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Req #: 244464

Department: ROBINSON CENTER

Posting Date: 03/20/2025

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $20.76 per hour

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-contract-covered-exempt-20250130-a11y.pdf )

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 outstanding benefits, 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 each individual student's unique learning path 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 7th-25th 2025) for students currently in the 5th-6th grade, and Summer Stretch, a 4-week program (Mon-Thurs, July 1st- 24th 2025) for students currently in the 7th-10th grade.

The Robinson Center for Young Scholars seeks temporary, hourly teaching aides (TAs) to support instructors in their daily classroom activities. The position will begin on June 23, 2025, with an expected end date of July 25, 2025. The teaching aides will report directly to the Enrichment and Professional Development Director and will be supervised by the program manager and the instructional support staff.

Before they can start working with youth, TAs must attend all required training, onboarding, and orientation sessions, including but not limited to the in-person orientation days on June 24 and 25, 2024. TAs must also complete all training required by UW’s Office of the Youth Protection Coordinator and other online training specific to the Summer program. Please note: TAs will be hired into a pool, and then assigned to an instructor by the Robinson Center Staff.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Duties may include but are not limited to assisting the teacher with the following (100%):

• Facilitating small group conversations with students;

• Participating in classroom activities, evaluations and attendance taking;

• Documenting student work;

• Chaperoning class field trips both on and off campus;

• Contributing to student assessments and progress reports;

• Performing experiments or classroom demonstrations;

• Taking attendance promptly at the beginning of the day, monitoring student safety, and ensuring proper departure/pick-up protocols are followed;

• Providing notes to instructor(s) about student needs throughout the program;

• Performing other related duties as assigned. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to attend all class sessions and trainings/orientations;

• Applicants must be at least 17 years of age at start of the program; DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Background in subject areas;

• Experience working with youth in an educational setting. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• A satisfactory outcome from criminal background verification is required prior to hire.

• Complete I-9 verification within three days of hire. The Robinson Center is committed to providing a safe and welcoming space to people of all genders, religions, national origins, races, disabilities, sexual orientations, ethnicities, and documentation statuses. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process.? These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.