MPA Job Openings - Please circulate as widely as possible

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Sat nam everyone. I am forwarding this list to you in the hopes that you will circulate this as widely as possible. Thanks!

 

Sat Nam! Miri Piri Academy is now hiring for two positions for the 2007-2008 school year. Following are lists of the basic job duties. For more details and information, please contact us at

employment. If you would like to apply for either position, please send your resume and a cover letter describing why you feel inspired to work at Miri Piri Academy to the above email address by June 15th, 2007. Interviews will be conducted in person at either Summer Solstice or the European Yoga Festival, or by phone if necessary.

 

Senior Girls Mukhia Jethadar

 

General Description

The Senior Girls Mukhia Jethadar is responsible for the care and wellbeing of the female students in grades 9 – 12.

They serve as a role model to the students and ensure that standards of behavior and discipline are maintained at all times. The Senior Girls Mukhia Jethadar actively participates with the students throughout the daily schedule and addresses any physical, psychological, or emotional issues that arise.

They also maintain uniform and dorm cleanliness standards through regular inspections and coordination with operational staff. Finally, the Senior Girls Mukhia Jethadar maintains regular communication with the teachers and parents of each student and makes themselves accessible via email for parent communications.

 

Essential Job Duties

§ Serves as a Role Model for personal behavior, attitude, and responsibility for the senior girls.

 

§ Ensures that senior girls are appropriately supervised at all times.

 

§ Works with Squad Leaders to facilitate the daily routine from wake-up to lights-out, excluding the Academic hours.

§ Attends all student formations and daily events as scheduled.

 

§ Maintains a constant awareness of the psychological, physical and emotional states of each student, and addresses any problems that arise.

§ Ensures that behavioral and disciplinary standards are maintained.

 

§ Understands and communicates about issues common to senior girls, such as relationships, self-esteem and body image.

§ Ensures that uniform and dorm standards are maintained via regular inspections and coordination with operational staff.

§ Works with the Parent Liaison to maintain regular communication with each student's parents and teachers through regularly scheduled updates and accessibility via email.

§ Serves as Officer on Duty (OOD) twice per week.

 

§ Attends daily staff meditation.

 

§ Meets weekly with the Student Life team.

 

§ Meets monthly with the Director of Student Life

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Parent Liaison

 

General Description

The Parent Liaison fills the customer service role at Miri Piri Academy.

Current and future parents are our primary customers. The Parent Liaison ensures that the needs of each individual parent are being met by providing information, support and opportunities for involvement in their child's life. This includes office hours for phone communication, regular and prompt email communications, and implementation of systems to communicate general information regularly to all parents. The Parent Liaison is also responsible for finding avenues for parent participation through volunteer coordination, coordination with the Friends of MPA association, and assistance to current and prospective parent visitors. Because the primary concern of parents is their individual child's wellbeing, the Parent Liaison also ensures that systems are in place to identify and serve individual students or groups of students who need extra support through programs such as Big Brother/Big Sisters and Student Success Teams.

 

 

Essential Duties

 

§ Maintains fixed office hours to receive parent phone calls and respond to parent emails.

§ Coordinates with school staff to find and communicate answers and solutions to parent concerns in a timely manner.

§ Ensures that all parents are regularly updated on relevant school news and on news specifically related to their child.

§ Brings critical issues identified by the parents to the attention of the Administrative Team when necessary.

§ Participates in weekly meetings with teachers and staff to identify individual students in need of assistance.

 

§ Facilitates Student Success Team meetings and ensures follow up.

 

§ Coordinates with the Friends of MPA association as well as volunteer projects for visiting parents.

 

§ Coordinates the Big Brother/Big Sister program.

 

§ Organizes student travel arrangements to and from the school, visa issues, and registration with the Indian Foreign Registration Office for MPA students.

§ Assists prospective and current parents who are visiting campus.

-- Blessings,Saraswati Kaur KhalsaVP for Administration