About the job
Join our innovative AoPS Academy as a Teaching Assistant, where your passion for education meets creativity!
Are you excited about enhancing student learning and fostering an engaging, collaborative classroom atmosphere? This is the ideal role for you!
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist Instruction: Collaborate with instructors to implement the curriculum, aiding advanced students in mastering challenging concepts.
- Support Students: Provide individualized assistance during class activities to ensure students are fully engaged and supported.
- Maintain Classroom Order: Help create an organized and disciplined learning environment, managing up to 16 students effectively.
- Grade Assignments: Assist in evaluating student work and delivering constructive feedback to promote academic improvement.
- Build Connections: Establish rapport with students and staff to motivate and inspire their educational journeys.
- Promote Critical Thinking: Encourage an atmosphere that nurtures curiosity and analytical skills.
Qualifications:
- Minimum age of 16 years.
- Strong proficiency in math and language arts, with the ability to assist students in advanced topics.
- Experience or interest in working with younger learners is strongly preferred.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- A positive and encouraging demeanor that fosters a comfortable learning environment.
- Detail-oriented and highly organized.
- Familiarity with the AoPS curriculum is a bonus but not mandatory.
Schedule:
- The AoPS Academy operates as an afterschool program with classes held during evenings and weekends. Candidates must be available for weekday afternoon classes (as early as 4 PM) and/or weekend sessions.
- This role requires a minimum commitment of approximately 3 hours per week for each assigned class.
- Each course session lasts for 1 hour and 45 minutes, meeting once per week.
Summer Schedule:
- In the summer, we conduct various two-week camps from June to August.
- Camp classes occur Monday through Friday for 3 hours each day.

