Intern - Teacher
Work Schedule: Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 5:00pm; Friday 8:30am - 1:30pm (36 hours a week)
Salary: $3,000.00; paid out biweekly ($666.67) & an Education Award of $1,565.08 (earned at the end of term)
Start Date: May 27th, 2025
End Date: July 25th, 2025
ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION:
Members serve to support the Future Leaders Academy (formally known as EAGLE Scholars Summer program), a summer program within the Vickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation - a non-profit organization which promotes college readiness with 7th - 12th graders. The Future Leaders Academy summer program operates in-person, Monday through Friday, for programming.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Future Leaders Academy teaching internship is an incredible summer opportunity where you get to utilize your talents and skills to Inspire, Engage, and Encourage middle and high school students and help them get to college. During the in-person 9-week summer program, you will:
- Actively engage in planning, creating, and facilitating lessons, lesson planning, curriculum support, and instruction/delivery to students
- Lead project-based activities that help teen leaders create change in their own neighborhood and beyond
- Encourage and engage authentically and appropriately with teen leaders sharing your experiences, lessons learned, best advice, and knowledge
- Chaperone and participate in weekly field trips and college visits to actively expose Scholars to new opportunities
- Celebrate, respect, and engage in creating an inclusive, respectful environment celebrating the unique diversity of over 30 languages and cultures within our Scholars and organization.
- Maintain strong record keeping including conversation logs, engagement tracking, and other communication or organizational records
- Develop and keep a strong working familiarity with all program events, activities, and field trips within Google Calendar and other digital platforms
- Chaperone field trips and college visits.
- Attend meetings and training/professional development sessions
- Develop positive relationships with teen leaders including serving as a mentor
- Assist with and carry out outreach activities including individualized communication and providing teen leader support services
- Assist with administering student assessments and collecting data.
- Actively develop and improve your skills and practice in the above areas with our full support in mentorship and training.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Interest/passion for actively working with teen leaders and young people
- Must have completed at least two years of college before the summer internship (except if you are an Eagle Scholars’ alum)
- Must be interested in teaching or facilitating lessons for 7th-12th grade students
- Must be willing, open, and eager to learn and grow
- Education major is a plus, but not required
- Speaking a second language is a PLUS (Farsi, Burmese, Nepali, Spanish, Rohingya, etc.)
- Experience working with second language learners is a PLUS.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
In order to be considered, you must submit:
- Future Leaders online application: www.vmydf.com/summerinternship
- AmeriCorps application: https://americorps.equalheart.org/apply/
DESIRED SKILLS:
Collaborative problem solving, analytical and critical thinking skills, advocacy, coachable, passionate, punctual/on time, ability to work both under supervision and independently, team-oriented, teamwork, public speaking, teaching, etc.