Summer Academy Teacher Internship
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Job Location:
San Jose, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
11 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Description
Teacher Internship Summer Academy Program
Temporary: 32 hours/Week June 8 - July 16 2026
Schedule:8am-4:30pm Monday through Thursday
INTERNSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
Sacred Heart Community Service located in San Jose CA is looking for a Summer Academy Teacher for our Summer Academy program to analyze and improve programs that stabilize individuals and families facing severe economic hardship while creating opportunities for members to get involved to change the conditions in their lives. This individual must be highly organized possess an ability to work flexibly and creatively demonstrate superior communication skills and be able to understand and analyze program data in order to present them to our community and funders. The ideal candidate must be equally committed to our vision of a community united to ensure every child and adult is free from poverty an approach of driving policy change through transformational leadership development and developing programs through an anti-racism and anti-oppression worldview. For over 59 years SHCS has been one of the leading institutions addressing poverty in Santa Clara County through a strategy that combines addressing the consequences of poverty through impactful programs while building power with people to push for systemic change.
POSITION SUMMARY:
For 24 years Sacred Heart Community Service has offered Summer Academy (SA) which is a 5-week all-day program that serves 100 rising 3rd-6th graders from the Washington/Guadalupe neighborhood of San Jose at the Sacred Heart building in downtown San Jose. The program focuses on students academic social and emotional development and aims to reduce summer learning loss. Students are divided into groups based on grade and each day work on math language arts science technology and enrichment (including subjects ranging from art to music to sports). Prior to starting the program Sacred Heart receives information about each childs report card and any relevant education/behavioral plan so they can emphasize particular subjects as needed.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
Program Coordination (60-65%)
Provide instruction that reflects multiple perspectives and multicultural education
Design and deliver instructional plans that are focused on student mastery of curriculum goals
Create and implement lesson plans for single subject classes for 3rd to 6th grade in accordance with the California Common Core Standards
Utilize interactive engaging teaching techniques aimed at improving knowledge and retention of age-appropriate concepts in each class
Train direct and provide meaningful engagement opportunities for your volunteer class
Use measurement tools to evaluate effectiveness of lesson plans and document improvements for future programmatic use
Evaluate each students performance throughout the program and actively communicate with Program Manager and the students families as deemed appropriate to support them in maintaining their academic grade level
Administer pre- and post-testing to track students progress
Challenge and empower both youth and volunteers to think critically to work together to design and lead activities and to make positive choices
Develop improvement plans for students who are underachieving academically
Leadership (20-25%)
Support the planning and implementation of all SA activities
Participate and contribute to professional development meetings with SA staff and volunteers aimed at working together to improve the quality and content of the Summer Academy
Perform other duties as assigned
Administrative (10-15%)
Develop track and manage the progress of students
Submit a bi-weekly class curriculum to Summer Academy Site Lead
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
The Teacher Coordinator should have the following skills and experience:
Strong commitment to our vision of a community united to ensure that every child and adult is free from poverty
Bilingual in English and Spanish
Education requirement:
o A minimum of 24 college units are required
o Strong academic background in related major
Ability to multi-task and provide quick professional responses
Be detail-oriented and highly organized
Computer literacy with proficiency in google applications and canva
Be flexible compassionate and have a supportive attitude
Treat all students volunteers and staff with dignity compassion and respect while adhering to program rules and procedures
Adhere to SHCS-mandated reporting policies and procedures and work with Summer Academy Site Lead to appropriately report any suspected child abuse or neglect
Provide proof of a negative tuberculosis (TB) test
Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred
Required Experience:
Intern
Key Skills
About Company
Sacred Heart Community Service provides essential services, works to improve the lives of its community, advocates for justice, and inspires its community to love, serve, and share.
