Teaching Intern (Wilson Ctr. Funded) GO Project

Employer Name: GO Project

Internship Role: Teaching Intern

Compensation: $19.00/hour

Employer Website: https://www.goprojectnyc.org

Duration of Internship: 280 hour commitment (Full-time, 35 hrs/week for 8 weeks)

Eligibility: This Wilson Center funded opportunity is open to all registered Pace students (undergraduate, graduate and international students) that are graduating in Dec. 2025 OR later.

Address: 50 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10003.

Modality: Hybrid

About the Employer: The GO Project’s vision is to ensure that all under-resourced families with children who are significantly struggling in New York City public schools have access to coordinated, comprehensive, and effective supplemental resources to ensure their child thrives in school and in life. 

We achieve our vision through our approach and unique partnership model, which utilize the resources of the community--skilled volunteers, partnerships with independent schools, and engagement of our families--to deliver a highly successful program

Position Overview: The Teaching Intern will have the opportunity to work alongside seasoned teachers throughout the course of our 5-week summer program. Interns will be assigned to a classroom for the duration of the summer and will gain experience with classroom management, lesson planning, and instruction. Interns will see firsthand the impact that teachers can have on the academic and emotional development of students and develop skills for their future careers in education. Interns will have the opportunity to gain experience with other on-going projects during their work before and after the summer program.

Responsibilities Include but are not limited to: 

• Support the teacher with strong student engagement and classroom management strategies
• Collaborate with classroom team and success coaches to support student learning and engagement
• Supervise and engage with students throughout the program day, including recess, lunch and trips
• Lead students through small group activities in the classroom–acting as a facilitator or co-facilitator depending on activity
• Support our Development and Family Engagement Teams with on-going projects

Preferred Skills: 

• Demonstrated experience leading educational, recreational, and social activities for students
• Experience and comfort using the Microsoft Suite
• Demonstrated ability to follow youth safety policy and make judgments in situations involving youth safety

The Ideal Candidates is: Our ideal candidate is a student who as an interest in pursuing a career in the field of education and has prior experience working with youth. This can be through work at a camp, after school program or other youth programming. Additionally, candidates must be committed to GO Project's mission that calls for equity in education, and we strive to provide an inclusive space for every member of our community in pursuit of that mission.

**This internship is funded by the Helene & Grant Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Pace University, the intern hired for this position will make a full-time commitment for 8 weeks, working no more than 35 hours each week, a total of 280 hours*