Tech Specialist

Tech Specialist
Acera is looking for a Technology Specialist  to join our team. A belief in fostering intrinsic motivation and good judgment in students is
essential, as is a commitment to innovative, student-centered education. At the interface of technology with learning, partner with our
teachers, students, and staff to:
 Finding the right tech tools (software, robotics, etc.) to support students’ growth and learning in a way which complements themes and
inquiry rich and project based learning
 Run the “Tech Hub” zone at the center of the Commons
 Develop an internal student “tech team” whose skills continuously grow and improve, internally.  
 Create the right norms and habits for digital hygiene throughout the school
 Manage school's Merkai network
 IT / Network / Sys Admin / Tech vendor support
 Individual student project Mentor opportunities
 Support effective use of KidBlog, ipads, 3D printer, robots, Cube-its, etc. to integrate tools with teachers’ and students’ needs and
learning goals
 Respond to needs for students, teachers and staff as they emerge, always through the lens of improving processes and teaching self
management thereafter
 Monitor Network and computer use as needed to support appropriate decisions and tools use by students
 Manage tools in use at Acera, including: Google Suite, Apple Education, ChromeOS, tablets, 3D printing
 Teach weekly/bi-weekly lessons in Elementary classrooms
 Lead point for a Creativity Morning station focused on computing and the Tech Hub, developing the student Tech Team
 Provide professional development and support for staff use of technology; Coach staff to constantly grow their skills and use of
technology tools for goals of effectiveness and efficiency; enable self management
 Lead Hands-on Robotics Enrichment after school session once weekly
 
Skills & Requirements
 2+ years of teaching experience using educational technology for learning or 5+ years in a professional environment in a
technology related role with student relational acumen
 Strong organization, follow through, and student communication and coaching skills
 BA / BS degree preferably in educational technology, education, or other related degree
 Knowledge, technical skills, and experience with computer hardware, software, networks, and technology use
 Good communication and leadership skills
 Ability to collaborate, lead, and problem solve with others
 Experience with Google Suite and Google Administrative Systems
 
Anticipated start date:  Immediately
Send resume, educational philosophies, cover letter and salary requirements to: hiring@aceraschool.org   
For more information please contact:
Courtney Dickinson, Founder & Director
hiring@aceraschool.org
www.aceraschool.org
 
Do you want to change the world of education? We do too.  Acera is looking for someone with passion, high energy, and a commitment to
progressive education.  In our first eight years, Acera has gone from an idea to a progressive elementary and middle school program with
125 students.  We have an ambitious STEM, creativity and leadership emphasis for our students and a broader mission to support
innovation in education beyond our walls for all students.  
School Mission: Acera is an independent K-8 school that provides high ability students with unbounded access to learning.  At Acera,
students learn, discover and explore at a pace appropriate to each child’s unique motivation and potential, not their age.  Our culture is not
about pressure to achieve; it is about freedom to thrive. We support our students’ innate curiosity and love of learning through an
interdisciplinary, hands-on learning approach. Through developing emotional intelligence, complex and creative thinking skills, and systems
awareness, we develop thinkers and innovators who will be able to make positive change in our world.  We are growing our progressive
school and we have an exciting vision for impact!

The Need for Something Different: Massachusetts ranks at the bottom of the 50 states in supporting the needs of gifted students; there is
great urgency and need within the gifted population that currently does not have access to an appropriate education.  
Additionally, education in America is in need of transformative change.  We are building a microcosm model school which can – we hope –
be leveraged more broadly as a model for what is possible.  As funding allows, we intend to engage in significant outreach beyond our
walls, to train public school teachers in collaboration with our partner organizations and curriculum collaborators, and to pilot test,
document, and share replicable curriculum modules in an open source format.  We educate students based upon what they will need in the
future, in a technological rich, STEM capable, complicated world, instead of building a school around models from the past.  We need to
inspire future innovators who are curious, capable and passionate and who are prepared to become leaders who can work as teams to
address the challenges and opportunities of our time!
Our Broader Mission: We envision a world in which schools engage students in meaningful learning, in which teachers are freed as
entrepreneurs in their classrooms, and in which students can become the best version of themselves, given each student’s unique
capacities, needs, and passions.  The Acera school day program provides students with unbounded access to learning, offering gifted
students opportunity according to their ability not age.  The Acera community, across all its programs and partnerships, learns, discovers,
and explores at a pace appropriate to each child’s unique motivation and potential.  Our culture is not about pressure; it is about freedom.
 We keep alive students’ innate curiosity and love of learning.  We also partner with organizations beyond our walls, creating programs rich
in sciences, technology, engineering, creativity and arts.  We operate both as a lab school and a microcosm of what is possible for other
schools.  We seek to grow students’ emotional intelligence and enable them to become the best version of themselves.  Our mission, across
our core school day program, enrichment programs and within our partnerships, is to develop the next generation of innovators, leaders
and creative thinkers who can make a positive impact in the world.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Acera is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion,
national origin, pregnancy, gender, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status,
veteran status, political affiliation or disability as defined and required by state and federal laws.