(NAME-MCE) Curriculum Research Assistant needed

[Julie Choe]

Job Description

Curriculum Research Assistant

Teaching for Change's mission is to provide teachers and parents with the
tools to transform schools into centers of justice where students learn to
read, write and change the world.

 

One of our Professional Development programs is working with the public
school district in McComb, Mississippi to redevelop their US History
curriculum around the Civil Rights Movement, incorporating key lessons from
Teaching for Change's own publication, Putting the MOVEMENT Back into Civil
Rights Teaching and ensuring that McComb's own rich history around the Civil
Rights Movement is taught to local students. See
www.teachingforchange.org/profdev/civilrights for more details.

 

Teaching for Change seeks a Curriculum Research Assistant to assist with the
research and formatting of the 8th grade US History course curriculum, which
is heavily based on A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn.

 

Duties and Responsibilities

* Assist with research for 8th grade US history course, using the Internet
and traditional resources.

* Format curriculum into standard format.

* Be available for regular meetings in our Washington, DC offices in the U
Street corridor.

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

* Proficiency with MS Word, including using style sheets

* Extensive Internet research abilities

* Deep knowledge of US History and familiarity with Zinn's A People's
History of the United States

* 4th grade or above teaching experience preferred, but not required

* Ideal position for an Education or US History graduate student or post-doc

 

Hours

12 hours week @ $15/hr. Schedule is flexible. Through end of 2008.

 

To apply

Send your resume and a thoughtful cover letter about why you're qualified
for and interested in this position to Julie Choe, Associate Director,
Teaching for Change at jchoe at teachingforchange.org. Qualified applicants
will be contacted.

 

TEACHING FOR CHANGE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, creed, marital
status, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or sexual
orientation.