Human Potential & Success

Exploring how the mind can learn, comprehend, and achieve is at the heart of the Human Potential and Success community. This field involves guiding others toward realizing their potential and overcoming challenges, envisioning what is possible, and helping to make those possibilities a reality. Careers in this area—such as coaching, counseling, educational policy, K-12 education, higher education, and Montessori—offer diverse opportunities to find purpose and joy in shaping others' futures. There are many ways to express yourself and fulfill your life’s purpose within this dynamic and impactful field.

Explore Your Purpose

There are various ways to get to know your community of purpose. Learn more about what your next step could be in Human Potential and Success!

Fellowships & Awards

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Campus Jobs (may or may not be currently open)
Listservs
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Where do Reedies go?

Your education at has prepared you for many opportunities, take a look at what other Reedies within your community of purpose have gone on to do with their degree!

Entry Level Roles

Growing Seeds, Early Education, Support Teacher, Portland OR
Growing Seeds, Early Education, Teacher, Portland OR
Personal Trainer, Bold and Badass Fitness, Portland, OR
Admission Counselor, Occidental College, Los Angeles California
Education Counselor, KeyStart Education, Shanghai, China
Teacher, Hess, Taipei, Taiwan
Educator, Montverde Academy, Shanghia, China
Teaching Assistant / Instructor, App Academy, San Francisco, CA USA
Foreign English Teacher, Qinghai Normal University, Xining, Qinghai China
Organizational Behavior Group Data Programmer Intern, Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT
Camp Manager, Summer Camp, New Hampshire
Outdoor & Educational Programming Intern, Vermont Commons School, Portland OR
France Ministry of Education, Assistant English teacher, chennevieres-sur-Marne, Ì¨le-de-France, France
Program Administrator, SMART (Start Making A Reader Today), Portland, OR
Alumni Volunteer and Engagement Coordinator, �Ʒ��, Portland OR
Avid Tutor and Substitute, Park Hill School District, Kansas City MO
After School Program Staff, Sellwood Community Center, Portland, OR
Group Leader, Kama'iana Kids, Makawao, HI, USA
Kindergarten ESL Teacher, Anglo Education, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Math and Science Tutor, North Avenue Education, Portland OR
Teacher, Baltimore City Public Schools; Teach for America, Baltimore, MD
Administrative Assistant, Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel, Portland OR
Assistant Preschool Teacher, The Cradle Club, Minneapolis-St Paul MN
English Department Faculty Assistant, �Ʒ��, Portland, OR
Americorps, Post-Secondary Success Member with Open School North, Portland OR
Americorps English Language Arts Tutor at Great Oaks Charter School
Teaching Assistant, Harmony Montessori School, Portland, OR
Assistant Teacher, YMCA, Denver, Colorado
Turtor, TEAM Academics, Mill Valley, CA
Teacher, Oregon Outreach Inc. Portland, OR
Teacher, Art4Life, Portland, OR
Admissions Counselor, �Ʒ��, Portland, OR
Elementary School English Teacher, Education, France
Middle School Biology, Teach for America, Nashville, TN
Teacher, Affiliated High School of Fuzhou Normal University, Fuzhou, China
Assistant Coordinator, Trackers Earth Summer Camp Portland, OR
Nanny, Self-Employed, Portland, OR
Assistant Teacher for Latin, Mirman School, Los Angeles, CA
Fulbright Austria, Upper Austria, Austria
AmeriCorps Member, City Year, Tulsa, OK
Peace Corps: Secondary Physical Science Teacher, Karonga, Malawi
Peace Corps: AIDS Education, Malawi
Fulbright: Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, Kiel, Germany
Developmental Screener, Portland Public Schools, Portland, OR
Enrollment Coach, Brandman College, Portland, OR
Teacher's Assistant for JET Program, Japan
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Coach, Alive MMA, Portland, OR
Teacher, Engineering for Kids
K-5 Literary Intervention Teacher, Metropolitan Family Service
Special Formats Processing, Library Technical Assistant III, New York Public Library
AEON, Education, English Language Teacher, Akita, Japan

Grad School Destinations

TESOL Certification, Chicago, Illinois
University of California, Irvine, California
M.A., Secondary Education and Teaching, Mercer University
Master of Arts in Teaching, Lewis and Clark College
Master of Science, Elementary Education and Teaching, University of Pennsylvania
Master of Arts, Secondary Education, Pacific University
Master of Education, Social Studies Education, University of New Orleans
Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS) , Archives Management, Rutgers University
Master of Education, Special Education, California Polytechnic State University
Master of Education, Seattle University
Master of Arts, Arts Management, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Alumni are or have been

Lead Teacher for K-12 Bilingual Education, UCLA Community School
School Psychologist, Creative Science School
Executive Director, Saturday Academy
Director, Research & Reform in Education Center at John Hopkins
AP English Language and Composition Teacher, Del Valle High School
Assistant Principal, da Vinci Arts Middle School
Jewish History Teacher, Jewish Community High School of the Bay
STEM Instructor for Robotics, Boston Public Schools & Tufts CEEO
Latin America Instructor, Where There Be Dragons
Founder & Managing Director, Handy Village Institute
Education Manager, The Watershed Project
Education Lead, Mrs. Wordsmith
College Counselor, Woodstock School
President & Board of Trustees Member, California State University
Professor & Researcher for NSF, Colorado State University
Social Studies Teacher and Union Rep., Lake Oswego High School
Associate Director, American Federation of Teachers
Director: Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation

Resources & Information

Joining an assosication, reaching out to Reed alumni, and reviewing databases are great ways to develop a network within your community of purpose.

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