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[Anselmo Villanueva]

Teaching Tolerance Fellowship

Teaching Tolerance    Full time

Information: http://www.splcenter.org/employment/job.jsp?pid=46

Teaching Tolerance Fellowship The Teaching Tolerance project of the
Southern Poverty Law Center seeks a dynamic, prolific person to create
original curricula and evaluate activities and lesson plans for our
magazine, website, educational kits and special publications. This
one-year fellowship offers a competitive salary and generous benefits,
including fully paid health insurance, as well as vacation and sick
leave. The successful applicant will have the option to work in
Montgomery, Alabama, or Denver, Colorado.

Founded in 1991 by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance
supports the efforts of K-12 educators to reduce prejudice and improve
intergroup relations among youth. The project offers the successful
applicant an opportunity to work for an organization with broad reach
and a record of excellence. Our resources have earned four Oscar
nominations, two Academy Awards, and more than 30 honors from the
Association of Educational Publishers (EdPress), including their
highest honor, the Golden Lamp Award. In 2006, Teaching Tolerance won
nine EdPress Distinguished Achievement Awards, including Periodical of
the Year.

Qualifications

- Substantial curriculum- and lesson-writing experience, in an
anti-bias context
- A demonstrated commitment to social justice in a professional context
- Instructional experience in K-12 settings
- An understanding of and appreciation for critical literacy and
anti-bias education
- Expertise across subject areas and grade levels;
- Thorough understanding of curriculum standards and their impact on
K-12 instruction
- Spanish language skills considered a plus

Key projects

- Development of a curricular guide to accompany a new film about the
Delano strike and grape boycott, to be distributed to more than 50,000
classrooms
- Lesson plan development for the twice-monthly online series, "The
ABCs" (Anti-Bias Classroom), reaching more than 60,000 educators
- Curricular support for a youth activism project focused on
integrated living, involving thousands of schools and millions of
students
- Curricular and editorial support for the semi-annual magazine,
Teaching Tolerance, reaching 600,000 education professionals

Please email a resume and curriculum-focused writing sample to:

humanresources at splcenter.org

No phone calls or mail submissions, please.

The Southern Poverty Law Center is an equal opportunity employer and
does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, national
origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital
status, or status with regard to public assistance.