Summer Institute Faculty - Seasonal PT (Summer)

WHO ARE WE

Sadie Nash Leadership Project provides award-winning experiential social justice education to more than 500 young women and gender-expansive youth of color in New York City and Newark each year. Operating with love and rigor, we use the tools of popular education to build critical consciousness, community, and college readiness. We strengthen, empower, and equip our participants to lead lives in committed pursuit of joy and liberation for self and community.

Our award-winning flagship program, Summer Institute (SI), is an immersive 6-week program for high school students, where participants (lovingly called Nashers) explore themes related to leadership, feminism, and social justice. Through classes, workshops, field trips, and intimate conversations with community leaders, we introduce concepts of power, identity, and privilege so that our Nashers can articulate and critically analyze their personal experiences within a broader political context and through project based learning.

SI operates at four in-person sites: Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and Newark, NJ.

FACULTY POSITION OVERVIEW

We are seeking engaging and experienced educators to join our Summer Institute as faculty members. Faculty teach 1-2 six-week interactive course(s) (designing ​their own unique course) that meets twice a week during the summer program (July 7 - August 14, 2025).

We are interested in courses that support our participants to think critically, build community, and explore leadership and social justice activism. In addition to teaching twice a week, faculty are expected to mentor and support their teaching assistant (called a “Dean”), and meet periodically with other SNLP staff members during the summer. Descriptions of classes that faculty can teach are below.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Faculty must be available for teaching for one or more of the following teaching slots between July 7 - August 14, 2025:
  • Between 10:30am - 1pm on Mondays and Wednesdays
  • Between 1 - 3:30pm on Mondays and Wednesdays
• Faculty must commit to attending training and orientation on:
  • Wednesday, June 25 - Training
  • Saturday, June 28 - Orientation
  • Monday, June 30 - Training
• Faculty support students with the development of an end-of-summer project that is presented at Final Celebration on August 14, 2025 from 11 - 2pm.
• Aug 15: Close-Out Administration Work (can be completed virtually)

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Faculty are expected to develop and teach an elective class. We encourage faculty members to consider teaching classes that are based on their unique areas of expertise and interest. We select courses that expose our participants to subjects that they do not traditionally have access to in high school. All courses should be rigorous, interactive, relevant and employ a popular education methodology. You can read more about popular education at http://infed.org/mobi/popular-education/

Examples of previous elective classes include:

• Free in My Body – Dance & Movement Residency
• Poetic Revolutionaries – Young Women Explore Voice and Power
• The Power to Create – A Visual Arts Experiment
• In Living Color: A Look at Women of Color in Film and Television
• Mass Incarceration in the 21st Century – A Feminist Analysis of the Criminal (In)Justice System
• Untangling Our Roots – Politics of Hair

In developing elective classes, faculty should ensure that their curriculum complements and supports the learning represented by the core class all Nashers take, without redundancy.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

To be successful in this position, you will need to meet the following:

• Youth Development/Out-of- School Programming Experience: Ideal candidates should have at least 2 years of professional experience in youth development, ideally in summer programs and history working with core constituencies: young women of color and gender-expansive youth, young adults, communities of color.
• Leadership/Supervision Experience: Candidates must have at least 1 year of experience leading/supervising a cohesive, positive, and results-oriented team. Joyful and strength-based leadership (i.e., the ability to see value in every team member and communicate respect and encouragement to folks at all levels). This also includes ability to communicate effectively and build relationships with youth and families, community partners, and staff.
• Curriculum Design and Facilitation: Candidates should have experience facilitating curricula for core constituencies: young women of color and gender-expansive youth, young adults, communities of color and/or collaborating with curriculum developers. Candidates should have strong facilitation skills with the ability to create a brave space and build community.
• Social Justice Alignment: Desire to work in an organization whose mission and culture is rooted in accountable, cooperative, ethical, and effective leadership. This includes commitment to and grounding in intersectional feminism, racial and gender equity, LGBTQIA+ rights
• Reliable and Intentional Communication: Ideal candidates have the capacity and skill to communicate effectively and build relationships with youth and families, community partners, and staff. Candidates must have the capacity to spend at least 1-2 hours per week (included in the hours outlined) to ensure they meet the following responsibilities to maintain a positive, collaborative relationship and responsive communication with Summer Institute site leaders and full-time staff:
  • Arrive 30 minutes before their class to prep and set up
  • Attend one 30-minute weekly check-in meeting with Site Supervisors
  • Support the learning and development of Deans & Nashers through individual check ins

HIRING TIMELINE:

• March 14, 2025 - Application Deadline
• March 24 - April 21, 2025 - Interview Process (Phone screen, group/in-person interview, references)
• April 19, 2025 - Group Interview (Please save the date)
• May 2, 2025 - Candidates Notified of Decisions

KEY DATES OF THE POSITION:

• June 25 & 30: Faculty Training
• Saturday, June 28 - Summer Institute Nasher & Parent Orientation (10 am - 12 pm)
• July 7 - August 14: Summer Program (9 am - 5 pm, Faculty are present Mondays & Wednesdays)
• August 15: Close-Out Administration Work (10 am - 2 pm; can be completed virtually)