2023 Upward Bound Summer Program (For Administrative Purposes Only) (Tutor) Job at Harvey Mudd College
Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA 91711
$15.50 an hour
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Job Posting Title:
2023 Upward Bound Summer Program (For Administrative Purposes Only) (Tutor)
Job Description:
Upward Bound Job Description Summer Tutor (For Administrative Purposes Only)
1 week of staff training, 6 weeks of instruction
Description:
7 weeks, Monday- Friday typically from 8:00 AM – 5:00PM, hours and days may vary due to the needs of the assigned summer site (residential or non-residential). The hourly rate of pay for this position is $15.50/hour. The tutor will assist and co-facilitate a 60-75 min course in either literature, social science, math, or science depending on available job positions. This position is temporary and subject to termination at will with or without notice or cause and is contingent on grant funding and U.S. Department of Education approval.
Closing Date: Open until filled
Program Description:
The Harvey Mudd College Upward Bound Program is a federally funded program designed to help low-income, potential first-generation college students generate the skills and motivation necessary to complete a program of secondary education and to enter and succeed in a program of postsecondary education. High school students from the East San Gabriel Valley participate in Upward Bound during the school year and the summer. During the summer, a staff of instructors and tutors led by a coordinator instruct and supervise the students during the summer.
Calendar: Dates and times may be modified slightly.
Staff Training Week from (9AM- 5PM) @ HMC: June 12-16, 2023
- Rigorous schedule: workshops and structured activities 9am-5pm;
Orientation Week (8AM-5:00PM, hours may vary) @ HMC: June 20-23, 2023
- Responsibilities include classroom instruction, student recreation and community activities, and continued staff training
sessions
- Participation in a site specific, parent Session
Summer Programming (hours and dates may vary, depending on site): June 26, 2022- July 28, 2023
- Responsibilities include curriculum development, classroom instruction, assessment and supervision, community building activities and daily staff meetings
Tutor Job Responsibilities
- All Upward Bound tutors help in the supervision of students during class.
- All summer staff participate in all aspects of project activities: class and study hours, academic enrichment activities and community building time.
- Tutors will assist and co-facilitate for three to four hours each day which includes assessment, check-in’s and curriculum development
Academic Responsibilities
- Fully integrate yourself into the classroom as a teaching partner who participates in teaching, planning, assessing, and study hall supervision.
- To assist in the three to four hours of instruction each day of the six-week project.
- To help design and implement lesson plans that emphasize cooperative and independent learning, and college level study
- skills (writing, reading, note taking, and test preparation).
- To contribute to the design of course syllabus and assignments.
- To complete the FESP (including both formal and informal assessments in classroom and study hall) in a timely manner,
- distributing updates to students during the summer and a final version to parents on the last day of the program
- To participate in a one week of paid teaching and staff training
- this training period is a rigorous program that includes a demanding learning schedule (designed to simulate the students’
- summer experience) and reading and writing assignments
- To enhance the ability of students to complete academic assignments in preparation for a four-year college education in the
- field assigned to the instruction
- To teach appropriate technical skills (grammar, calculation skills, lab skills, etc.)
- To design independent learning activities that challenge students to improve their reading, writing, mathematical, or scientific
- skills (as appropriate to the discipline) and prepare for college level work. Students are assigned 60 minutes per course for
- each evening; this must include reading and writing each night.
- To supervise and tutor students during the day in numerous scenarios
Non-Academic Job Responsibilities:
- To work with other professional staff members and college tutors during the project and cooperate with them on all aspects of the summer program, both formally (through daily staff meetings) and informally.
- To participate fully in supervision.
- To participate fully in college, career, and personal counseling components of the program.
- To participate fully in all community sessions, recreational activities, and cultural enrichment activities.
- To drive students to and from activities, as necessary
- To live residentially and supervise students during the residential component (only for residential sites)
Qualifications:
- Current Undergrad; Academic success at the four-year college or university college level and have completed
- their second undergraduate year by the time the summer begins.
- Demonstrated enthusiasm for teaching and learning.
- Ability to tutor across the curriculum.
- Demonstrated ability to supervise high school students in small and large group settings
- Demonstrated understanding of program objectives and philosophy
- Personal/professional experience with low-income, potential first-generation college bound youth
- Knowledge of the psychological, behavioral, and educational issues affecting the learning potential of low-income, potential
- first-generation college bound youth
- Ability to use technology (Google Classroom, whiteboards, Zoom)
- A Valid, Driver’s License (if assigned driving responsibilities)
To Apply:
Send resume to the following email: Covarrubias@hmc.edu
All faculty and staff (including contract workers) who are employed at HMC and for whom the COVID-19 vaccine is approved/authorized by the FDA, must be vaccinated against COVID-19, including the COVID-19 vaccine booster and provide proof of vaccination and booster, unless an exemption from this policy has been granted as an accommodation or otherwise.
This job description defines the essential job duties of the position. Harvey Mudd College expects that employees hired for this position can perform the essential functions of the job without imposing risk of substantial harm to the health or safety of themselves or others. It may also include marginal functions, generally defined within Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Regular employment at the College is for no specified period of time; conditions and status of employment (hours, pay, title, duties, etc.) are subject to change at any time. Employment is at-will and employees, and likewise the College, are free to end the employment relationship at any time, for any reason, with or without notice or cause, unless otherwise prohibited by law.
Harvey Mudd is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, place of national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, or physical handicap in their employment practices and admission of students to educational programs and activities in accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and other applicable laws.
Harvey Mudd College is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will be given consideration for employment without regard to age, race, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, protected veteran’s status, disability, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.
Please note that in order to be considered an applicant for any staff position at Harvey Mudd College you must apply for each position for which you believe you are qualified.
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