Working at CFL
Centre For Learning is looking for committed individuals who feel that education is the key to the regeneration of self and society.
Our Work
CFL is an attempt to examine and learn about the nature of education and its impact on living. Many of us have been deeply influenced by the work of J Krishnamurti. Throughout his life, he emphasized the point that society mirrors the conflict and fragmentation within the individual, and that there can be no meaningful social change without a revolution in the human being.
For us, enquiry is rooted in our daily life and is constantly mirrored by our relationship with each other and with our environment. This is and will continue to be our greatest challenge.
Working Environment
As a group, we work in a non-hierarchical and cooperative environment. We are a teacher-run school, and all decisions are taken by the teaching staff. Decisions are not made on a ‘one person, one vote’ basis but rather through dialogue and consensus. Each member of the staff is completely responsible for the school. To sustain this environment, the demand is that we suspend our strong opinions, emotions and judgements, and remain open-minded and willing to engage in dialogue. We have a minimal support staff, and all teachers are involved in the daily running of the school and campus. This includes work in the kitchen, land, maintenance and administration.
Demands on Staff
A person wanting to work in CFL should be interested in engaging in an enquiry that is questioning one’s life, emotions and patterns. He or she has to enjoy working with children and should be capable of multi-tasking and working hard. CFL can be sustained only if people are willing to extend themselves, looking at the needs of the community as a whole.
Really to live requires a great deal of love, a great feeling for silence, a great simplicity with an abundance of experience; it requires a mind that is capable of thinking very clearly, that is not bound by prejudice or superstition, by hope or fear. All this is life, and if you are not being educated to live, then education has no meaning. You may learn to be very tidy, have good manners, and you may pass all your examinations; but, to give primary importance to these superficial things when the whole structure of society is crumbling, is like cleaning and polishing your fingernails while the house is burning down.
J Krishnamurti