NYSA Education Intern (Unpaid)

The NYSA Education Intern supports the Youth Education team in preparing and facilitating the Newcomer Youth Summer Academy, a six-week program for newly arrived immigrant youth in New York City. The role involves administrative support, classroom assistance, and contributing to program activities to help immigrant youth succeed academically and socially.

Responsibilities

• Support Youth Education Supervisor in various administrative tasks including ensuring teachers turn in lesson plans on time, reviewing lesson plans, assisting with classroom observations, and communicating with the Student Support Team and Operations team.
• Assist teachers in the classroom as needed.
• Support creation of class material and assist with instruction during in-person youth and parent YESOL classes.
• Collaborate with Youth Education Specialist to design and revise assessments and surveys for NYSA.
• Support collection, organization, and cleaning of quantitative and qualitative data related to NYSA.
• Maintain accurate records of assessment results and ensure timely data entry and verification.
• Assist in analyzing assessment and survey data to inform program development and curriculum adjustments.
• Contribute to summary reports, visualizations, impact summaries, and presentations of findings.
• Help track progress against program indicators and support documentation of lessons learned.
• Participate in team meetings and offer insights from data trends to support decision-making.
• Complete all staff training prior to the start of the program and participate in program meetings and staff development activities.
• Support program rollout including student orientation, teacher and staff training.
• Support program wrap-up including survey reminders, analysis, staff follow-up and debrief.
• Model appropriate student behavior and academic engagement with Academy students.
• Assist in supervision of daily student meals and student arrival/dismissal as needed.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by Youth Education Supervisor and Youth Education Specialists.

Requirements

• Recent or current undergraduate student or graduate student working towards a degree in Education or related field.
• Experience in education programming or teaching preferred.
• Knowledge of classroom procedures; health and safety precautions a plus.
• Experience working with children and/or peers highly desired.
• Ability to work well with people of diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong team player who is self-directed.
• Flexible, innovative, accountable with a strong desire to learn.
• Fluency in written and spoken English required.
• Second language proficiency in relevant languages highly desirable (including Arabic, Dari, Farsi, French, Fulani, Haitian Creole, Mandarin, Mandingo, Pashto, Russian, Spanish, Tigrinya, Ukrainian, Wolof).
• Must be available for all training days and for the entire duration of the program.

Skills

• Education Programming
• Teaching Experience
• Classroom Procedures
• Health and Safety Precautions
• Working with Children
• Cross-Cultural Communication
• Interpersonal Communication
• Program Support
• Administrative Support
• English Fluency

Languages

English, Arabic, Dari, Farsi, French, Fulani, Haitian Creole, Mandarin, Mandingo, Pashto, Russian, Spanish, Tigrinya, Ukrainian, Wolof