What are the responsibilities and job description for the Summer English Instructor position at Forward Service?
2025 Paid Summer Teaching Opportunity!
FORWARD SERVICE CORPORATION’S (FSC) UPWARD BOUND PROGRAMS
High School English Teachers for Upward Bound Summer Program
What is Upward Bound:
Upward Bound serves high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor’s degree and/or from families who meet federal income guidelines. The goal of UB is to help students recognize and develop their potential and to encourage them to pursue post-secondary degrees.
Where:
- This will be an opportunity to teach on campus at UW Stout in Menomonie, Wisconsin
When:
- Training and orientation will be determined at a later date
- Classes will be on the following days:
- Thursday, June 19th
- Friday, June 20th
- Monday June 23rd
- Tuesday, June 24th
- Thursday, July 10th
- Friday, July 11th
- Monday, July 14th
- Tuesday July 15th
Compensation: $1100 (split into two payments)
What you get to do:
- Teach two sections of the same course for 8 days (90 minutes each section)
- Develop a hands-on curriculum focusing on key concepts designed around the summer’s theme
- Prepare pre- and post- test to determine student improvement
- Submit a brief synopsis of three ideas for classes you would like to teach
- Upward Bound staff will select one course for you to teach
- Submit syllabus for the selected course for review and approval by the Upward Bound Managers
- Syllabus for selected course is due in May
- Attend teacher orientation and wrap up
- Communicate student progress
- Submit pre and post test scores and final grades
Teacher Hours:
Class time hours: 24 hours
Prep hours: 12 hours
Orientation, Meetings & Reporting: 4 hours
Total hours: 40 hours
Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The job requirements include:
- Licensed teacher for 9th – 12th grade in given field and at least 1 year teaching experience preferred
- All offers will be contingent on a successful criminal background check
- Must live and work in Wisconsin
- To fully demonstrate our commitment to the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees, we are requiring employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment beginning January 4th, 2022. We believe this path forward further strengthens our workforce and the future growth and resilience of our company and community. Individuals with medical conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs that prevent them from getting the vaccine may request an exemption from the vaccine requirement.
At Forward Service Corporation we seek diversity. Differing perspectives lead to innovation. We are an equal opportunity employer and invite applications from candidates from all backgrounds. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and promotion without regard to age, ancestry, arrest or conviction record, color, creed, disability, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or veteran status.
