Summer Programs Teaching Intern

POSITION PURPOSE:

The Choate Rosemary Hall Teaching Internship Program offers current college students and recent college graduates a rewarding opportunity to work in an intellectually stimulating and supportive academic community. Interns have ample opportunity to teach, coach, develop lesson plans, and evaluate student performance, and in turn receive feedback on their teaching from mentor teachers, department heads, and the Coordinator of the Teaching Intern Program. Teaching Interns participate in weekly professional development sessions. The internship program is particularly beneficial to applicants who are interested in teaching in a residential college-preparatory or middle school institution. Approximately 20-24 teaching intern positions are offered each summer in the Visual and Performing Arts, English, HPRSS (History, Philosophy, Religion, Social Science), Languages, Mathematics, Computer Science Science (Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Neuroscience, Physics), as well as in our Signature Programs and Workshops.

Compensation & Benefits: $4,000 stipend, plus room and board and professional development opportunities.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Work with one or two mentor teachers
• Help prepare activities, assignments, quizzes, projects, and other aspects of each assigned course
• Teach a minimum of two full periods in each assigned course
• Provide classroom coverage in assigned or similar courses as applicable and needed
• Observe a minimum of 8 classes (other than one's own) during the program
• Coach/facilitate afternoon athletics and activities for middle school and high school students
• Chaperone Student Activity trips off campus
• Serve one night of library duty during study hours
• Support SAC Directors and Coordinator of Afternoon Athletics & Activities with development, implementation, and chaperoning of Wednesday Community Building activities
• Live in a student dormitory and share advising and supervisory responsibilities with other interns, residential advisers, and heads of house
• Serve as the adviser for a group of students
• Proofread Teacher Reports written for each advisee
• Write an adviser report for each advisee
• Attend weekly Professional Development workshops for Teaching Interns
• Write and submit Self-Reflection and Program Evaluation before departing campus at the end of the program

JOB QUALIFICATIONS: MINIMUM KSA'S (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES) REQUIRED FOR PLACEMENT IN POSITION

• Interns must be at minimum 18 years old by the start of Summer Programs

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in process (or recently completed) in an academic discipline or related field

Prior experience:

Experience in the following areas preferred:

• Paid or volunteer work in a residential school or camp setting
• Paid or volunteer work teaching, advising, coaching, or taking care of children
• Paid or volunteer work with planning, supporting, and hosting events

Specialized training in:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365 and desktop suite of applications

Other Key Competencies:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including being an excellent listener.
• Strong interpersonal skills displaying a high level of tact, diplomacy, and professionalism and ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.
• Problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Strong ability to use independent judgment and to manage and impart confidential information.
• Sound judgment, able to remain cool under pressure.
• Strong ability to communicate and relate well with adolescent/young adult students, their families, and faculty and staff members.
• Comfortable with face-to-face interactions regarding sensitive/personal topics.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to effectively manage time, competing demands, and deadlines.
• Quality control -demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness and monitor own work to ensure quality.
• Adaptability -adapt to changes in the work environment, manage competing demands and frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Honesty and integrity. Earn trust and maintain confidence.
• Proficient in operating a computer.
• Fluent (read/write/speak) in English language

Working at Choate: Choate Rosemary Hall is a coeducational, independent secondary school located in central Connecticut with 850 boarding and day students and over 400 employees. Choate serves intellectually gifted and motivated students of diverse backgrounds from across the globe whose commitment to serious study is enhanced in an academically challenging and personally supportive setting.

Choate provides students with transformative and meaningful experiences that instill lifelong habits of learning, leadership, and service, shaped by innovative and passionate educators. Teaching faculty at Choate are innovative, collaborative, and committed to our students' intellectual, social, emotional, and character development. Our faculty understands that each of our students has the potential for growth and works to encourage students to develop their own ideas and voices in learner-centered environments.

For its students and employees alike, Choate strives to be a diverse and inclusive community where all feel valued and embraced. On our campus, principled individuals from diverse backgrounds are united through common purpose, active engagement, and mutual respect. We celebrate differences and the richness of our varied backgrounds and experiences. Recognizing that working in an inclusive community can also present challenges, we embrace those challenges through ongoing dialogue and interaction, enhancing empathy and appreciation for those whose perspectives differ from our own.

Choate prohibits in all its programs, including hiring and employment practices, discrimination against or harassment of any member or group based upon age, gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other category protected by Connecticut or federal law, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification.