Early College Teaching Assistant

Early College Teaching Assistants

Start Date: January 15th, 2025

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

Compensation: $20/hour

About the Dearborn

Dearborn STEM Academy is a Boston Public School and BPE Teaching Academy serving grades 6-12. We aim for all Dearborn students to be prepared to enter a purposeful, wealth-building career six years after high school graduation and access the incredible STEM opportunities in Boston. Through Dearborn's three innovation pathways, computer science, engineering, and health and life science, students are prepared to graduate with the necessary college and career success skills.

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 can take 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 in mastering 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.
  • Spring 2025 courses: Computer Science, Sociology, Optincinary, Biology
• 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 is preferred but optional.

Compensation

$20/hour

Location

On-site. Dearborn STEM Academy is 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. We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion and becoming an increasingly anti-racist organization. We see this as central to our mission and critical to the well-being of our workforce and the communities we serve.

We strive to create an equitable and welcoming workplace where everyone—regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation, marital or parental status, reprisal, genetic information, military service, pregnancy, submission of a complaint, or any other legally protected characteristics—has the opportunity to thrive and contribute.

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