Are you looking for a fulfilling and challenging job this summer? Are you interested in a hands-on, in-person mentoring experience to activate future innovators in the city of Boston? If so, apply to be a Youth Peer Leader!
OUR MISSION
Digital Ready activates the creative potential of high school students, especially Black and Latinx youth, to build tangible pathways to economic opportunities in Boston’s innovation economy.
Being Digital Ready means being ready for the complexity of a constantly evolving economy and society and requires students to weave together ethnography, engineering, design, and code to solve incredibly gnarly 21st-century problems. At Digital Ready, we utilize the city as a lab for learning striving to make the boundaries between school and the world less strict and more permeable. Our mission is to create tangible economic pathways for students that are driven by students’ interests, local employer needs, and the community’s unique assets. Our students learn by doing. In our studio, students practice habits of creative problem solving in a safe and supportive environment, where they can take risks to learn, ask difficult questions, and develop themselves as creative leaders.
OUR VALUES
- We actively fight against the status quo that allows injustices to be perpetuated without accountability;
- We use our political power, social capital, and networks to create access to high-quality education opportunities for students;
- We value diverse perspectives, which we believe leads to more identity-affirming and innovative learning experiences for students;
- We are committed to being an anti-racist organization that prioritizes the voices of students and communities of color;
- We intentionally support the redesign of policies and structures or systemic racism that continues to exclude and harm communities of color;
- We actively interrogate schools’ curriculum, industries’ hiring practices, and other institutional practices that limit who has access to Boston’s innovation economy.
SUMMER STUDIO
The Digital Ready Summer Studios are 6-week studios for youth between the ages of 16-25 to gain technical work experience in the fields of biotechnology, computer science, architecture, or engineering. As a Youth Peer Leader, you will be responsible for supporting and mentoring a pod of up to 20 students during their studio time as well as planning and executing engaging community activities and events.
SCHEDULE
- New Staff Orientation: June 12, 13, and 14
- Planning for Summer Studios: June 17 -June 28, scheduled to be determined with manager
- Summer Studios: Monday, July 8 – Friday, August 16, 2024;
- Monday – Friday: 8:30AM – 4:30PM;
- 1-hour lunch break each day;
- Studios run Monday-Thursday;
- Team planning is held on Friday from 9:00 to 1:00p.
SHARED GOALS
Our goal is to have 100% of our students pass their college-level studio with a C or better and earn high school credit and college credit, as well as get a head start on college and career, earn valuable technical skills and work experience, and design their own pathway to a high-wage job in Boston’s innovation economy.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support and mentor up to 20 young people;
- Attend weekly planning meetings with the Student Success Team to collaborate on community building activities and events, attendance norms and protocols, and student success plans; Track daily attendance in the studio, including when a student arrives late to the studio or leaves early;
- Provide students with meaningful, targeted support both academically and personally;
- Identify social/emotional/financial barriers that prohibit students from reaching their full potential and work with the Student Success Team to ensure that students complete the studio and earn high school and college credit;
- Co-create Student Success Plans With our young people that address any social, emotional, academic, or financial issues that may affect a student;
- Implement Student Success Plans directly with students and assist them in overcoming their challenges;
- Encourage students to work collaboratively to support each other in the courses and work together on difficult content;
- Plan, prepare, and host community building events across all four pathways;
- Develop supportive relationships with students that promote self-confidence and self-discipline.
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be a young adult between the Young Adult ages of 19-24 years old.
- All Digital Ready staff must be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus by their first day of employment;
- Must be available to work in-person July 8, 2024 through August 16, 2024;
- Fluency in Spanish, Haitian Creole, or Somalian is preferred.
COMPENSATION
This is a paid hourly position at a rate of $20 per hour.
How can I apply?
- Interested applicants can visit www.digitalready.org to learn more about the organization.
- Applications including a resume and cover letter should be submitted online by using the following submission link: https://form.typeform.com/to/lYSDdhd4?typeform-source=www.google.com
- Further questions may be directed to Digital Ready’s Student Success Coach, Patrick Nugent, via email at patrick.n@digitalready.org.