Part-Time Grader

Braven•New York, NY

23d•Hybrid

About The Position

Braven is hiring a part-time Grader who will play a central role in supporting students (known in Braven as Fellows) toward success during the Accelerator. A Grader is the first line of support to a caseload of students in their academic mastery in the Braven Accelerator. The primary goal of Graders is ensuring their students are engaged and succeeding academically in the course. This role is on the CDA team and reports directly to the Associate Director of Program Success.

Requirements

Prior experience using Google Suite (Drive, Docs, Sheets), Zoom, and LinkedIn is highly preferred
Comfortability learning to navigate new tools such as Canvas, Speedgrader, and, if applicable, different systems used by our higher education partners
You will need a laptop or desktop computer to participate in training sessions and attend Learning Labs, as well as grade all assignments.
Authorized to work in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience teaching or serving as a Teaching Assistant or similar role
Prior experience coaching students or adults
Professional work experience
Proficiency in a second language is a plus
Exemplification of Braven’s core values.
Experience that has informed your belief in Braven’s mission and have prepared you to work with, or for, Braven’s student Fellow population.

Responsibilities

Grade assignments for an assigned group of students using rubrics and provide meaningful feedback.
Support students who are flagged because of their grade, engagement, and/or other personal issues.
Communicate to the Braven team, cohort facilitators (known in Braven as Leadership Coaches, or LCs), and students about students’ mastery, engagement, and upcoming deadlines.
Attend one virtual class (known in Braven as ‘Learning Labs’) one night per week (dates and time of Learning Labs depends on site) to build relationships with students, provide support and answer questions about upcoming assignments, observe cohorts, and potentially substitute for absent group facilitators/LCs.
Attend weekly Grader meetings with the Grader Manager once a week.
Hold one hour of virtual office hours per week, supporting students who come with questions.
Proactively reach out to students who need more support
Deeply internalize Braven's instructional content, such as modules, slide decks, assignments, and rubrics.
Attend all live trainings and complete additional asynchronous trainings. Graders will complete one 30-minute asynchronous training per week during weeks 3 through 12 of the course. The goal of this training is to ensure all graders are scoring with the same norms and to get questions answered about how to grade each assignment.
Serve as an ambassador for the Braven team on campus by serving on panels, sharing your experience with other campus stakeholders, etc., as time permits.