10-11th Math Instructor (Summer 2024)

Title: Summer Academy Instructor (Math)

Department: SF Scholars

Reports To: Manager of Teaching & Learning

Compensation: $50 (Hourly)

FLSA: Part-time, Seasonal

Location: In-Person – UC Law campus in San Francisco

Dates: Summer Semester; Monday-Thursday, June 24-July 26

There will also be future opportunities for Fall and Spring semester Saturdays.

 

LOCATION/HOURS
This is a part-time, in-person position based out of San Francisco. All duties are expected to be performed on-site, with the understanding that government and public health guidelines will help determine the extent to which it is safe to carrt out in-person and onsite activities.

 

ABOUT SEO 

For more than 60 years, SEO has created a more equitable society by closing the educational and career opportunity gap for ambitious Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and Native American young people. All are welcome to apply to our programs. 

POSITION OVERVIEW

Instructors will join SEO’s community of passionate educators to implement a rigorous college-prep curriculum for motivated and driven high school Scholars. Using our original curriculum and a student-centered, anti-oppressive approach to teaching and learning, instructors play an integral part in supporting our Scholars’ journey to a competitive college and beyond. In addition, instructors promote depth of understanding and skill acquisition by serving as a coach and facilitator of learning.

COURSES

• For Summer 2024, the following math courses will be offered:
  • 10th Math: “Graphs & Relationships”
  • 11th Math: “Trigonometry”
• Relevant Skills:
  • Numbers and Operations, Graphs and Relationships, and Algebra/Pattern and Structure Courses
    • Skills include: properties of numbers; expressions, equations, and identities; ratio and rate; percentages; proportional reasoning; irrational numbers; linear, quadratic, and exponential functions (including compound growth formula); algebraic representation of functions; graphing functions and identifying key characteristics; modeling real-world situations with functions; systems of equations and inequalities; algebra with exponents; fractional exponents and roots; algebra with rational expressions and equations; properties 2D and 3D geometric figures; introduction to coordinate geometry.
  • Trigonometry, Precalculus, and SAT Math Courses
    • Skills include: triangle geometry and special triangles; trigonometric functions; inverse trig functions; radian measure; the unit circle; graphing and modeling with sine and cosine functions; unit analysis; function notation, including function composition and inverse functions; characteristics of graphs; transformations of graphs; average rate of change; introduction to limits; introduction to the derivative and the power rule; and content covered on the new digital SAT.

 

PROGRAMMING DATES, TIMES, AND HOURS

• Instructor Orientation: June 12; More details regarding orientation logistics will be provided when onboarded.
• Summer Academy Dates
  • In-person programming: June 24-July 18
  • Additional hours available during the week of July 22-25
• Schedule:
  • Monday-Thursday, 9:00 am-4:00 pm with a 50 minute lunch break.
• Weekly Hours:
  • Instructors are allotted 32 hours per week during their seasonal employment, including in-class instruction time and prep time built into the daily schedule.
    • Standard Hours are when the instructor must be working on site with staff or students instructing a class or engaging with an instructional prep or support period: 26 hours
    • Flex Hours make up the additional “instructor work” educators know go into the job. This is time spent preparing for the lesson, grading, entering gradebook data, writing Scholar feedback, communicating with staff and Scholars, etc. These are hours put in outside of the required schedule and can be completed asynchronously throughout the week = up to 6 Flex Hours/weekly

SITE LOCATIONS:

10th-11th grade Summer Academy Programming will take place at:

• UC Law campus: 200 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA 94102; off the Civic Cent