The Leap EducatorThe standard the adults are held to, and the people holding it.
Eight commitments in three tiers, written to be observed in a lesson and asked about in an interview.
The StandardEight commitments
Every educator here works to the same eight commitments across three core domains.
Children First
When the child's interest and the adult's convenience point different ways, chooses the child. Every time.
Integrity
Delivers every duty in full, watched or not. A child's education is built almost entirely from what an educator does when nobody is checking.
Excellence
Brings their maximum best to every hour: the best method they know, and not a minute of a child's time spent carelessly.
Nurturing Curiosity
Prizes the question above the answer. Never hands over what a child could find; offers the path instead, and often one more question.
Creativity
Designs learning with more than one right way through it.
Joy of Learning
Makes the doing worth it. A child should enjoy the learning itself, not endure it for the result.
Empathy
Holds a room where a child can be uncertain, wrong, or struggling — and unafraid.
Encouraging Expression
Opens every channel a child might speak through: written, drawn, built, played, danced. Not speech alone.
Children First
When the child's interest and the adult's convenience point different ways, chooses the child. Every time.
Integrity
Delivers every duty in full, watched or not. A child's education is built almost entirely from what an educator does when nobody is checking.
Excellence
Brings their maximum best to every hour: the best method they know, and not a minute of a child's time spent carelessly.
Open rolesIf the eight commitments describe how you already teach, we are hiring.
Current vacancies, what each role covers and how the interview runs are listed on The Leap Desk. Every interview asks you to talk through a lesson against this standard.