Job description

Summer Position - Approximately 6 weeks in length

Purpose:

The Upward Bound Resident Assistant (RA) is a temporary residential position offering supervision and advisement to high school students during the TRIO Upward Bound Summer College Prep Academy. Upward Bound is a U.S. Department of Education federally funded educational opportunity program that prepares eligible high school students to enter and succeed in post-secondary education. The 6-week summer program offers a summer residential component focused on enhancing the academic skills of the participants and provides participants with fast-paced, intensive academic coursework and other social, cultural, and recreational enrichment activities.

The primary objective of the RA position is to ensure the well-being of program members in grades 9-12, with regard to health, safety, morale, discipline, interpersonal relationships, and academics during the residential portion of the Upward Bound Summer Academy. RAs are expected to reside and sleep in their assigned housing. Weekend housing may be available if needed during off-duty times.

Qualifications - Education, Experience, and Skills:

· Must be a Junior or higher status in college, a recent college graduate, or graduate student with the ability to tutor and mentor high school students in either college preparatory math through pre-calculus, natural sciences, English, or foreign language.

· Demonstrate positive attitude, leadership skills, and the ability to work effectively with, and display sensitivity toward, a wide range of ethnic, socioeconomic, cultural, and life-style differences among staff and student participants.

· Requires occasional sitting, frequent walking up to a mile or more at times, standing, and driving a 15-passenger van.

Preference will be given to candidates who have experience working with low-income and first-generation students from diverse backgrounds, have prior resident assistant or camp counselor experience, and/or are the age of 21 or over (because of legal requirements of rental vehicles).

Special consideration will be given to former students of any TRIO program including but not limited to Upward Bound.

Reasonable accommodations may be requested and reviewed according to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary

Pay: From $13.78 per hour

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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