The African Studies Center K-16 Education Program is seeking Graduate Student Assistant Fall 2024

The BU African Studies Center Outreach Program aims to promote teaching about Africa and Africa-related studies in U.S. schools. In this position of 5-7 hours a week, the graduate student assistant will be responsible for assisting the Outreach Manager with administrative tasks to help manage the program. Main responsibilities include: 

• Regularly checking and managing the Outreach email inbox and responding to/forwarding messages appropriately.
• Supporting the Teaching Africa Teacher certificate program, its professional development events, and its members as well as recruiting teachers for the program.
• Updating the “Resources for Teachers” pages of the website with relevant links, materials, and lesson plans. The assistant may develop new webpages based on their Africa-related interests of field of study.
• Organizing documents and records in Google Drive.
• Co-managing the Teaching Africa library

Other tasks may include: 

• Designing flyers as promotional tools for workshops and events.
• Sending out announcements to mailing lists using MailChimp and Listserv.
• Special projects related to building new curriculum for teachers. 
• Proofreading and editing curriculum submissions.

Knowledge of K-12 education and knowledge of Africa are highly preferred. The position will start this Fall 2024, with potential for some summer hours. Students are expected to work 8 hours in the office weekly, but there is flexibility with schedule planning and some remote days are possible. Pay is $18/hour. To apply, please send a CV and email cover letter to ewiehe@bu.edu and africa@bu.edu. Contact us at africa@bu.edu if you have questions.