SENIOR FINANCIAL LITERACY AND COLLEGE READINESS INSTRUCTOR
Location: New York, NY
Dates: Starting June 1 — part-time for 12 weeks
Compensation: Commensurate with experience.
POSITION
UniFi Scholars seeks an experienced Senior Instructor who is passionate about financial literacy and college opportunity for low-income students to deliver UniFi Scholars’ core curriculum.
The position will require collaborative work with the UniFi Scholars founders over the month of June to learn the details and philosophy of the curriculum.
Lessons will occur 3 times a week from July 6-August 15. Each lesson will be three hours in length, with 2 serving as in-classroom teaching lessons and one reserved for off-site field trips.
ABOUT UNIFI SCHOLARS
UniFi Scholars is a new New York City- based not-for-profit that provides financial literacy and college readiness education to low-income, high-achieving public high school students. The program seeks to bridge the socioeconomic divide in the college application process and unify students of high academic standing around both their shared standard of achievement and a lifelong proficiency in financial literacy. UniFi Scholars envisions a future in which academic standing — rather than inherited financial standing –- dictates the make-up of elite college campuses and in which all Americans are unified by a common ability to responsibly manage their finances.
UNIFI SCHOLARS SUMMER PILOT PROGRAM
UniFi Scholars will work with Sports & Arts in the Schools Foundation (SASF) — the largest provider of school-based after-school programs in New York City — to deliver the program during Summer 2015. Students will be standouts in the classroom, nominated for the program by SASF site directors. During the program, these students will be both employed as interns with SASF and banked, thus making the understanding of certain concepts, such as direct deposit, more concrete.
UniFi Scholars’ curriculum, which will cover topics ranging from personal money management to the basics of banking and credit, will be largely experiential in nature – with a variety of activities aimed at budgeting, saving, and long-term planning — to ingrain prudent financial habits. As such, a significant focus of the program will be on student loans and financial aid resources, as these will be immediately relevant to our students as they apply to college. The program will culminate with the students’ successful development of a long-term budget – forecasting their savings and expenditures over a 10-year period.
Throughout the course of the pilot program students will hear from college admissions officers, college financial aid officers, and young professional across industries in order to better understand both the college application process and potential career opportunities.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Instructor will:
Design and prepare effective and creative lessons aligned with UniFi Scholars’ outlined lesson plans and curricular and real-world goals.
Execute lesson plans and lead classroom of 15 students.
Develop assessments/utilize existing UniFi Scholars’ assessments to track students’ progress in, and proficiency with, hard and soft financial literacy skills.
Communicate and collaborate regularly and effectively with UniFi Scholars and SASF staff regarding student development, feedback, and real-time adjustments to the curriculum.
Work with UniFi Scholars staff to assess daily student work and two long-term student projects.
Serve as principal in-classroom resource for students regarding avatar and 10-year budget projects.
Accompany students on off-site field trips.
QUALIFICATIONS
Requirements include:
Masters in Business, Education or related field.
Experience in instructional design, lesson planning, or teaching in an academically and culturally diverse community.
3-5 years of experience as an instructor.
High energy and enthusiasm for the curriculum and overall program experience.
Excellent time management and organizational skills; exceptional communication skills.
Likable, easy-going demeanor with a strong sense of humor.
*Exceptional business professionals are encouraged to apply!
Preferred:
Experience working with 16 to 19-year-old students.
Previous experience teaching financial literacy or a related subject.
Previous experience in finance or related fields.
Previous experience with the financial aid application process and/or student loan application and repayment.
Previous experience instructing students from low-income households.
How to apply
Interested candidates should send a resume and a few words on why you are interested to david@unifischolars.org. The subject of your application email should read, “Senior Instructor Application.”