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9-11th ELA Instructor

New York, New York, United States

Title: Saturday Academy Instructor, ELA (9-11th Grade)
Reports To: Senior Manager of Teaching and Learning
FLSA: Part-time, Seasonal
Location:  New York City, in-person.
Dates: Spring 2025 Semester; Exact Saturday dates of programming vary based on which grade the Instructor is placed (see specific dates below)
Compensation: $50/hr for 6 standard (required) + 6 flex (use as needed) hours per week

There will also be opportunities for Summer Academy and Fall Saturday Academy in the future.

 

Position Overview
Instructors will join SEO’s community of passionate educators to implement a rigorous college prep curriculum for motivated and driven high school students.  Using our original curriculum and a student-centered, anti-oppressive approach to teaching and learning, instructors play an integral part in supporting our Scholars’ journeys to a competitive college and beyond. Instructors promote depth of understanding and skill acquisition by serving as a coach and facilitator of learning.

The Courses
Instructors will be placed in either 9th, 10th, or 11th Grade. The courses offered in the Spring semester are:

  • 9th Grade course: Theory of Intelligence
  • 10th Grade course: Critical Media Analysis
  • 11th Grade course: Supplemental Essay Writing

ELA Instructors also teach our Identity and Empowerment (IE) class. SEO’s IE classes are designed to prepare Scholars for academic and social success. Throughout their time in SEO’s High School Scholars program, Scholars will be engaged with content in IE that will position them to develop as innovative leaders, ones who use their knowledge and experience to both challenge and inform suppositions about the world. Based on Instructors’ grade placements, they will teach the following IE courses:

  • 9th Grade– Personal and Social Identities
  • 10th Grade– Identity and Mental Health
  • 11th Grade– College Research

The Sites

Saturday Academy takes place at one of our partner sites through the semester where the instructor will be placed based on the grade level they are assigned:

  • 9th Grade: Baruch College, (Vertical Campus Building, 55 Lexington Ave., New York).
  • 10th & 11th Grade: LIU Brooklyn, (1 University Plaza, Brooklyn).

Occasionally, Orientations and/or Professional Development for all grade assignments will be held either on Zoom or at the SEO Office:

  • 55 Exchange Place, New York, NY (Financial District).

Dates, Weekly Hours, and Compensation:

  • Instructor Orientation:
    • 9th Instructor Orientation: Thurs, Feb 13 (5:30-7:30pm via Zoom), Tues, Feb 25 (optional, 5:30-6:30 via Zoom), Scholar Orientation on Sat, March 1 (9am-4pm, in person)
    • 10th Instructor Orientation: Wed, Jan 22 (5:30-7:30pm via Zoom), Sat, Jan 25 (9am-4pm, in person)
    • 11th Instructor Orientation: Wed, Jan 22 (5:30-7:30pm via Zoom), Sat, Jan 25 (9am-4pm, in person)

  • Spring Saturday Academy: Typically, 3 Saturdays a month, exact dates vary based on which grade instructor is placed. Please note that due to our staffing needs and only seeing Scholars once a week, we cannot support more than 2 absences a semester:
  • 9th Grade Saturday Academy:
    • Orientation (required): 02/13
    • 8 Programming Saturdays (2 absence maximum): 3/8, 3/15, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, 4/26, 5/10, & 5/17
  • 10th Grade Saturday Academy:
    • Orientation (required): 01/22
    • 11 Programming Saturdays (2 absence maximum): 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 3/8, 3/15, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, 4/26, 5/10, & 5/17
  • 11th Grade Saturday Academy:
    • Orientation (required): 1/22
    • 8 Programming Saturdays (2 absence maximum): 2/1, 2/8 (Mentor Day), 3/8 (Mentor Day), 3/15, 4/5 (Mentor Day), 4/26 (Mentor Day), 5/10 (Mentor Day), & 5/17

The Instructors are allotted 12 maximum hours per week during their seasonal employment, made up of Standard and Flex Hours.

  • Standard Hours are when the instructor must be working on site with staff or students instructing a class or engaging with an instructional prep or support period:
    • Saturdays, 9:00am-4:00pm (with at least a 30 minute lunch) = up to 6 Hours/weekly
  • Flex Hours make up the additional “instructor work” educators know go into the job. This is time spent preparing for the lesson, grading, entering gradebook data, writing Scholar feedback, communicating with staff and Scholars, etc. These are hours put in outside of the required schedule and can be completed asynchronously throughout the week = up to 6 Flex Hours/weekly

Key Responsibilities:

  • Instruction & Facilitation – Co-teach three or four periods of ELA and/or Identity & Empowerment. Follow provided lesson plans and meet lesson objectives, abiding by SEO’s articulated criteria for rigorous instruction and student engagement.
  • Navigate Instructional Technologies – Learn and efficiently utilize our instructional technologies such as Brightspace (Learning Management System), Nearpod, GSuit applications, and Zoom chat (instant messaging tool) in a Blended Learning environment.
  • Content Preparation – Read, internalize, and practice all lesson plans and materials provided by SEO prior to teaching. Implement thoughtful adjustments to pacing and activities based on specific student needs.
  • Tutoring and Academic Support – Host open-door lunch tutoring sessions with Scholars who want to come in and review skills learned from class, makeup missed work or lessons, or develop new skills.
  • Classroom Culture – Project an energetic, engaging, and approachable persona to promote students’ connection to the content, investment in the learning experience, and positive relationship to all members of the community.
  • Collaboration with SEO Staff and Instructors – Attend all scheduled meetings, professional development trainings, check-ins, and debriefs and respond to all emails and Zoom chats in a timely manner.
  • Responsiveness to Coaching and Feedback – Meet with your assigned instructional coach (Lead Instructor) at least twice during the semester to receive and implement feedback and recommendations from their classroom observations.

Qualifications:
Required:

  • Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in content related field
  • High school classroom teaching experience
  • Comfortable with and skilled at working with and navigating technological learning systems
  • Understanding and practice of student-centered pedagogy
  • Expertise and depth of knowledge in Advanced high school-level English and Humanities subjects
  • Willingness to engage in conversations analyzing power, privilege, and oppression

Preferred:

  • Secondary Education Degree and Certification
  • Knowledge and experience with Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
  • Certifications, PD course completions, and/or tertiary education in Instructional Technologies
  • Knowledgeable with research-based, culturally responsive, equity-driven, and anti-oppressive instructional practices

COMPENSATION

This position is benefits ineligible in accordance with local, state, and federal regulations.

The compensation listed in this posting reflects what SEO believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and SEO reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.

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