United Way of Northwest Arkansas

“Working with the children to encourage them to read”

“As a program leader in United Way's Fun In The Sun (FITS) summer program, you get to work with like-minded and dedicated staff and with awesome kids from all walks of life. As a team, you work together to create an enriching and fun summer experience for students while getting the opportunity to organize a classroom environment tailored to your individual strengths. If you love teaching, each leader teaches a lesson every day in the field of mathematics, language arts, STEAM, or PE (depending on what you apply to teach) for all the students in the program. Leaders also get to organize games, team-building activities, arts and crafts, extracurricular lessons, and more while working with their students. On a more technical level, the pay is very generous and daily hours allows employees to maximize their time and earning potential as they would in a full-time position without serious commitments (especially for students who don't have classes in the summer). Overall, this job allows you to change the lives of children for the better and have fun doing it.”