Phillips Academy Summer Session & (MS) 2 Elwin Sykes Teaching Assistant Program The Teaching Assistant program at Phillips Academy looks to give rising seniors, recent college graduates, and graduate students the opportunity to test their aspiration to become a teacher. In the model of Elwin Sykes, a former Director of Summer Session and of the (MS) 2 Program as well as a 30-year veteran teacher of English at Phillips Academy, the program will combine practical classroom and dorm experience with the opportunity to meet in small seminar groups to learn about teaching. Those applicants who will have earned their bachelor s degree by June 15 th of the current year will receive priority, though consideration will be given to applications from rising college seniors. (Teachers and TAs must be 21 years old before the student s arrival on campus). No exceptions are made to this rule. Summer Session & (MS) 2 Teaching Assistants (TAs) assist a mentor teacher in teaching two courses, which will meet equally for 1½ hours each day, six days a week. The TA s experience is rigorous and thoroughly challenging. Phillips Academy requires superior performance of its teachers, TAs, and students alike. The Summer Session & (MS) 2 programs are short (5 weeks for students; 6 weeks for faculty), very intense, and strongly academic. Every class and each syllabus is unique. It is fair to say that every TA will have a different experience, based on the needs of the course, the TA's previous experience, and the expectations of the mentor teacher. For the classroom component, it can generally be assumed that teaching, supervising students, grading, photocopying, class planning, and researching material can be expected. For the residential aspect of the program, Summer Session TAs live in a dormitory room (sharing bathroom facilities with students), are on duty at least two nights each week and three weekends during the session. Summer Session TAs also coach an afternoon activity, chaperone social functions and off-campus trips, and facilitate nearly every aspect of boarding school life. In addition to their work with students and faculty, TAs participate in the Elwin Sykes Teaching Assistant Seminar Program consisting of weekly meetings, presentations, and pedagogical discussion, as well as opportunities to share with others in the field of education. (MS) 2 Teaching Assistants are hired in each of the following disciplines: biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, English and college counseling. Teaching Assistants spend their mornings in class with their students and then help the students with their work during the laboratories, study halls and in the evening help sessions. They have some chaperoning duties during the summer and help with cultural sharing. (MS) 2 teaching assistants do not have any dormitory responsibilities during the summer. Perhaps the most important role the Teaching Assistants fill is that of role model and advisor for these college-bound math/science students who do not always know very much about colleges and the pressures that are present there. Successful Teaching Assistants have strong academic backgrounds in their fields and a generosity of spirit that make their contribution to the program uniquely powerful. Both Summer Session & (MS) 2 TAs receive remuneration of $3,250 Plus room and board. (while the dining hall is open) and housing. Dates: New faculty, including TAs, arrive on campus on Thursday, June 25, 2015 and depart after all of their end of term tasks are completed, but no later than Tuesday, August 4, 2015. For the 2015 Summer Session, students will arrive on campus on Monday, June 29, 2015 and depart on Sunday, August 2, 2015. (Over)
Application Procedures: Before completing the application, please familiarize yourself with the Summer Session s current catalog at our website: www.andover.edu/summer. Completed applications are reviewed and candidates are chosen until staffing is complete. While there is no specific deadline, the earlier you submit your application the better as decisions are made on a rolling basis and applications received by March 15, 2015 will have a distinct advantage. The review of candidates will be on-going and will take place only when the following is received: A complete and accurate application (includes an Application form, a Course Preference form, a House Counseling form and an Afternoon Activities form). A resume. Two letters of reference. One letter must be from the applicant's immediate academic or work supervisor. An official undergraduate transcript. Please mail all materials to: Phillips Academy Summer Session Attn: Jolene Croteau 180 Main Street Andover, MA 01810 Interviews and hiring: After completed applications have been read, a number of applicants will be contacted for an interview. Unfortunately, due to the large volume of applications we receive, only candidates who are scheduled for an interview will be contacted. Interview invitations will be extended by telephone or e-mail to you at your home or school. We will attempt to set a mutually acceptable date for the interview. Typically, interviews begin in January and continue through the early spring. When deciding to accept an offer of a position, applicants should be mindful of the limitations on one s personal life that living and working with students in a residential, academic high school setting entails. The Summer Session, in accordance with Phillips Academy s policy, does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, disability or veteran status in administration of its employment and educational policies.
