Associate Instructor - Hourly
Company: University of Utah
Location: Salt Lake City
Posted on: May 27, 2023
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Job Description:
About the University of Utah First Star Academy:
First Star is a national college-access program with the mission of
improving the education outcomes for youth in foster care. There
are currently fifteen First Star Academies partnered with
universities, child welfare agencies and school systems across the
country. The program model focuses on academics, life-skills and
self-advocacy and engages our scholars throughout all four years of
their high school career. First Star hosts one Saturday Academy
each month during the academic year and a month-long residential
Summer Academy at the University of Utah during the summer. To
enroll in First Star, youth must be in foster care at the time of
application, but they remain in First Star for all four years of
high school regardless of changing foster care placements, adoption
or reunification with their biological families. Nationally, 50% of
youth in foster care graduate high school, and less than 1%
graduate college. Of the foster youth in the First Star Academies,
100% graduate high school and 92% enroll in college.
You can learn more about the national First Star model at
www.firststar.org and about the University of Utah First Star
Academy at https://engagement.utah.edu/firststar/.
About the position:
Summer Academy Instructors play a critical role in the success of
the Academy. The Instructors are responsible for developing the
curriculum for the courses they will be teaching, teaching the
course(s), and providing feedback on each youth's progress. The
course should be aligned with the state curriculum standards and
encourage successful learning practices.
We are looking for one math instructor and one English instructor
to teach June 26th - July 22nd, Monday - Friday, 9:00 am-12:00 pm .
The teacher would instruct about 15 students from 9am to 10am and
then switch groups with the other instructor for the second half of
the morning. There would also be a teaching assistant present in
the classroom. Outside of this 3-hour morning block of teaching,
the position would include hours before June 26th for planning Math
or English curriculum based off student assessments that we are
currently conducting. There will be occasional evening tutoring
sessions during the Summer Academy and we will hold staff training
events during June 5th-June 16th.
The pay rate is $50 per contact hour, or approximately $4,000 for
the summer.
Our ideal candidate would be interested and available to continue
curriculum development and teaching for Summer Academy the
following academic year. Responsibilities
Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action ( OEO /AA)
383 University Street, Level 1 OEO Suite
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
801-581-8365
oeo@utah.edu
Online reports may be submitted at The University is a
participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems ("URS").
Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in
URS if they make the election before they become eligible for
retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources
at (801) 581-7447 for information. Individuals who previously
retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are
subject to URS' post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please
contact Utah Retirement Systems at (801) 366-7770 or (800) 695-4877
or University Human Resource Management at (801) 581-7447 if you
have questions regarding the post-retirement rules. This position
may require the successful completion of a criminal background
check and/or drug screen. https://safety.utah.edu/safetyreport This
report includes statistics about criminal offenses, hate crimes,
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Women Act offenses. They also provide information about safety and
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250 East 200 South, Suite 125 Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Contact us: (801) 581-2169 By Email: employment@utah.edu
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