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PEOPLE Program - Math Success Tutor

Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 507906
Division/Organization: Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement
Department: PreCollege Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: All Remote
Location: MIDDLETON BUILDING, WILLIAM S
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: $18.00
Job Categories: Leadership, Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Education and Training, Nonprofit/Community-Based Organization, STEM, Honoring Context and Culture, Higher Education-Student Affairs

Department Overview:

 PEOPLE started in 1999 with 66 students from Milwaukee. Today, we serve over 1,100 students. The program recruits’ students in 8th grade and partners with students to help them reach their goals of college attainment and degree completion. PEOPLE consist of two programs: one specific to precollege students and one specific to college scholars at UW-Madison. The program is designed for low-income and potential first-generation college students. These populations have traditionally been overlooked and underserved for college admissions. Their journey in PEOPLE prepares them to be a viable college candidate, apply for admission to, and enroll at the University of Wisconsin System institution, with an emphasis on UW-Madison. Students who enroll at UW-Madison may be eligible for a four-year tuition scholarship. PEOPLE operates under the Office of the Vice Provost & Chief Diversity Officer’s Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement and is based on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

PEOPLE differs from other precollege pipeline programs by working with students, families, teachers and counselors to provide the sustained individual attention critical for being academically, psychologically and culturally prepared to succeed at the college academic level. For more information about PEOPLE visit: https://peopleprogram.wisc.edu/.

Anticipated Start Date:

 October 14, 2024

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

  

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

All Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 12-20

Schedule:

 Hours are flexible, but some hours must be worked on weekday evenings and on weekends to accommodate the high school schedule.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 $18.00

Number of Positions:

 5

Qualifications:

 Must satisfy a criminal background check, successfully complete I-9 verification, and attend required training.

Must be able to support tutoring for curriculum related to Algebra 2 and Trigonometry (precollege) and MATH 96, MATH 112, and MATH 113. Applicants will need to demonstrate their math competency through a short qualification exam or show successful completion of Math 113 or equivalent with a B or higher.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Ideal applicants will be students or educators deeply invested in math education and passionate about working with diverse populations. We want individuals who are excited to have deep, meaningful mentoring conversations with our students, and we want applicants who are capable of helping our students gain concrete competency in target math skills while increasing their confidence in and passion for math.

Must have basic technological literacy while navigating simple software applications.

Position Summary/Job Duties:

The Math Success Center can be broken down into three primary components with the goal of supporting the improvement of math scores across the entire range of PEOPLE’s pre-college and college units, as well as the more general support of our Scholars as they navigate complex feelings of confidence and belonging before and during their time at UW-Madison.

Purpose 1: Provide culturally competent tutoring that fills existing gaps in student support services at the precollege and college level.

Purpose 2: Improve student retention and timely degree progress by prioritizing support for accelerated and remedial math courses.

Purpose 3: Build confidence in math to directly address stereotype threat.

The Math Success Center will provide math education support for PEOPLE’s precollege Scholars in both Madison and Milwaukee as well as college Scholars at UW-Madison, acting as a bridge program designed to increase college readiness, fill existing programming gaps through tailored support for accelerated and remedial math courses, and directly address stereotype threat through culturally-competent tutoring and supplemental instruction.

Tutors will meet with Scholars for individual or group sessions, conducted either virtually via Zoom or in-person at the PEOPLE College Success Center on the UW-Madison campus. The Math Success Center will provide support for Algebra 2 and Trigonometry (pre-college) and MATH 96, MATH 112, and MATH 113 (college).

Physical Demands:

Must be capable of using a computer, keyboard, microphone, and camera.

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
 
 

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