Intern: BA Candidate - Seven Hills Foundation

Overview

The Bruce Wells Scholars Upward Bound Program, federally funded, is designed to help first generation/low income high school students attend and succeed in post-secondary education.  Interns help with all program facets of programming from tutoring, to planning, to required documentation, to Saturday programming, to workshop planning and facilitation, to summer component programming. More to come as the intern meets with the Director and/or the Coordinators as we plan many tasks together to ensure a rich experience for interns, scholars, and all staff. Although our interns are unpaid, the experience gained is incredibly impactful and gives a strong foundation for future professional endeavors.

Responsibilities

• Tutor scholars in a motivating and engaging way and note details;
• Monitor students’ homework assignments;
• Attend monthly intern/tutor/mentor/teacher staff meetings;
• Complete program, notes, evaluations and assessment forms;
• Communicate weekly with administrative staff members;
• Enforce Upward Bound rules and regulations;
• Help with classes;
• Help organize office and ensure program operation runs smoothly;
• Plan, Prepare, and Facilitate workshops a week prior- with lesson plans and materials;
• Program Mailings: Printing, organizing, putting in envelops and mailing;
• Scholar Caseload Management: Monthly meetings with the assigned scholars, Help complete IEP with each scholar and ensure quarterly educational goals are set and reviewed as follow up; monitor quarterly grades and write monthly contact/update notes;
• File Management: copies of all mailings in accurate scholar file under correspondence; ensure all legal documents are accounted for and filed in first section of each scholar file; ensure most up to date releases are filed in scholar file; ensure all other (IEP’s, any educational information and pertinent scholar info) is flied in an organized manner with the beginning of the section starting with the most recent to the oldest dated document);
• Arrive at least five minutes prior to shift start and be prepared for scholars;
• Perform other responsibilities as needs arise and/or as assigned by the Administrative team.

Qualifications

Qualifications: Associates, Bachelor, and graduated level students are welcome; demonstrated dynamic leadership and success as an academic “coach”;  awareness of higher education principles, attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines; excellent communication skills; and demonstrated knowledge of factors affecting student access and success in higher education, including those affecting disadvantaged students, student from diverse backgrounds, and students with disabilities.