Early College Teaching Assistant

Early College Teaching Assistants 

Start Date: ASAP

Hours: Monday - Thursday, 1:30 - 3:00 pm (with the opportunity to work additional hours)

Compensation: $20/hour

About the Dearborn

Dearborn STEM Academy is a Boston Public School and BPE Teaching Academy serving grades 6-12. Our goal is for all Dearborn students to be prepared to enter a purposeful, wealth-building career six years after high school graduation, and to access the incredible STEM opportunities available to them here in Boston. Through Dearborn's three Innovation Pathways, Computer Science, Engineering, and Health and Life Science, students are being prepared to graduate with the necessary skills required for college and career success. 

Anti-racism Commitment 

At BPE, we are committed to becoming an increasingly anti-racist organization. We lead with race because we operate in a country founded on the genocide of Indigenous people, the enslavement of African people, and the oppression of countless others. We acknowledge the role this history plays in perpetuating inequity and dominant white culture, and strive to be an organization whose policies, procedures, practices, and programs move toward racial equity.

About the Role

At Dearborn STEM Academy students in grades 10-12 have the option of taking courses at Wentworth, Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, Bunker Hill Community College and Roxbury Community College to earn college credit for free. Early College Teaching Assistants (TAs) support students with their Early College coursework both during class (two afternoons a week) and through additional “sections” designed to support students to master course material (two afternoons a week). TAs are supported onsite by the Dearborn Early College Associate. Although TAs need to be comfortable supporting high school students in academic content, additional training and coaching will be provided. 

Key Responsibilities

• Build strong working relationships with students and Franklin Cummings (FC) Tech professors 
• Provide in-class and out-of-class academic support for students in early college courses in collaboration with FC Tech professors 
• Fall 2023 courses: Medical Terminology and Intro to Business
• Spring 2024 courses: Entrepreneurship and Psychology
• Support students in cultivating self-advocacy, self-confidence, organization, and planning skills 

Key Qualifications

• Skillful relationship builder with young people
• Strong reading and writing skills
• Effective communicator 
• Solution-oriented
• Persistent 

Level of Language Proficiency

Proficiency in Cape Verdean Creole, Spanish, or Portuguese preferred but not required

Compensation

$20/hour

Location

On-site. Dearborn STEM Academy is located at 36 Winthrop St. Roxbury, MA  02119.

To Apply

You can access the brief online application here. Complete applications include a resume, (unofficial) transcript, and one short-answer response. 

BPE is an equal opportunity employer. BPE is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion and is committed to becoming an increasingly anti-racist organization. We see this as central to our mission and critical to the well-being of our workforce as well as the communities we are in. 

We are committed to seeking qualified applicants with disabilities and can provide reasonable accommodations during the application process upon request.