Thank you for your interest in continuing your LEAH journey with our 2024-2025 School Year STEM Teaching Internship!
The LEAH Project’s mission is to promote the power of youth, especially BIPOC youth, to diversify the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields. Through paid STEM internships, dynamic college and career readiness programming, and meaningful youth leadership opportunities, LEAH cultivates the confidence of youth and equips them with the skills and connections they need to thrive.
Internship Summary
The STEM Teaching internship is a paid, in-person internship for the 2024 – 2025 school year.
LEAH recruits, trains, and supports Boston-area high school students to teach hands-on STEM lessons, provide homework help, and act as role models to elementary school students in afterschool programs. Youth will receive college and career readiness support and develop skills in public speaking, communication, leadership, and more.
LEAH Youth Leaders will be paid via stipend for their time and can earn up to $2700 (dependent on attendance and participation) over the school year.
Schedule (Dates subject to change)
There will be a mandatory STEM Teaching Internship Family Orientation held on Wednesday, October 23rd from 5:30PM- 7:30PM.
Training
In order to prepare for your afterschool site placement, there will be training (you are paid for this time!) held at our office in Chinatown (2 Boylston St.) from 4PM-6PM on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from late October through December. Training begins Tuesday, October 29th, 2024. These are important refresher workshops and as returning Youth Leaders, you get to step up and help onboard the new LEAH youth!
There is College Readiness Programming (CRP) at the office on Mondays starting September 9th that you are welcome to attend.
Sites
Starting in January, Youth Leaders will be meeting at their host sites twice a week, and at our office 1-2* times a week. A sample schedule is below:
- Tuesday: Meeting at after-school host site by 4 PM
- Wednesday: Meeting at our office for weekly programming by 4PM
- Thursday: Meeting at after-school host site by 4 PM
*OPTIONAL | Monday (4-6pm): College Readiness Programming for juniors and seniors (also paid)
Who can be a LEAH Youth Leader?
- Youth must be 16 years old by October 29th, 2024
- Current Boston Public School (BPS) or Boston-area high school students
- BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and Person of Color) youth strongly encouraged to apply
BEGIN YOUR APPLICATION:
This application will take about 30-45 minutes to complete. In addition to demographic questions, there are also short answer questions. You can save your progress and continue at a later time if needed.
The application closes Sunday, October 6th at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time.
Please reach out to Wesley Carty (wcarty@hria.org) if you have any questions about the application or require assistance. Click the number ‘2’ below to begin your application: