Math Literacy Workers; High School Cambridge, MA

Job Description

Math Literacy Workers (MLWs) will learn and develop skills to facilitate effective math workshops and lessons. The MLWs are supported by other MLWs, college students, and in some cases classroom teachers who collaborate in planning, debriefing, and implementing their math literacy workshops. YPP’s goal is to ensure that MLWs understand that, for the purposes of equity, their work as near‑peer math facilitators from the same community as their students is indispensable and vital to the broader education community.

• 40 hours of training
• 12‑25 hours per week of programming (4‑5 hours of plan/prep + 2.5 hours of workshop, set‑up, debrief per week)

• $15 per hour
• Payments every two weeks from The Young People’s Project Inc.

MLWs will prep, plan, and debrief at their high school in teams of four, spending 4‑5 hours per week. Additionally, MLWs should be prepared to facilitate math modules/workshops at their assigned middle school for 90 minutes per week plus 60 minutes to set up and debrief.

• Debrief (student responses to each activity, most/least effective, needs improvement)
• Plan (revise or create lesson plans, assign roles, collect materials)
• Practice & Professional Development (mock facilitate, give each other feedback)
• Create or design a new game or activity
• Team building activities (with fellow MLWs, teachers, and staff)
• Review training material or math content to ensure MLW understanding
• Full participation is required