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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Upward Bound Programs (UBP), which includes Upward Bound Altoona (UBA) and Clairton & McKeesport (UBCM), is hosting a 2025 Summer Academy and is seeking five talented and motivated summer Residential Mentors (RMs) who are interested in developing their leadership and mentoring skills while engaging in academic and social activities with approximately 40 students from Altoona, Clairton, & McKeesport High Schools. The Summer Academy will operate from June 15 through August 1.  RM training will occur during the second week of June. RMs will need to be able to provide their own transportation to/from the Altoona or Greater Allegheny campus for departure of field trips or residential stays.

The six-week Summer Academy for students will consist of three weeks virtually with a weekly in-person field trip plus three weeks in a residential format – the week of June 22 at Penn State Greater Allegheny, the week of July 13 at Penn State Behrend, and the week of July 27 at Penn State Altoona. Camp responsibilities may include attending classes, providing tutorial support, leading icebreaker activities, supervising students, chaperoning weekly trips, attending staff meetings, completing program documentation and evaluations by established deadlines building a sense of community with UBA participants plus any other duties assigned by the UBP staff.

The residential camps offer a taste of college life, bearing in mind all participants are minors. Students from both Upward Bound Clairton & McKeesport and Upward Bound Altoona will participate in each of these weeks. Responsibilities may include establishing a supportive, encouraging, and welcoming environment in the residence hall; serving as a role model who exhibits sound judgment, maturity, and common sense; ensuring the well-being and safety of all students and other staff members; enforcing UBP and University regulations in a consistent and objective manner; working with a small group of students to complete an assigned project; planning and leading academic, social, and recreational activities; working closely with the program’s teachers, office staff, and other individuals; chaperoning groups of students as they participate in activities both on and off campus; monitoring participants; performing regular monitoring duties such as free time check in, meal check in, and sick duty as scheduled; and