Writers Academy Teacher

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The Writers Academy Teacher position is an adjunct position, as a part of the Summer Youth Programs se teachers work with groups of young writers in grades 5-12 to hone their skill as writers, expand their repertoire of writing skills, and deepen their understanding of the written word. The Writers Academy Teacher will work under the director of the Summer Literacy Institutes, Christina Ortmeier-Hooper, and the field director of the Writers Academy, Ashley Healey.

• Work with writers in grades 9-12 to increase their writing ability, building on their skills learned during the school year.
• Lead lessons and demonstrate strategies to students.
• Conference with students individually and in groups.
• Promote individual student writing ideas and foster independence in creation of stories, poems, screenplays, etc.
• Coordinate with the other Writers Academy Teachers and Staff to ensure all students are safe and able to thrive. This could include handling of Epi Pens, inhalers, dietary restrictions and/or allergies, and individual education plans.

• Minimum of five years’ teaching in either upper elementary (grades 4-6), middle school ELA classroom, or high school English classroom.
• Bachelor's degree in education or English;
  Master’s degree preferred.

• Valid teaching license required.

The University of New Hampshire is committed to providing a safe environment for all persons, including but not limited to children, and to prevent and respond to abuse, neglect and crimes against children. All UNH youth program staff shall be subject to a criminal background check as required by NH State Law. Staff and volunteers will also be required to complete periodic child safety training.

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs.

The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

Location:

Durham