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Teacher Special Programs (TSP) – Pre-college Academy (PCA) Early Academic Outreach Program – Center for Educational Partnerships

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Position overview

Salary range: $7,000
Percent time: 75%
Anticipated start: June 1, 2021
Position duration: June 1, 2021 - July 27, 2021

Position description

The Center for Educational Partnerships seeks qualified temporary non-tenure track, part-time Instructors (TSPs) for Summer to teach in the Pre-College Academy (PCA), a five-week virtual college-preparatory summer program hosted by the Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) at the University of California, Berkeley. EAOP partners with schools, districts, community organizations, and families to empower underserved students and prepare them for college and career success. For over 35 years, PCA has provided intensive academic enrichment for EAOP students from partner high schools throughout the Bay Area. PCA prepares students for academic success in the following school year, including excellence in classes that meet the University of California’s A-G subject requirements and enrollment in Honors and Advanced Placement courses.

PCA offers students rigorous coursework, college-style expectations and an environment of challenging academic camaraderie. This year, students will commit to either a Writing or Math course (Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, and Calculus). The Math courses will follow a virtual curriculum created by UC Scout. The Writing courses are theme-based, drawing on a range of academic disciplines. Examples of courses taught in the past include: Free Me Fast: The {potentially} Liberating Linguistics of Rap, In Search Of The Self Through a Critically Analytical Lens, Decolonizing the Classroom: Radical Healing and Empowering Education, Language, Culture, and Power: Mixtape of an Activist. Additionally, students attend weekly activity sessions that may include team building, leadership activities, and college advising. All classes will be virtual this summer.

Teaching Responsibilities:
We are seeking outstanding instructors (TSPs) who can teach courses in EAOP’s Pre-College Academy, grades 9–11. Successful candidates will create and implement an exciting theme-based writing course geared toward high school students who have completed their 9th and 10th-grade years or facilitate two math courses created by UC Scout.

Refer to http://eaop.berkeley.edu/pre-college-academy for details on the program. Individuals who qualify to teach college writing are especially encouraged to apply. The teaching load consists of one-two sections of class, Monday through Thursday. Instructional time (synchronize and asynchronous) will take place between 9am-3:30pm with occasional morning staff meetings. Each section has approximately 25 students.

General Duties:

Instructors will work with a teaching assistant. In addition to teaching responsibilities, duties include: preparing course materials (including syllabus, course calendar, course reader, assignments, etc.), reviewing student diagnostic tests and applying results to the course design, holding office hours, submitting student progress reports and assigning grades, tutoring and advising students, attending weekly staff/instructor meetings, and supervising the work of the teaching assistant. Instructors are also required to attend training sessions June 1-4 (TBD), orientation on June 9, 2021, and a debriefing session on July 27, 2021, along with all other educational and co-curricular PCA activities.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent international degree.
Preferred qualifications
  • Teaching credential, or substantial experience with secondary education
  • Experience and/or substantial understanding of Project-Based Learning approaches to education
  • Experience with curriculum development
  • Experience with basic research methodologies
  • Ability to teach courses in an intensive, fast-paced schedule
  • Cross-cultural awareness and understanding of issues faced by low-income, first-generation students
  • Passion for teaching underrepresented students

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Resume / Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

  • Cover Letter (Optional)

Reference requirements
  • 3 required (contact information only)
Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02933

Help contact: nikko_roxas@berkeley.edu

About UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The excellence of the institution requires an environment in which the diverse community of faculty, students, and staff are welcome and included. Successful candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skill related to ensuring equity and inclusion in the activities of their academic position (e.g., teaching, research, and service, as applicable).

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct

In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality prior to submitting their letter.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

Job location

Virtual