What are the responsibilities and job description for the Summer Program Assistant - Upward Bound Math and Science position at University of Northern Iowa?
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Full Consideration Date:
04/11/2025
Job Description:
About Us:
Upward Bound Math and Science is a high school, college prep program that provides academic enrichment, retention services, post-secondary preparation, and a summer residential program to low-income and first-generation students. The goal of the program is to help students recognize and develop their potential to excel in math and science (social, tech, health, environmental, etc.) while providing a fun, exciting summer experience to our students!
We are looking for passionate individuals to join our team as a Summer Program Assistant! Students attend our residential summer program for 5 weeks on campus and 1 week on a Classroom on the Road trip! Staff live in the dorms to help provide educational, recreational, and social activities and supervision to help students experience what life is like in college. Think summer camp meets college prep! No STEM experience required. Summer Program Assistants will be provided housing for the entirety of the summer program on campus, as well as provided meals during the scheduled programming.
Dates:
Summer Staff Training: June 2nd, 2025 - June 6th, 2025
Summer Residential Program: June 8th, 2025 - July 18th, 2025
Responsibilities:
- Supervise program participants, ensuring they are at each scheduled activity
- Plans, leads, and implements activities with 9th-12th grade students
- Provides high-quality educational and recreational opportunities and enjoyable experiences for participants
- Support and supervise students to ensure their safety, development, growth, and wellbeing
- Support students in completing homework during study tables
- Assists in maintaining accurate program records including incident reports, attendance, and sign in/sign out sheets
- Know and understand emergency procedures associate with the summer program
- Participate in team meetings
- Proactively communicate with Upward Bound Math and Science staff about any questions
Qualifications:
- Minimum of undergraduate with a 2.5 GPA or above on a 4.0 scale
- One year of experience working with underrepresented students
- Sensitivity and awareness of program participants
- Enjoys being in the company of high school students
- Ability to live in on campus and participate for the entirety of the summer program
- Willingness and ability to support high school students’ academics, recreation, physical, and emotional wellbeing
- Energetic and positive personality
- Patient, reliable, punctual, and have good communication skills
- Experience working with residential programs preferred.
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The University of Northern Iowa provides a high-quality and diverse educational experience, purposefully guiding students to find and develop their strengths and prepare them for success after college. The university's attractive size, nearly 9,000 students, allows UNI to offer faculty, facilities and academic choices characteristic of a much larger university while retaining a friendly, small-college atmosphere on a park-like campus. UNI has been consistently recognized as one of the "Best Midwest Universities" by U.S. News & World Report. Located in Cedar Falls/Waterloo, the campus is comprised of more than 40 buildings on 940 acres.
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