9-10th Math Associate Instructor

Title: Saturday Academy Associate Instructor, Math
Reports To: Senior Manager of Teaching and Learning
FLSA: Part-time, Seasonal
Location:  New York City, in-person.
Dates: Spring Semester; Exact Saturday dates of programming vary based on which Grade Instructor is placed (see specific dates below)
Compensation: $40/hr for 6.5 standard (required) + 3 flex (use as needed) hours per week

There will also be opportunities for Summer Academy and Fall Saturday Academy in the future.

 

Position Overview

Associate Instructors will join SEO’s community of passionate educators to implement a rigorous college prep curriculum for motivated and driven high school students.  Using our original curriculum and a student-centered approach to teaching and learning, Associate Instructors co-teach Math for 9th or 10th grade Scholars in New York City.

Associate Instructors are the first to cover classes when instructors are out or they co-teach alongside Instructors to facilitate classroom instruction, teach mini lessons, organize small group and one-on-one instruction, and provide additional Scholar support. Associate Instructors do not have grading responsibilities.

The Courses

Instructors will be placed depending on their self-reported proficiency and demo lesson.

The math courses offered at SEO include:

• 9th Math: 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.
    
    
• 10th Math: 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.

The Sites

Saturday Academy takes place at one of our partner sites through the semester where the instructor will be placed based on the grade level they are assigned:

• 9th Grade: Baruch College, (Vertical Campus Building, 55 Lexington Ave., New York).
• 10th Grade: LIU Brooklyn, (1 University Plaza, Brooklyn).

Occasionally, Orientations and/or Professional Development for all grade assignments will be held at the SEO Office:

• 55 Exchange Place, New York, NY (Financial District).

Dates, Weekly Hours, and Compensation:

• Instructor Orientation:
  • 9th Instructor Orientation: 02/13
  • 10th Instructor Orientation: 01/22
• Spring Saturday Academy: Typically, 3 Saturdays a month, exact dates vary based on which grade instructor is placed. Please note that due to our staffing needs and only seeing Scholars once a week, we cannot support more than 2 absences a semester:
• 9th Grade Saturday Academy:
  • Orientation (required): 02/13
  • 8 Programming Saturdays (2 absence maximum): 3/8, 3/15, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, 4/26, 5/10, & 5/17
• 10th Grade Saturday Academy:
  • Orientation (required): 01/22
  • 11 Programming Saturdays (2 absence maximum): 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 3/8, 3/15, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, 4/26, 5/10, & 5/17

The Associate Instructors are allotted 9.5 maximum hours per week during their seasonal employment, made up of Standard and Flex Hours.

• Standard Hours are when the associate instructor must be working on site with staff or students instructing/co-teaching a class or engaging with an instructional prep or support period:
  • Saturdays, 9:00am-4:00pm (with at least a 30 minute lunch) = 5 Hours/weekly
• Flex Hours make up the additional “teacher work” educ