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University of Utah Instructor in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
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 youths progress. The course should be aligned with the state curriculum standards and encourage successful learning practices.We are looking for one math instructor, one English instructor and one English as a Secondary language (ESL) instructor to teach June 24th July 19th, Monday - Friday, 9:00am to 12:00pm. The teacher would instruct about 15 students from 9am to 10am and then switch groups with the other instructors, covering three hour-long periods across three student groups. There would also be a teaching assistant present in the classroom. Outside this 3-hour morning block of teaching, the position would include hours before June 24th planning the curriculum based off student assessments that we are currently conducting and occasional evening tutoring sessions during the Summer Academy. The pay rate is $50 per contact hour, or approximately $4,000 for the summer.Our ideal candidate would be interested and available in continuing curriculum development and teaching for Summer Academy the following academic year.