Job Overview/Summary: The Newcomer Youth Summer Academy (NYSA) is a six-week program that prepares newly arrived refugee youth to succeed at their grade. Up to 130 students from ages 5 – 21 from over 20 countries will participate in academic, creative arts, physical education, and social-emotional learning classes.
At the Upper School levels (Grades 6-12), Academic Lead Teachers will be responsible for specialized content instruction in English Language Arts. The Upper School English Language Arts Academic Lead Teacher (ALT), in collaboration with fellow NYSA Teachers and the Dean of Instruction, is expected to create engaging, project-based English Language Arts lessons that spark curiosity in diverse topics, develops students’ academic literacy, and meet New York State learning standards.
ALTs are responsible for creating, submitting and instructing relevant daily lesson plans and associated slide decks and materials. Given the student body’s varied English language acquisition levels, life, and formal education experiences, the ALT must consistently plan for differentiated, trauma-informed instruction and apply a sheltered instructional approach to guiding English Language Learners. ALTs will contribute to the design of pre- and post- assessments to measure student learning throughout the summer. Throughout their classroom activities, the ALT is expected to contribute to NYSA’s goals of fostering students’ social-emotional development and building a strong sense of community among the students and staff.
Position term: June 16– August 15, 2025
Pre-program Planning: Between June 16 and July 1 – Up to 10 hours of lesson planning and instructional planning with Dean of Instruction and asynchronous foundational online training modules to be completed independently ahead of synchronous staff training dates
Training: July 1-3, 2025: Up to 24 hours of training
Main Program: July 8 – August 15, 2024: 3 hours of instruction, 30 minutes of lunch supervision, rotating breakfast supervision [PC1] [UC2] and 2 hours of admin time for a total of 5.5 hours per day plus 1 evening of parent/teacher conferences.
Major Responsibilities:
- Participate in instructional planning sessions, trainings, and all program meetings.
- Plan trauma-informed lesson plans for a class of approximately 15-25 students, using the sheltered instructional model (SIOP) for instructing Multilingual Language Learners
- Submit detailed daily lesson plans, slide decks, and associated in advance of the date of instruction
- Administer formative and summative assessments, including content area pre-assessments of students, to inform curriculum and lesson design
- Complete all staff program evaluations
- Regularly review student progress and maintain bodies of evidence, including work samples
- Supervise students during lunch
- Complete all required reports on time.
- Effectively plan for and incorporate Classroom Culture Lead Teacher(s) and volunteer Peer Mentors into classroom instruction
- Finalize final report cards for each student
Job Requirements:
- Master’s degree in secondary English education or related field
- New York State teaching certification preferred
- A minimum of three years instructing in the New York City Department of Education (or other accredited school system) for relevant age group preferred
- Shown success in planning and delivering culturally aware, trauma-informed, sheltered-instructional curricula for classes of diverse beginner to intermediate ELLs/multilingual learners strongly desired
- Experience with project-based learning preferred
- Strong cultural awareness desired
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team desired
- Fluency in written and spoken English required. Second language proficiency in relevant language highly desirable (Arabic, Dari, Farsi, French, Fulani, Haitian Creole, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian)
- Certification or commensurate experience in Responsive Classrooms or Classroom Mindfulness desired.
Working Environment***:*** NYSA takes place in a centrally located school in New York City. All applicants must be willing to relocate for the entirety of the Academy.
Compensation: Posted pay ranges apply to US-based candidates. Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience and skills relative to the defined job requirements.
Equal Opportunity Employer: IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
US Benefits: We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits. In the US, these include: 10 sick days, 10 US holidays, 20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure, medical insurance starting at $143 per month, dental starting at $6.50 per month, and vision starting at $5 per month, FSA for healthcare and commuter costs, a 403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching, disability & life insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health struggles.
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