The Achieve Program at Noble and Greenough School Teaching Assistant

Achieve partners with families from Boston to empower motivated students to challenge the opportunity gap. By providing transformative academic programming and enriching experiences from middle school through the first year in college, we foster enduring confidence and agency in our scholars through a supportive and joyful community.

Achieve students are motivated, high-achieving young people who grow into extraordinary individuals. Our middle school scholars attend Boston’s district and charter public schools, come from low-income families, and represent diverse ethnicities, religions, and family backgrounds. Achieve seeks to increase our students’ academic skills and sense of self and put them on the path to college.

Teaching Assistants are critical members of the Achieve team, and they are essential to our students’ academic and personal success. Candidates must possess a strong interest in working with urban students in a fun, challenging, and enriching academic environment.

Qualifications:

• Current college student, recent college graduate, graduate student, or new teacher
• Interest in pursuing K12 teaching as a career                                       
• Experience and/or interest in working with middle school students (grades 6 through 8)
• Demonstrated commitment to social and racial justice
• Strong ability to collaborate and communicate effectively      
• Excellent organizational skills                                                                                                      
• High energy and a sense of humor!

Responsibilities:

• Provide a consistent adult presence in all spaces throughout the day
• Actively support a Lead Teacher in English, math, or science with teaching and classroom management
• Lead-teach at least one lesson during the summer with support from your lead teacher
• Co-lead an advisory group
• Contribute to a nurturing environment with consistent communication among community members  
• Lead enrichment activities, book clubs, or math clubs and provide academic intervention 
• Attend all staff meetings and community-wide morning and afternoon meetings
• Lead a group of students on field trips and other programming on Fridays 
• Carry out other duties as assigned by the directors

2025 Summer Dates:

• Teaching Assistant is a Monday-Friday position, from 8 am – 3:30 pm
• Staff Orientation: week of June 23rd (Exact dates TBD)
• Summer Program: June 30th – August 7th (No Program July 4) 

Salary: $3,500

To apply for a Teaching Assistant position at Achieve, please email the following materials to achieve@nobles.edu:

• Required short answer/essay questions (see the next page)
• Current résumé
• Undergraduate or graduate students provide an official school transcript
• Two letters of recommendation (excluding friends or family members)