Grader

Summary

Join Braven as a part-time Grader and play a vital role in supporting students' academic success in the Braven Accelerator program. This remote position, available in select states, involves grading assignments, providing feedback, and communicating with students and the Braven team. You will attend weekly meetings and virtual classes, hold office hours, and proactively reach out to students needing support. The role requires proficiency in Google Suite and a willingness to learn new tools. The position runs from December 2024 to May 2025, with a possibility of extension.

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

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, group 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’) night per week (Wednesdays from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET or Thursday 5:00 PM- 7:00 PM ET) 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 on Tuesdays from 1:00-2:00PM ET
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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
• Demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion
• 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