2025 Summer Programs - Calculus Project Peer MentorsTeachers SHS Teen Staff
2025 Summer Programs - Calculus Project Peer MentorsTeachers SHS Teen Staff
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Job Goal: The mission of The Calculus Projectis to use researchsupported strategies to increase the representation and success of Black Hispanic and lowincome students in advanced mathematics. There are seven distinct components that support students yearround and one of these is preteaching in the summer. Somerville Public Schools is in partnership with the Calculus Project Organization to bring the TCP program to our students.
At TCP Peer Mentors/Teachers play a supportive role in our academic community. Working closely with the Lead Teacher and Associate Teacher you will provide academic support in the classroom and assist with various program activities.
Qualifications/Expectations:
- SHS students or recent SHS alumni who 1 have participated in TCP in past summers 2 are passionate about STEM and/or 3 are aspiring mathematics teachers are encouraged to apply
- Communicate effectively with students and staff from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds
- Treat all staff and students with respect at all times identify biased and hateful incidents and respond appropriately
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience interning in a mathematics classroom or working with youth in a summer program is a plus
- Spanish Portuguese or Haitian Creole language proficiency is a plus
Primary responsibilities:
- Academic Support: Work with individual students or small groups to reinforce problemsolving skills and clarify concepts as they work on assignments.
- Program Assistance: Support the overall TCP experience by joining in on field trips advisory sessions and other planned activities.
- Role Modeling: Serve as a positive influence and a good role model for younger students embodying the spirit and values of The Calculus Project.
- Collaborative Engagement: Assist the instructional team wherever needed contributing to a supportive connected and dynamic learning environment.
Other Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with a grade level team that includes a Lead Teacher Associate Teacher and other peer teachers
- Support the Lead Teacher with a group of 2025 students daily
- Create a nurturing learning environment maintain high behavioral and academic standards and foster a culture of collaboration and exploration
- Work with Lead Teacher to enforce classroom/group norms during direct instruction and proactively support students during small group practice in developing their conceptual understanding and procedural proficiency in topics from PreAlgebra Algebra 1 Geometry Algebra 2 or PreCalculus
- Provide support as needed in a daily advisory block to build community and strengthen relationships between students and staff
- As applicable attend class daily after teaching responsibilities have been met to prelearn topics in Precalculus Calculus or Statistics in preparation for the school year
- Collaborate with other peer mentors/teachers to plan activities
- Facilitate the Count Forward curriculum where students learn about accomplishments of STEM professionals of color.
- Help to chaperone a small group of students during field trips
- Attend up to 1.5hr/week of daily debriefs with TCP summer staff
- Report incidents to summer leadership team and other relevant staff as required
Terms of Employment:
Seasonal/Yearly Employment
July 7 2025 August 1 202
Hourly Rate: $17.72 per hour worked
Location:EAST SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL
MondayFriday 5 days per week
9am2:30pm
Mandatory Orientation and Professional Development Days: Week of June 23 2025
Position Reports to:TCP Director & CoDirectors of Summer Programs
The Somerville Public School does not discriminate in its programs facilities or employment of educational opportunities on the bases of race color age religion disability preganancy home status martital/civil union status sex/gender gender identity sexual orientation citizenship status place of birth national origin ancestry cultural identity genetics or military status and does not tolerate any form of retaliation or biasbased intimidation threat or harassment that demeans individuals group or interferes with their ability to learn or work.
Employment Type
Temp
