2024 SUMMER PROGRAM INSTRUCTOR (TEMPORARY)

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. 

UW faculty and staff also enjoy professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty. 

Undergraduate Academic Affairs (UAA) shapes, advances, and stewards a world-class undergraduate academic experience for students at the University of Washington. Staff, faculty, and students in UAA deepen and enrich the learning experience for all undergraduates, recognizing and supporting the unique learning path of each individual student and committing each academic program to excellence in learning and teaching.

Within UAA, The Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars (RC) at the University of Washington's mission is threefold: teaching, research, and service. The RC is a leader in the nation for developing programs that serve highly capable young pre-college and college students.

The Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars offers two summer enrichment programs: Summer Challenge, a 3-week program (Mon-Fri, July 8th-26th 2024) for students currently in the 5th-6th grade, and Summer Stretch, a 4-week program (Mon-Thurs, July 1st- 25th 2024) for students currently in the 7th-10th grade. The position will begin on March 11, 2024, with an expected end date of August 2, 2024.

The Robinson Center is seeking instructors to design and teach enrichment courses that offer highly capable students a fast-paced and challenging immersive learning experience. The Summer Program Instructor will report directly to the Summer Program Director. In this position, instructors will be responsible for creating the curriculum and all necessary teaching materials prior to the beginning of classes. Instructors will be required to attend two professional development events (March 20 and April 24, 2024, 5:45-7 PM, online) and an orientation event (June 27, 2024). When classes are in session, instructors will be responsible for day-to-day class instruction (classes run from 9 am until 2:20 pm), supervision of teaching aides, and weekly and final individual progress reports.

Instructors are required to send the syllabus, teaching plans, request for teaching supplies, and plans for field trips to the RC staff by May 1, 2024.  

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Teaching & Learning: Planning, Instruction & Assessment - 85%