrated track record of success or obvious passion to support these specific students.A SailFuture teacher should have the ability to both motivate and connect with our students; relationships are the core of what we do. The teacher will teach both at our school in St. Petersburg, Fl and on our sailboat navigating around central America and the Caribbean.ResponsibilitiesTeach 6-10 students Monday through Friday from 8am - 4pm at SailFuture’s private schoolAssess and record students’ progress and communicate daily and weekly with case manager, house parents, education director, and therapist on youth goals and progressAssist as a Residential Change Agent in the SailFuture Group Home 1x / weekParticipate in one to three 45-day sailing journeys per yearParticipate and create lesson plans for service projects while on the boatProvide differentiated instruction for a wide range of skills and abilitiesTeacher will have creative latitude in lesson planning/curriculum development; we are looking for people to challenge the traditional model and find the best fit for our youthResponsible for ensuring youth obtain high school diploma or GED and have post-secondary plan for education/jobCompensation$38,000 annual salary$200 monthly health insurance contributionComplementary housing in SailFuture Group Home (if desired)QualificationsMinimum Qualifications4 year bachelor’s degree or higher2 years experience teaching or working with teenage youthFlorida teaching certificate not required, but a plus. May require teacher to obtain while in positionTeam player committed to doing whatever it takes for youth in their careExcellent communicator and problem solverPassion for adventureSailing experience a plus, but not requiredFirst Aid / CPR (provided by SailFuture, if not already certified)De-escalation tactics (provided by SailFuture)Behavior management (provided by SailFuture)Risk management (provided by SailFuture)Offshore sailing competency course (provided by SailFuture)Lifeguard certification (provided by SailFuture)Additional InformationAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.