Choate Summer Programs Teaching Internship
The Teaching Intern Program at Choate Summer Programs provides current college students and recent college graduates with a rewarding opportunity to teach in an intellectually stimulating and supportive academic community. Interns have ample opportunity to teach, coach, develop lesson plans, and evaluate student performance, and in turn receive feedback on their teaching from mentor teachers, department heads, and the Coordinator of the Teaching Internship Program.
The internship program is particularly beneficial to those applicants who are interested in teaching in a residential college-preparatory or middle school institution. Approximately 20-24 teaching intern positions are offered each summer in English, HPRSS (History, Philosophy, Religion, Social Science), Languages (Arabic, French, Spanish, Latin, Italian), Mathematics, Computer Science, Robotics, Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science), as well as in our Signature Programs and Workshops. See Choate Summer Programs for more information on courses and programs.
The Internship includes a stipend of $4,000 (paid biweekly, subject to taxes, and inclusive of $100 for personal expenses related to chaperoning), room & board, and professional development, and runs from Tuesday, June 20 through Saturday, July 29, 2023.
Our immersive internship program provides a comprehensive experience in which interns:
- Live in a student dormitory and share advising and supervisory responsibilities with other interns and a veteran house adviser
- Work with one or two mentor teachers
- Help prepare activities, assignments, quizzes, projects, and other aspects of each assigned course
- Teach at least two full periods in each assigned course
- Observe up to 10 classes (other than one’s own) during the program
- Coach and facilitate middle school and high school activities in the afternoons
- Chaperone Student Activity trips off campus
- Chaperone Student Activity social and extracurricular events on campus in the evenings and on weekends
- Serve as an adviser for up to 8 students; write adviser reports on each advisee
- Attend weekly Professional Development workshops for Teaching Interns
- Write and submit Self-Reflection and Program Evaluation before departing campus at the end of the program
Requirements
Along with a completed cover letter and resume,* please upload two letters of recommendation from current professors or employers, as well as an unofficial transcript through our application portal. Documents can also be emailed to choatesummer@choate.edu with “Teaching Intern Application:” and full name in the subject line. In addition, an Official Transcript must be mailed directly from your college or university to Choate Summer Programs, 333 Christian Street, Wallingford, CT 06492.
*Please view our preferred resume template here. Resumes should not exceed one page.
Internship offers are made on a rolling basis, beginning in February 2023, as completed applications are received and candidates interviewed. The ability to teach in varied subject areas is beneficial and should be noted on the application. Because there are a limited number of courses in each subject area, candidates should submit a complete application as soon as possible to maximize the likelihood of placement in the area they most prefer. The priority application deadline is January 31, 2023; applications submitted after the deadline will be considered while openings remain.
Working at Choate: Choate Rosemary Hall is a coeducational, independent secondary school located in central Connecticut with 850 boarding and day students and over 350 employees. Choate serves intellectually gifted and motivated students of diverse backgrounds from across the globe whose commitment to serious study is enhanced in an academically challenging and personally supportive setting.
Choate provides students with transformative and meaningful experiences that instill lifelong habits of learning, leadership, and service, shaped by innovative and passionate educators. Teaching faculty at Choate are innovative, collaborative, and committed to our students' intellectual, social, emotional, and character development. Our faculty understands that each of our students has the potential for growth and works to encourage students to develop their own ideas and voices in learner-centered environments.
For its students and employees alike, Choate strives to be a diverse and inclusive community where all feel valued and embraced. On our campus, principled individuals from diverse backgrounds are united through common purpose, active engagement, and mutual respect. We celebrate differences and the richness of our varied backgrounds and experiences. Recognizing that working in an inclusive community can also present challenges, we embrace those challenges through ongoing dialogue and interaction, enhancing empathy and appreciation for those whose perspectives differ from our own.
Choate prohibits in all its programs, including hiring and employment practices, discrimination against or harassment of any member or group based upon age, gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other category protected by Connecticut or federal law, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification.