Upward Bound Instructor

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Design and implement 6-weeks of classes focused on specified subjects to be implemented during the 2026 OSU Wooster Campus Upward Bound summer program. Specified subjects are:

• Chemistry
• Biology
• Physics
• Foreign Language
• Composition
• Literature

Duties/Responsibilities

50% | Implement curriculum and assist students in learning.

15% | Develop and identify appropriate tools, methods, technology, and actions to support curricula outcomes.

15% | Create assignments, grading rubrics, task schedules, and other pedagogical materials.

10% | Design curriculum and teaching goals to support assignments and curricula outcomes.

10% | Grade assignments, work with program staff to identify students in need of tutoring and provide practice materials for tutoring as needed.

Education/Experience

Required: A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in the relevant field, or fluency in the language being taught. Minimum of one year experience teaching relevant subject(s) at the undergraduate level and/or certificate to teach at the 9-12 high school level.    

•This position is in Wooster, Ohio

•Start date June 5th, 2026, and end date July 17, 2026

•This position requires a successful completion of a BCI/FBI background check completed 6-8 weeks before the start date.

Sponsorship not offered. There are up to 16 positions available.

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Program Information

Upward Bound is a federally funded college-prep program created by the Higher Education Act of 1965 for high school students who are from low-income families and/or are potential first-generation college students.  
 
The goal of the program is to develop in participants the skills and motivation needed for success in post-secondary education. There are 2 regional Upward Bound programs: Ohio State Wooster and Ohio State Mansfield.  
 
During the academic year, the programs serve a total of 126 high school students from Orrville, Wooster, Canton, Madison, Mansfield, and Clear Fork, Ohio. During the summer, up to 70 students in grades 9-12 participate in a 6-week summer program.  
 
The program includes classes, electives, athletics, tutoring, field trips, and social programming.  
 
For one week, the students commute to either Mansfield or Wooster OSU campus for classes and electives. For four weeks, the students reside in dormitories at the College of Wooster or OSU Mansfield's Molyet village from Sunday evening to Friday afternoon; the last week, the group travels out of state.   

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