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Job Description: Research Assistant
Projected Start Date: April 1, 2024
Project Background:
Bridges to Academic Success (Bridges) is a program that provides educational services and advocates for newcomer students who enter U.S. schools with limited academic skills, including low levels of literacy in their home languages. Bridges supports schools, teachers, and students by helping to accelerate language, literacy, and content area learning through special school programming, curricula, and professional development for educators.
Bridges is part of theCenter for Advanced Study in Education (CASE), a group of researchers and practitioners who conduct basic and applied research concerned with improving and upgrading the quality of education in urban areas. In addition, we work and collaborate with linguistic researchers from the Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society (RISLUS).
General Description: Under the supervision of the Research Associate and the support of the Senior Project Director/PI, the Research Assistant will support the data collection. Responsibilities will include qualitative and quantitative data collection, interfacing with lab site teachers and administrative staff, conducting interviews and focus groups, observing teacher professional development meetings, observing classes in Project schools. The specialty of the Research Assistant will be in language and literacy, preferably in the field of education, educational psychology and/or linguistics.
Time Commitment: Part-time, 7-10 hours per week through June 30, 2024. In the 2024-2025 school year, mostly focused on training. The time commitment, pending renewal of our contract and individual performance review, will be approximately 2 days per week (14 hours) from July 1, 2024- June 30th 2025 with time mostly focused on school sites (field data collection) in the new school year. Travel will be required to schools throughout the year for data collection purposes.
Duties include:
● Observe lab site classes in project schools as needed (take field notes/ use curriculum specific observation protocol).
● Conduct focus groups with students as permitted by IRB.
● Conduct interviews with teachers.
● Interface with Bridges staff and evaluation partners as needed.
● Participate in research meetings (biweekly) and occasional staff meetings
● Travel to school site(s) as needed, approximately twice per month.
● Assist in qualitative and quantitative data analysis and report writing
Core Competencies and Qualifications
● Graduate student in a research related field
● Some research experience and/or methods courses
● Experience working with youth and teachers
● Demonstrated proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
● Demonstrated proficiency in Google applications (Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google docs etc.)
● Technologically adept and comfortable with a variety of apps and online platforms
● Excellent writing skills
● Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
● Experience working on a team
● Excellent interpersonal skills
● Ability to be flexible, and work independently
● Ability or willingness to learn R and Dedoose
Preferred Qualifications
● PhD candidate
● Proficiency in a second language including Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Haitian Creole, or French.
● Knowledge of or willingness to learn qualitative research skills, including the use of Dedoose and R
Compensation: $20-22 per /hour, commensurate with experience
To Apply: Email a cover letter and resume to Wanda Tejada: wanda@bridges-sifeproject.com
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $20.00 - $22.00 per hour
Expected hours: 7 – 10 per week
Benefits:
Schedule:
Work Location: Hybrid remote in New York, NY 10016
Part Time
$77k-103k (estimate)
02/09/2024
04/27/2024
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