Career Center

AmeriCorps Teaching Fellows are important members of the Academy Prep team. While fulfilling a variety of roles around campus, they are provided professional development centered on research-based best practices and progressive curriculum and assessment design while being granted the opportunity to immediately apply their emerging skills to their own classes. By teaching  individual students and small groups through academic support sessions, Fellows become highly capable teachers with an ability to cultivate rapport and recognize each student as an individual learner, thinker, and communicator.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Conduct individual and small-group academic support sessions with students who need additional assistance in Reading and/or Mathematics

• Teach one or two classes in a field of personal interest and background, with the ability to design curriculum alongside the Academic Dean and faculty

• Design and run afternoon enrichment activities
• Supervise students during mornings, lunch/recess, and study halls
• Supervise Saturday field trips approximately twice monthly

Qualifications:

• Associates/Bachelor’s degree (in any subject) 
• Deep interest in education and the art of teaching

• 1-2 years of experience working with children (especially Middle School students) preferred but not required)

About ACADEMY PREP CENTER OF ST. PETERSBURG

Academy Prep Center of St. Petersburg, a private, not for profit, tuition-free Middle School (Grades 5-8) for academically promising students, is currently accepting applications for full-time teaching positions with an immediate start date . We currently are accepting applications for teaching fellows, teachers of Mathematics, and Fine Arts. We have high expectations for our scholars and seek professional educators who will uphold those same expectations and challenge them to think critically, engage with the world around them, and find the confidence to showcase their best. Please visit academyprep.org/stpete to learn more about our school.

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