Summer Employment: PCA Teaching Assistant

ALL POSITIONS HAVE BEEN FILLED. WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING NEW APPLICATIONS FOR 2016.

Are you a college student or recent graduate who is interested in working directly with low-income, first generation, youth from underserved high schools? EAOP is hiring Teaching Assistants for our summer program, Pre-College Academy 2016!

For the job description and application click on the links below.

JOB DESCRIPTION  APPLICATION

Program Overview

The Pre-College Academy (PCA) is a six-week college preparatory summer program hosted by EAOP at the University of California, Berkeley.  For 30 years PCA has provided intensive for EAOP students enrolled in partner schools throughout the Bay Area.  PCA prepares students for their academic and professional futures by providing them with opportunity to share in the University of California's tradition of educational excellence and diversity.  PCA prepares students for success in the following academic year, including preparation for classes that meet the University of California's and California State University's A-G subject requirements.

Course Information

PCA offers students rigorous coursework, college-level expectations and a chance to join a community of college bound scholars.  Participants in the program take two classes, one in a theme-based writing course and a second course in math (Geometry, Advanced Algebra, Pre-Calculus).  Recent writing course titles include Critical Media Literacy; Living in the Shadows: Race, Gender & Identity Politics in the United States; Zombie Apocalypse: A Post-Apocalyptic Study of Modern America.  Students are enrolled in the math level that will be taking in their schools the following fall.     

Program Dates and Location

PCA takes place between the middle of June and the end of July every year. Students take classes four days a week, Monday through Thursday. All PCA program activities take place on the UC Berkeley campus.