Teaching Assistant

Achieve partners with families from Boston to empower motivated students to challenge the opportunity gap. By providing transformative academic programming and enriching experiences from middle school through the first year of college, we foster enduring confidence and agency in our scholars through a supportive, joyful community.

Achieve students are motivated, high‑achieving young people who grow into extraordinary individuals. Our middle school scholars attend Boston’s district and charter public schools, come from low‑income families, and represent diverse ethnicities, religions, and family backgrounds. Achieve seeks to increase our students’ academic skills and sense of self and put them on the path to college.

• Provide a consistent adult presence in all spaces throughout the day
• Actively support a lead teacher in English, math, or science with teaching and classroom management
• Lead‑teach at least one lesson during the summer with support from your lead teacher
• Co‑lead an advisory group
• Contribute to a nurturing environment with consistent communication among community members
• Lead enrichment activities, book clubs, or math clubs, and provide academic intervention
• Attend all staff meetings and community‑wide morning and afternoon meetings
• Lead a group of students on field trips and other programming on Fridays
• Carry out other duties as assigned by your supervisor

Staff Orientation:
Week of June 29
Summer Program:
July 6–August 13
Teaching Assistant is a Monday‑Friday position, from 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Salary: $3,500

To apply for a Teaching Assistant position at Achieve, please apply here with the following materials:

• Required short answer/essay questions (see next page), you can upload the answers with your resume
• Current résumé
• Undergraduate or graduate students provide an official school transcript
• Two letters of recommendation (excluding friends or family members)

• Current college student, recent college graduate, graduate student, or new teacher
• Interest in pursuing K‑12 teaching as a career
• Experience and/or interest in working with middle school students (grades 6 through
  8)
• Demonstrated commitment to social and racial justice
• Strong ability to collaborate and communicate effectively
• Excellent organizational skills