Teacher/Counselor Paid Internship (Non-Profit/Summer)
Yleana Leadership Foundation
The Yleana Leadership Foundation, a 501(c)(3) registered non-profit, is seeking Teacher/Counselors for its residential summer academies. Our two summer programs, the Yleana Leadership Academy (YLA) and the Socratic Summer Academy (SSA), serve the Foundation’s mission of creating exceptional educational experiences for young people of all income-levels and preparing our students for success as people and professionals, while decreasing the opportunity gap.
The Yleana Leadership Academy takes pride in serving rising high school seniors, the majority of whom are low-income first generation students of color from underserved urban areas. To get a feel for the YLA experience, check out this video: https://youtu.be/_yi3UCFoUuE.
The Socratic Summer Academy serves students of all ages and locations. Funds generated through SSA go towards providing scholarships for students to attend YLA. To learn more about SSA, visit our website at http://www.socraticsummeracademy.com. Our staff, pending summer 2021 decisions, may teach at both programs and interact with both groups of students.
Our staff are people who are constantly generating new and better ways to do things, drawing on what they have seen, read, and experienced, who replace “I can’t do that” with “Let’s make it happen.” We prefer instructors who can improvise, who are creative, who approach problems in unexpected ways, and who generally understand how to communicate the test to diverse groups of students.
Since 2016, our average score improvement in a 3-week period topped out at 200 points on the SAT® exam. We want your help to make that number even higher.
We are currently in the process of determining whether we safely can host our programs in-person for summer 2021 and are considering virtual, in-person, and hybrid options. In the case that we are required to do virtual programs, the job responsibilities and stipend may change.
What you’ll be doing:
- Lead classes of 6-10 students on Critical Reading, Writing, and/or Math according to set strategies
- Facilitate open, small-group discussions on topics such as race, class, and gender as part of our Issues curriculum
- Engage students in breakout sessions during our Design Thinking/Entrepreneurship class – which culminates in a camp-wide Shark Tank competition
- Lead students in after-class programs, games, and activities
- Other responsibilities as needed
The Teacher/Counselor intern will serve as a teacher and a camp counselor. If you have the brain of a scholar and the heart of a camp counselor, this is your dream job.
We’d love to hear from you if you:
- Are currently enrolled in an undergraduate program (required) or have a BA/BS
- Are able to achieve a minimum score of 670 verbal/670 math on internal hiring assessment (required)
- Have prior tutoring/teaching experience (highly preferred)
- Have prior camp experience (highly preferred)
- Are an outstanding teammate
- Quickly adapt to unforeseen problems
- Love serving as a mentor/role model to diverse high school students
- Exude empathy, patience, and compassion for our students
- Are detail oriented and results-driven
- Can relate to our students, who are from historically marginalized communities and often the first in their families to go to college
- Are highly motivated to help our students succeed in graduating high school and matriculating to college
Compensation
Stipends for summer 2021 range from $2,000-4,500. These are determined and offered based on:
- Degrees and/or current year in school
- Prior camp, teaching and/or tutoring experience
- Whether camp is online or in-person
All summer staff receive full room and board for the duration of camp (if in person). If we are unable to hold in-person programs, the stipends may be slightly reduced commensurate with the reduced work hours/responsibilities.
Camp 2021 & Covid-19
Camp will tentatively run from June 9 to August 9, 2021 (this includes training); staff must be available for the entire time. These are our current tentative dates:
- Staff training: June 9 – June 24
- Session 1: June 25 – July 17
- Session 2: July 19 – August 9
- Follow-up Program: August 19, 21, 24, 26
- We will prioritize your application if you are available to teach at our Follow-up Program after the summer program. Pay is $20/hour, and is in addition to the base stipend.
If we are able to safely host camp in-person, we will be in-person at Mount Holyoke College and/or Colgate University. Current possibilities for summer 2021 include:
- 2 online sessions
- 2 in-person sessions
- 1 online and 1 in-person session
- A hybrid model with both online and in-person components
We will update applicants and staff members as soon as more information becomes available. Read our Covid-19 policy here.
To apply, please fill out our hiring form here: http://bit.ly/basicinfo2021
The priority application deadline is April 1, 2021. We hire on a rolling basis, so the earlier you apply, the better.
Diversity and equal opportunity are at the core of Yleana and our mission. We are committed to building a team that reflects the world. People who identify as members of historically underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply.