SUMMER PROGRAMS: Summer Session (MS) 2 Both programs SUMMER POSITIONS: Teaching position Teaching assistant position Administrative intern position Phillips Academy Outreach & Summer Programs Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810-4161 (978) 749-4406 jcroteau@andover.edu www.andover.edu/summer In addition to this application, please forward to us a resume and at least two letters of reference from those very familiar with your work (preferably from those who have supervised your work; not peers). Also, please submit on a separate sheet your answers to the questions on the back of this form. ** Please note that in order to work with our age group of students all teachers and teaching assistants must be 21 years old by the time the students arrive on campus. No exceptions. Name: FIRST MIDDLE LAST Preferred Name: SKYPE Address: Address where we may contact you now: City, State, Zip: Telephone: Cell Phone: E-mail: Where may we contact you after your school year ends if different from above? Please include date of change: College: Major: Degree(s): Year conferred/expected: Graduate School: Degree(s): Year conferred/expected: Teacher certification: Other certifications: Secondary school from which you graduated: City and state: How did you hear about the Phillips Academy Summer Session? Are you legally eligible for employment in the US? No Yes Please note that if you are employed by Phillips Academy Summer Session, you will be required to submit proof of eligibility for employment in the United States, such as a birth certificate, Social Security card, passport, visa, etc. Are you also applying for an Andover regular session teaching position? Yes No
Are you applying for a Phillips Academy regular session Teaching Fellowship position? Yes No Are you proficient in any language(s) other than English? Please specify language(s) and level of proficiency. On a separate attachment, please answer the questions below: 1. Tell us a bit more about yourself and describe, in more detail than your resume shows, any special experiences you have had working with adolescents in the following areas: Teaching, tutoring, coaching, counseling, multicultural education. Please note: you may include information on any volunteer work that you have done if it can be verified. 2. Phillips Academy is an intentionally diverse community admitting students and hiring faculty regardless of ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and national origin. In your opinion, what is the true educational value of diversity? What specific contribution could you make to such a community? 3. How have you spent your last two summers? 4. A. For those applying for a Teacher position: Talk about your previous teaching, coaching, house counseling experiences; what you have enjoyed and what challenges you have faced. How do you think these have prepared you for working with adolescents in the Phillips Academy Summer Session? B. For those applying for a Teaching Assistant position: The Teaching Assistant program is designed and tailored for those who have an interest in working with adolescents in a school setting and are considering going into teaching. Tell us about your interest in teaching and working with teenagers. Tell us what activities, classes, clubs, sports or organizations you are or you have been involved with that you think make you a good candidate to be a teaching assistant in the Phillips Academy Summer Session. Please be specific. 5. For applicants with no boarding school experience: House counselors (teachers and TAs) live in the dormitory for the entire session and are on primary duty in the dorm at least two nights a week and three weekends during the summer. The job is extremely rewarding and fun, but it also entails hard work. It offers few on-campus social opportunities for adults and is a radical transition from life outside a boarding school. Our rules reflect the fact that you are living among high school students; therefore, no alcohol may be consumed in front of students, no smoking is permitted on campus, and visitors of the opposite sex are not permitted above the first floor of the dormitory. Please tell us why you seek this opportunity in spite of its intensity and lack of emphasis on adult social opportunities? 6. What are your plans for the upcoming school year?
Phillips Academy Summer Session & Outreach Summer 2015 TO APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT AT PHILLIPS ACADEMY: UNDER MASSACHUSETTS LAW it is unlawful to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Phillips Academy is committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity Employment and non-discrimination in the treatment of employees or applicants for employment without consideration of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, handicap or veteran status. Should I be employed by Phillips Academy, I understand that my employment is for the period of June 25* through August 4, 2015, and is subject to termination at any time at the discretion of the Director of Outreach and Summer or Phillips Academy with or without cause and with or without notice. Should I be employed by Phillips Academy, I agree to comply with all policies, rules, regulations and procedures of the academy. I understand that the academy has the right to change its policies, rules, regulations and procedures at any time, at its sole discretion. I am acquainted with the description and required qualifications of the position for which I am applying and I believe I am qualified and I know of no reasons why I cannot perform all the functions of the job described. I certify that all of the statements made by me in this application and in the course of the application process are true and complete and that I have withheld nothing that, if disclosed, would affect this application unfavorably. I understand that any falsification, misrepresentation or omission of facts called for in this application may result in denial of employment or immediate dismissal. NAME (Please Print) SIGNATURE DATE * Some Faculty may be asked to arrive on campus before orientation.
