Fellowship Opportunity: Match Education

Are you interested in education reform? 

Consider joining Match Corps: Chicago, a full-time, in-school, professional tutoring fellowship overseen by Match Education. We are seeking smart, idealistic, relentless people for the 2013-2014 school year. Each Fellow works with two students at a time for each period of the school day, and will have a personal caseload of 12 students for the entire school year. Fellows drive student achievement by providing individualized instruction, and by building personal and meaningful relationships with students and their families.

Why?

Match Education has been using this high-­‐dosage tutoring model for nine years in Massachusetts with tremendous success. Now Match is shipping off from the east coast to work with underperforming schools in Chicago as part of a scientific study with the University of Chicago. This gold standard 2x2 experiment will investigate whether high dosage tutoring can reduce violent behavior in young men and drive academic performance. This experiment has never been done before and is a one-­‐of a kind opportunity.

This is a unique service based opportunity where you will be playing a role in a break through scientific study and will be making a significant difference in the lives of students. Fellowships are full-­‐time for 11-­‐ months and start on August 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014. Fellows will receive a modest stipend of $16,000 ($1,454/month for 11 months) and a $1,000 transportation award. Fellows will also receive a wide variety of benefits programs and resources offered through the University of Chicago. For more information on University of Chicago benefits visit http://hrservices.uchicago.edu/benefits/index.shtml.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university required.

- Strong math skills required.

- Interest in education reform required.

- Experience tutoring, teaching or coaching strongly preferred.

- Spanish oral proficiency strongly preferred.

- Volunteer experience working with students preferred.

- Ability to work with a high degree of initiative preferred.

- Flexibility to adapt to change preferred. 


A resume and cover letter are required to be considered for this position. Any offer of employment will be contingent upon successful completion of background checks required to work in the public schools. 
Could you commit yourself to a year of service in an urban school? Could you take on the challenge of propelling the academic growth of a small caseload of urban students?

If you’re up for the task, apply now. 

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

To apply, go to our application 
here.


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