Boarding School Residential Educator & Mentor

ADP, Inc.; Willoughby (OH); On-site; USD 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

On-campus housing

Job summary

Academy in Willoughby, OH, is seeking a part-time Residential Educator to live on campus and mentor boarding students within the residential life program. The role blends educational programming, student mentorship, and supervision to promote student growth, independence, and community belonging.

Responsibilities include leading weekly house meetings, documenting learning experiences, building relationships with students, and supporting events. Evening, overnight, and weekend duties are required.

Qualifications

• Experience working with adolescents in education, youth development, student life, residential life, counseling, coaching, or related settings
• Strong judgment, reliability, interpersonal skills, and communication skills
• Ability to build trust with students while maintaining clear professional boundaries and expectations
• Ability to manage responsibility in a structured boarding environment
• Comfort with technology and communication tools, including Orah, Google Chat, and shared reporting systems
• Willingness to live on campus and fulfill assigned evening, overnight residential, and weekend responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Lead or co-lead weekly house meetings aligned with the Academy’s Residential Curriculum and current student needs
• Plan, lead, and document residential learning experiences and discussions aligned with the Academy’s Residential Curriculum, including leadership, life skills, wellness, personal responsibility, community engagement, and global awareness
• Build meaningful relationships with boarding students and provide regular mentorship, support, and guidance
• Help students develop independence, accountability, self-discipline, and positive habits of residential community life
• Partner with proctors, residential staff, and student leaders to build house culture and student belonging
• Participate in important boarding and school events that support the overall student experience
• Maintain a visible and engaged adult presence in the residence during assigned active-duty periods
• Share responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the residence with a co-Residential Educator using the established rotation and published coverage model
• Fulfill assigned evening, overnight residential, weekend, break-period, snow-day, and special-event responsibilities according to the published Residential Life schedule
• Monitor attendance, check-ins, student movement, passes, and accountability through Orah and other Academy systems
• Conduct wake-up rolls, study hall supervision, curfew checks, lights-out procedures, room checks, and house inspections as required
• Administer and document student medication as trained and directed
• Respond to student concerns, emergencies, and house conflicts, escalating concerns appropriately to Residential Life leadership, Health Services, Wellness, or administration
• Support student travel, arrival, departure, and other operational aspects of the boarding program
• Help maintain a residence that is clean, orderly, welcoming, and aligned with Academy expectations

Skills

Adolescent work

Judgment

Interpersonal skills

Professional boundaries

Tech literacy

Orah

Google Chat

Reporting systems

Tools

Orah

Google Chat

Reporting systems

Job description

Academy in Willoughby, OH, is seeking a part-time Residential Educator to live on campus and mentor boarding students within the residential life program. The role blends educational programming, student mentorship, and supervision to promote student growth, independence, and community belonging.

Responsibilities include leading weekly house meetings, documenting learning experiences, building relationships with students, and supporting events. Evening, overnight, and weekend duties are required.