Boston Architectural College Looking for Teaching Assistant at Boston, MA Full Time

Teaching Assistant for the BAC Urban Planning + Summer Academy Fellows Joint Program

Deadline to apply June 17th

Fabulous summer opportunity for current college students and recent graduates! Join a first-of-its-kind initiative working with City of Boston high schoolers at the Boston Architectural College’s Urban Planning + Summer Academy.

About the BAC Urban Planning + Summer Academy Fellows Program:

The Urban Planning & Summer Academy Fellows Program offers a paid summer position for City of Boston high school-aged (14-18) residents who are curious about careers in urban planning and design. This pre-college program introduces students to urban planning and design with leading professionals and peers in the Boston area and beyond. This program is located in-person on the Boston Architectural College campus in Back Bay, Boston (near public transportation).

As fellows, high school-aged students are jointly enrolled in two programs that together are designed to support and enhance student learning— the Summer Academy Design Program plus the Urban Planning Fellows Program:

• Urban Planning Fellows Program: This pre-professional training program prepares students for urban planning and urban design professional practice.
• Summer Academy Design Program: This hands-on program is designed for high school students who are curious about starting a career in architecture, interior design and landscape design.

About the TA job position:

The Boston Architectural College is seeking college and graduate level students, and recent graduates, who are interested in working this summer with diverse high school student fellows to explore urban planning/policy, urban design, and hands-on design. No experience in these professions is required, just a desire to learn and to facilitate the learning of high school students to improve diversity and equity in these professions.

The TAs will lead teams of students in hands-on, experiential, inquiry-based activities that are pre-designed by the program directors; will help create a fun, positive, inclusive learning environment for all; will work alongside BAC staff and faculty to implement the programs; and will lead/facilitate field trips and interviews with community and professional partners.

This is a great opportunity for college and graduate students who are interested in STEM/STEAM education; and/or career-based educational program development; and/or higher ed and nonprofit programming; exploring the planning and design professions (and related topics of policy, environment, climate) themselves; and/or improving diversity and equity in the

professions of design and planning; and/or making connections within these professions for their own career paths.

This is a two-part position which includes 6+ weeks of employment for 5-6 hours/day plus training

Location: Boston Architectural College, 320 Newbury Street, Boston MA (in-person)

Program dates: June 27th-Aug 5th 2022

Program times: 10 am-3:30 pm, plus planning time

Training: Starts immediately

Hourly rate: commensurate with experience

Part one: Urban Planning Fellows Program training includes:

• Teaching methods: Introduction to experiential, project-based, student-centered/led, asset-based facilitation
• Curriculum Development & Implementation: Introduction to the Urban Planning Fellows curriculum which includes: urban planning foundations (city as a system, housing, transportation, environment, economy, policy, land use, mapping), urban planning themes (climate, justice, community, real estate/development, placemaking, technologies), urban design (design thinking, and exploring neighborhood scale projects), and professional/career pathway development
• Creating a learning community
• Working with youth through (DEIJ) Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice lens
• Program and Community Partnership building
• Bridging the Urban Planning Program with Summer Design Academy

Part two: Summer Design Academy training includes:

• Hands-on design learning facilitation
• Program implementation

PRIMARY ESSENTIAL Functions of the joint program TAs:

• Working with the program directors/leads to implement the joint program;
• Learning and adopting the Urban Planning Fellows Program and Summer Academy Design Program curricula;
• Helping to create an inclusive learning community culture;
• Leading teams of students (up to 12) in hands-on activities and that explore urban planning and design which includes;
• Serving as a learning facilitator working with diverse teams of high school fellows;
• Coordinating and attending lectures and interviews with community and professional partners; and facilitating follow up activities with high school fellows;
• Leading discussion sessions and tutorials;
• Assisting with preparation and distribution of program materials;
• Overseeing audiovisual equipment and supporting demonstrations of the use of equipment(with support from BAC IT staff);
• Maintaining the confidentiality of student and employee records, and discerning when it is appropriate to divulge privileged or confidential information.