Phillips Academy Summer Session & (MS) 2 Academic Course Preferences Name: For listing of Summer Session courses, please go to: http://www.andover.edu/summersessionoutreach/summersession/academicprograms/upperschool/courselisting/ Pages/default.aspx. If interested in teaching (MS) 2, please enter Math, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or English Please use additional space below to describe previous experience teaching courses similar to what is being offered in Summer Session. TEACHING PREFERENCES COURSE 1 (see website) 1. I HAVE or HAVE NOT taught this course before 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. COURSE 2 (see website) 1. I HAVE or HAVE NOT taught this course before 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Phillips Academy Summer Session & (MS) 2 House Counseling Preferences All summer teachers and TAs are expected to be involved in the residential program. For some (MS) 2 teachers and TAs, instead of house counseling, the expectation is regular involvement in student evening help sessions. (MS) 2 teachers are encouraged to consider house counseling. A house counseling team includes a lead house counselor, teachers residing in the dorm, teaching assistants residing in the dormitory and, for smaller dorms, complementary house counselors assigned to the dormitory but living elsewhere. All members of the house counseling team take part in communication with parents and in writing reports on students in their dorms at the end of the summer. Visiting faculty living in non-dorm school housing should expect to serve as complementary house counselors. Coverage: All resident house counselors should plan to spend most nights of the Summer in the dormitory. In both large and small dorms, there is at least one primary house counselor on duty every night. Hours of coverage will be discussed in detail during orientation. The four basic house counseling roles are: 1) Resident House Counselors. These are faculty members who live in a dorm. They: take an active and evident interest in their charges' overall well-being create an atmosphere helpful for academic pursuit are accessible to students daily and ensure an adult presence in the dormitories overnight are familiar with students' strengths and needs, and advise them accordingly know and enforce rules and standards of the Summer Session 2) Lead Resident House Counselors. These are faculty members who live in a dorm. They: devise a mode of operation for the dorm team, in addition to the above call occasional team meetings and organize weekly student dorm meetings and social gatherings attend a few meetings as called by the deans receive a small additional stipend for this role 3) Complementary House Counselors. These are faculty members who live in non-dorm housing, but they help to run a dorm. They relieve the resident house counselors on a regular basis and have the same responsibilities as those of the resident house counselors, as noted above and are on duty 2 of the 6 "school nights" (Sunday through Friday) and 2 additional Saturday nights during the session. 4) Emergency Backup House Counselor. These are faculty members who live in non-dormitory housing are on duty three to four nights a week and are on call if the deans or a dorm has an issue in which another adult is necessary have responsibilities that can involve taking a student to the hospital, covering a dorm while house counselor is at the hospital, and others as the deans see necessary. (Over)
Name: House counseling preferences: Current Phillips Academy Faculty and Spouses: I live in dormitory and would like to be considered for a house counseling position. I would like to be considered for a lead resident house counselor position. I live in non-dorm housing and would like to be considered for a complementary house counselor position. I live in non-dorm housing and would like to be considered for Emergency Backup House Counselor position. Visiting Faculty Members Every Summer Session faculty member is expected to be involved in the residential program of the school. For many faculty, that role will be as a house counselor; however, due to a variety of constraints, this is not always possible for some. To help with faculty placement, please answer the following questions. I would like to be: (check all that apply) Lead House Counselor House Counselor Complementary House Counselor Emergency Backup Complementary House Counselor If I am assigned to be a resident house counselor, I would prefer to live in: a small dorm a large dorm no preference Please note that small dormitories may mean more nights of duty; however, you will be supervising fewer students. Larger dormitories mean fewer nights of duty but you will be supervising more students. Please describe any previous house counseling experience you may have had elsewhere:
Phillips Academy Summer Session & (MS) 2 Afternoon Activity Preferences Name: Each Afternoon Activity includes coaches and a coordinator. Coordinators, in addition to coaching, organize the activity, communicate information to the students and the coaches, and take attendance. The coordinator is responsible for the students safety and enjoyable participation, and provides a summary and an evaluation of the activity at the end of the summer. Coaches supervise the students, paying attention to safety, fair play, and enjoyment. Please note that all TAs and most teachers are expected to assist in an afternoon activity. Also, please note that choosing to not participate in the afternoon activities program could have an impact on whether a teacher is hired to work during the summer. If an exception is made and you do not participate in an afternoon activity, you will be assigned to other duties such as emergency driver or additional chaperoning responsibilities. Choose the activities in which you would be most interested. For descriptions of activities go to http://www.andover.edu/summersessionoutreach/summersession/pages/afternoonactivities.aspx. Please include your level of experience below in your activity preference. ACTIVITY PREFERENCES: EXPERIENCE: 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 5 th 6 th I prefer NOT to be assigned an Afternoon Activity and would prefer instead to be assigned as an emergency driver or to another task.