Urban Teacher Center Interns – Baltimore, MD

Organization: Urban Teacher Center (UTC)

Job Title: Intern

Location: Baltimore, MD

Hours and Compensation: Unpaid, work with UTC between 8 and 12 hours per week, with at least one on-site day at UTC’s office (the other time may be virtual).

Position Dates: Fall semester (September – December)

Application Deadline: August 20th, 2012

Posted On: July 26th, 2012

Organization Overview

Urban Teacher Center is a four-year, alternative teacher preparation program that operates in the Washington, DC/Baltimore region (and soon in additional cities). Each cohort participates in an intensive year-long residency, followed by a three-year teaching commitment in a high-need urban school. In addition to the clinical experience at a school, UTC residents also enroll in a Master’s of Education program that is directly relevant to the urban teacher. All UTC teachers are part of an unprecedented commitment to student performance: only those who can demonstrate that they can improve student learning will complete the program. Over time, UTC teachers will be among the most expert and results-oriented in the nation. For more information, visit the UTC website at www.urbanteachercenter.org

As an early-stage organization, UTC has a significant need for additional talent to supplement our team. For the upcoming school year, we are seeking interns who can make an ongoing and significant investment with us. Though internships are unpaid, they provide outstanding experience to individuals interested in teacher practice, teacher policy, or the start-up of a non-profit organization.

Available Positions and Descriptions

Site assistant

This intern will work closely with UTC’s Site Director to support the following:

• Ongoing messaging and support to UTC’s cohorts of residents and teachers
• Support hiring and training process for test monitors
• Support Site team with planning and scheduling

Curriculum assistant

This intern will work closely with UTC’s Director of Curriculum & Professional Development to support the following:

• Editing and formatting course syllabi
• Maintaining UTC library of texts and video
• Developing coursework calendars

Performance and evaluation (2 internship positions available)

This intern will provide support to UTC’s Director of Performance & Evaluation, and will engage in the following work:

• Organize survey files
• Clean survey response data
• Collect school-level variables on school performance, quality and climate
• Track school-level data for Baltimore and DC schools
• Help construct measures of school quality

Recruitment and admissions (2 internship positions available)

This internship will focus on UTC’s recruitment, selection and admissions processes. Specifically, work will include the following:

• Outreach to targeted college campuses
• Data collection and entry
• Application/interview logistics
• Support to admissions including organizing and tracking applicant materials, transcript reviews and enrolling applicants with Lesley University

Communications assistant (2 internship positions available)

This intern will work closely with the UTC Co-Director to support the following:

• Graphic development
• Video and photography support
• Marketing materials development
• Manage social media accounts
• Develop profiles detailing how other teacher preparation programs use social media and identify best practices

Evaluation and documentation assistant

This intern will work closely with the UTC Co-Director to support the following:

• Collect, tag and archive assignment video
• Document program and organizational changes in first 2.5 years of operation

How to Apply