Tell me about being a Program Partner—

Who are LEAH Youth Leaders? 

  • During the school year, LEAH places High School students at Boston out-of-school time programs for a near-peer teaching internship.

    • Prior to being on site, students complete 30-hours of training on STEM curricula, professionalism, teaching, lesson planning, reading aloud, classroom management, positive role modeling, leadership and more.

  • LEAH also places High School students at local STEM companies for summer internships that expose them to STEM careers & concepts.

What can LEAH Youth do at my site?  

  • For the teaching internship, LEAH High School Youth are placed on site 4 hours a week (2 hours/day, 2 days/week) during the school year to teach fun, hands-on science lessons and activities to promote literacy. We ask that they teach at least one science lesson a week, other than that they are free to help with other tasks, as needed.

  • For summer internships, the tasks vary greatly on your organization’s needs! Our favorite internships offer the youth opportunities to get hands-on with science, data, or research in some way!

I’m Interested! When Do LEAH Youth Leaders start? 

  • For the teaching internship, LEAH High School youth start the first week in January and continue at your site until the end of the school year.

  • For summer internships, we can work with you to determine an appropriate start and end date based on the student’s school & summer schedule

What do I have to do to be a site supervisor?

**The below is specific to the school year teaching internship host sites

  • Attend the following events:

    • Supervisor Orientation

    • Spring Site Supervisors Luncheon

    • End of Year Celebration

  • Sign a Memorandum of Understanding before LEAH Youth Leaders begin at your site.

  • Provide on-site support and feedback to youth through 15 minute weekly check-ins and review of time logs with youth.

  • Submit youth time logs each week.

  • Complete a site supervisor survey at the end of the program.

  • Set aside a designated time for the youth to teach their STEM Lessons (at least 30 minutes/day once a week).

  • CORIs/SORIs, if needed by your program, will be provided by and submitted through the sites. LEAH Staff can collect all information.

  • Where possible, make a monetary contribution towards the cost of training and employing our high school youth. LEAH is asking for $800 from each site to contribute towards the cost of training and employing each pair of high school placed at afterschool sites as well as STEM lesson supplies.

How do I apply?

If this sounds like a good match for you, please fill out the contact form below and a LEAH Staff member will get in touch about setting up an initial call or meeting.  

Become a Partner

If you would like to partner with us, fill out the form below and one of our staff members will get back to you.