Educator

About Dhun School

Dhun School is an experiential learning environment in the heart of a 500-acre bioreserve at Dhun in the Jaipur district. Our educational model champions self-direction and collective wisdom across three interconnected pillars: Self, Community, and Planet.

Role Purpose

• Lead language and arts integrated learning for ages 4–10.
• Establish a strong daily culture of learning with clear routines, reflection, and joyful rigor.
• Design contextual, place-based learning that bridges Self, Community, and Planet.
• Interface with a partner organization to translate select practices; Build team capacity and co-create Dhun School’s evolving model.

Key ResponsibilitiesLearning Design and Facilitation (Primary Focus)

• Plan and deliver daily/weekly learning with co-educators; use visible thinking routines and learning walls.
• Lead integrated Language & Arts blocks developing foundational literacy, oracy, and expression through storytelling, theatre/play, visual arts, poetry, and music.
• Use place-based provocations (ecology, local crafts, village stories) to design inquiry cycles and projects.
• Set up predictable micro-routines: morning meetings, read-alouds, studio time, reflection journals, closing circles.

Research, Documentation, and Assessment

• Observe like a researcher; document patterns and interests to iterate curriculum.
• Build learner portfolios capturing cognitive, physical, social-emotional growth and artistic expression.
• Implement holistic assessment (formative checks, rubrics, portfolios, learning stories)
• Guide learners in self- and peer-assessment to cultivate agency and metacognition.

Culture and Team Collaboration

• Model curiosity, care, and productive independence; create environments for focus, choice, and collaboration.
• Facilitate weekly class/community circles for belonging and restorative conflict resolution.
• Share exemplars and micro-PDs with co-educators on literacy-rich environments and arts integration.

Partnership Touchpoint (Small Component)

• Attend scheduled check-ins with the partner organization to understand key frameworks and tools.
• Contextualize select partner practices into our plans and routines; keep brief notes on what’s adopted.
• Bring back learnings to a weekly learning meeting to align next steps.

Desired Background

• 3–5 years teaching ages 4–10 with strong early literacy (English) and arts-integration practice.
• Preferred exposure: Forest School, Montessori, Democratic Schooling, or inquiry/play-based frameworks.
• Bilingual proficiency in English and Hindi; comfort weaving in local languages and cultural forms.
• Values alignment: respect for local community and ecology; creativity, openness, and entrepreneurial mindset; thrives in hands-on, evolving settings.

Working Conditions and Ethos

• Work 35 km outside Jaipur city, on a 530-acre land bank rich in ecology and natural resources, surrounded by five villages.
• Experience freedom and creativity to follow your own interests and design your own learning.
• Co-create an innovative learning model with a bottom-up approach alongside other educators, the community, and learners.
• Access to multi-disciplinary change-makers working towards the idea of a sustainable future.

Application

• Email preksha@dhun.life with Subject [Your Name]_Educator(Language & Arts)
• Resume and artifacts from previous work
• cover letter or 2–3-minute audio/video reflecting on an arts-integrated literacy experience

“Education, in the true sense, is the understanding of oneself, for it is within each one of us that the whole of existence is gathered.” - Jiddu Krishnamurti