NYSA Education Intern (Unpaid)

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

Position is Hybrid before NYSA start, in-person during NYSA

Start Date: June 1, 2025

Duration: August 31, 2025

Position Reports to: Youth Education Supervisor; Youth Education Specialist

Details: Interns will be expected to work 15-24 hours per week during the following times: Before NYSA starts (June 1 – June 30, 2025) – M-F 9am -5pm; After NYSA starts (July 1- August 15, 2025) – M-TH 8:30am –5:00pm.

SCOPE OF WORK: The International Rescue Committee (IRC), works in the United States welcomes newly arrived refugees and immigrants, supports them in their resettlement, and provides holistic services to help them build new lives in their communities. As an introduction to the position, this brief, but concise overview of the role should give the reader an understanding of the important components of the job and how it fits into the mission of the program and IRC.

The NYSA Youth Education Department is looking for 5 candidates to support the Youth Education team prepare and facilitate the Newcomer Youth Summer Academy, a six-week program focusing on preparing newly arrived immigrant youth to succeed at their grade level in the New York City public school system. Up to 130 students ages 5 – 21 from over 20 countries will participate in academic, creative arts, physical education, and social emotional learning classes. Field Trips are held on Fridays.

Candidates who successfully interview will have the opportunity to choose the role in which they will be supporting the multiple aspects of running a fast-paced in-person education program for newly arrived youth.

Available Roles and Responsibilities

NYSA Youth Education Intern:

• Supporting Youth Education Supervisor as needed in various administrative tasks including:

• ensuring teachers turn in lesson plans on time

• reviewing lesson plans

• assisting with classroom observations

• communicating with the Student Support Team and Operations team.

• interns may be asked to step in and assist teachers in the classroom as needed.

Youth ESOL Intern:

• Support NYSA YESOL Academic Lead Teacher with creation of class material and direction of the class through regular feedback

• Assist with instruction during in-person youth and parent YESOL classes, including providing opportunities for differentiation and scaffolding such as leading activities and classes, providing one-to-one support to students, assisting with “emotional scaffolding” (monitoring students’ affect during class), providing translation when necessary, and participating in the chat to respond to students comments and questions

Monitoring and Evaluation Intern:

• Collaborate with the Youth Education Specialist to design and revise pre- and post-assessments, school readiness surveys, and response surveys for NYSA

• Support the 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 help inform program development and curriculum adjustments

• Contribute to summary reports, visualizations (e.g., charts or dashboards), 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.

• Perform other related M&E/Youth Education tasks as needed.

Interns must be available to be in-person with the team at the school in Manhattan for full days of training on June 29- July 2, 2026. and 15-24 hours per week on Monday-Thursday during program days July 6- August 14, 2024. Before and after NYSA, interns will have the flexibility to be on a hybrid schedule.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AS NEEDED:

• Complete all staff training prior to the start of the program, as well as all program meetings and staff development activities thereafter

• Support program rollout, including facilitating student orientation, teacher and staff training

• Support program wrap-up, including survey reminders and analysis, staff follow-up and debrief

• Model appropriate student behavior and academic engagement with the Academy students at all times

• Assist in supervision of daily student meals and student arrival/dismissal as needed

• Other tasks as assigned by Youth Education Supervisor and Youth Education Specialists

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Learn the behind-the-scenes work required in a large in-person education program for K-12 recently arrived students of diverse cultural and educational backgrounds.

Create tools and develop monitoring and evaluation skills for large in-person education program.

Build non-profit program development and management skills.

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 language 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. No exceptions.

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation. IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs. IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.

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US Benefits: We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits. In the US, these include: 10 sick days, 10 US holidays, 20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure, medical insurance starting at $163 per month, dental starting at $6.50 per month, and vision starting at $5 per month, FSA for healthcare and commuter costs, a 403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching, disability & life insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health struggles.

Equal Opportunity Employer: IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.