Careers
Selecting the right tutors and mentors is critical to our future and our ability to develop students of honor.Our faculty do not provide formal, specialized instruction. Instead, we hire faculty to:
- Guide students in the discovery of truth and ultimately make sure that truth prevails
- Coach, encourage and drill students on the fundamentals of sound thinking
- Improve student reading, writing, listening and speaking skills through daily assignments and activities
- Hold students accountable to high intellectual standards and correct them when they become unreasonable, sloppy or dishonest
- Lead, guide and mediate classroom conversation as students discuss, question and challenge the ideas of authors, lectures and classmates
- Love and encourage students in their daily walk with Christ
- Hold students accountable to biblical principles in all that they do and say
- Not being limited to spending a mere 3 hours a week with students, as with a typical college. With Rivendell’s IN-COMM model, they have the time they need to not only teach, but effectively mentor students in a truly transformational way.
- Experiencing “the world as their classroom” while facilitating and participating in our study-abroad component.
- Sharing responsibilities with a team of tutors/mentors.
- Small class size – 30 to 35 students who stay together as a class for the entire 18 months, allowing for continuity and genuine relationship.
- Being able to “think outside the box” in regards to a college/classroom experience.
Faculty Job Descriptions
Faculty Tutor, Bloomington, Minnesota, view the job descriptionFaculty Mentor, Bloomington, Minnesota, view the job job description