What are the responsibilities and job description for the Summer Math & World Language Teacher position at Forward Service?
2025 Paid Summer Teaching Opportunity!
FORWARD SERVICE CORPORATION’S (FSC) UPWARD BOUND PROGRAMS
Certified Wisconsin Teachers
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. Our goal of summer programming is to incorporate learning in a fun and creative way.
Where:
- This will be an opportunity to teach on campus at UW Parkside in Kenosha, WI.
When:
- Training and orientation will be determined for a later date.
- Classes will run:
- Week 1: Monday, June 16th, 2025 – Friday, June 20th, 2025
- Week 2: Monday, June 23rd, 2025 – Friday, June 27th, 2025
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- Classes, labs, and/or field trips will be held between the hours of 9 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (end times may be earlier with planned cultural outings).
What Subjects Are Available to Teach:
- Math
- A World Language
What you get to do:
- Teach for 2 weeks (M-F) – We travel home on Fridays.
- Develop a curriculum focusing on key concepts designed around the summer’s theme: (Youth Overcoming Life’s Obstacles – YOLO 2025)
- Develop hands-on activities and outings.
- Please prepare three ideas for lessons you would like to teach including any outings in the Kenosha/Milwaukee area and be ready to discuss them during your interview.
- You will collaborate with current Upward Bound Madison staff to create your classes.
- Ideally, we would like to hire a candidate that can teach both math and a world language, but we will look at two individuals if necessary.
- Submit a syllabus by June 1, 2025.
- Attend teacher orientation.
- Communicate and give feedback to students.
- Submit final grades to staff.
- Be a positive role model for our Upward Bound scholars!
Teacher Hours:
Class Time Hours: 20 for Language and 20 for Math
Prep Hours: 50
Orientation, Meetings & Reporting:10 Hours
Total hours: 100 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.
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.
