About the National Constitution Center

The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization devoted to teaching about the Constitution. Located on Philadelphia’s historic Independence Mall, steps from where the Constitution was drafted and signed, it serves as America’s leading platform for constitutional education and debate, fulfilling its congressional charter “to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.”

POSITION SUMMARY

Applicants must be a full-time, undergraduate student in Texas or Oklahoma and affiliated with the Summers Scholars program. The Sumners Foundation NCC Fellow will work with the education department to provide support for the National Constitution Center’s annual Summer Teacher Institute series and other projects and assignments as directed.

Every summer, the NCC hosts educators from across the country to work with peers, ideologically diverse constitutional scholars, facilitators, and the NCC’s education team to deepen their knowledge of constitutional topics, and discover and develop innovative, nonpartisan ways to make the content relevant to their students. Our education team puts many hours into the planning and execution of each session alongside their many other responsibilities, and there will be ample, substantive opportunities for fellows to contribute to this work. Through this fellowship, participants will engage directly with both our on-staff experts and those in our network, deepen their own understanding of constitutional issues, and build leadership skills and accomplishments they can take with them into their future careers.

Over the course of the summer, the fellow will have opportunities to interact with all areas of the Visitor Experience and Education department, including front-facing museum education, and behind-the-scenes curriculum development. The fellow will interact with staff and interns from other departments, gaining a deep understanding of all aspects of our institution.

This is a in-person internship, with the intern expected to be at the NCC’s Philadelphia location at least five days a week for six weeks in June and July of 2023.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in the planning and execution of the Summer Teacher Institutes. This includes creating resources for participating educators prior to attending the institute, researching and planning connections between potential topics covered during the institute and Center-created resources already in existence, and cultivating and organizing resources discussed during the institute.
• Fellows will organize data collected from institute participants, note trends and commonalities in responses, and assist in the creation of reporting on participant experiences.
• Organize all of the resources discussed throughout the Summer Teacher Institutes to create institute-specific modules that teachers can access after returning to their classrooms.
• Provide occasional support for other education department initiatives, including developing educational resources such as worksheets and quizzes, and/or staffing front-facing museum posts on high-attendance days and civic holidays.
• Attend department meetings, prepare agendas, take and circulate notes, and track action items.
• Assist with copyediting and review of internal documents.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Full-time, undergraduate student in Texas or Oklahoma and affiliated with the Sumners Scholars program;
• Strong interests in the U.S. Constitution and history of the United States. Interest in education or museum programs a plus;
• Strong oral and written communication skills;
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint, and Google equivalents;
• Reliable, detail-oriented;
• and be available during regular business hours, 9:00 a.m. – 5 p.m.; with the ability to work occasional evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Candidates must provide:

• A completed application form, submitted through the Center’s online application system.
• A “Letter of Interest” that describes, in some detail, your strengths, interests, and experiences, and explains how the Sumners Foundation NCC Fellowship will help you to toward achieving your career goals.
• A resume.
• A copy of your college transcript (unofficial).
• An information sheet with contact information for three references (two of which must be college faculty).

(Documents 2-5 should be uploaded to the online application system and submitted with the application)

PAY RATE:
$14.00/hour (PA minimum wage)

HOUSING STIPEND:
$4500

Applications for the 2023 Sumners Foundation NCC Fellowship are being accepted from December 1, 2022 through February 28, 2023.