September 30, 2024

GER²I 2025 Summer Residential Camps Teacher Recruitment

Position Type: Administrative
Priority: No
GER²I 2025 Summer Residential Camps Teacher Recruitment
 
 
If you are looking for a teaching experience during the summer, we would like to formally invite you to consider teaching for Purdue’s Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute (GER2I) in our 1-, 2- or 4-week long Summer Residential Camps (SRES) throughout June 29 - July 26, 2025. We are seeking high-quality educators with experience in the STEM fields and/or the humanities to design their own course (30 hours of instruction) and share their expertise with our students with high ability in 5th-12th grades. Teachers who participate in our camps encounter some of the most challenging and rewarding experiences of their careers. We receive high-ability students that are highly motivated to explore an area of personal interest. They can typically master material two to three years above grade level and require accelerated or enriched learning opportunities in order to meet their full potential. The courses we offer are designed to accomplish the following:
 
  • Expose students to new areas of study and career possibilities,
  • Present new materials at an appropriately accelerated pace,
  • Develop independent or self-directed study skills,
  • Promote advanced thinking skills, and
  • Engage students in high-level projects and experiments.
If you are interested in the opportunity to interact with students with high ability, please take this survey (https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0PNCv028itOjT0y) to complete the teacher application form. The deadline for proposing a course for the Summer Residential Program is October 18th, 2024. If you are new to our program, we will schedule an interview with you prior to making a decision, as well as contact your references. If you have any questions about becoming an instructor or if you would like more information about the camp, please feel free to contact Brenda Matos, SRES Program Coordinator, at geri@purdue.edu or bvieira@purdue.edu. 
 
 
 
Brenda Matos
M.Ed., Doctoral Student 
Academic Coordinator of GER²I Summer Residential Program
Department of Educational Studies
Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute (GER²I)
College of Education, Purdue University
Beering Hall, Room 3159
100 N. University Street
West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2098