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Become an Instructor
Want to gain a unique teaching and leadership experience? Share the excitement of computer programming with brilliant youth? Help bring together excelling Palestinian and Israeli high school students? For these reasons and more, become a MEET volunteer so that your summer can be as fulfilling as that of the Israeli and Palestinian high school students you teach!
MEET brings together Israeli and Palestinian youth
for an intense month of classroom instruction, project teamwork and
programming experience in a professional setting. Nowhere
else will you find a more exciting, rewarding, dynamic teaching experience.
And where else could you find yourself in the computer lab in the morning,
and on a tour of the Old City of Jerusalem in the evening?
Instructor FAQApply here!Meet MEET's Instructors
The MEET team is comprised of young and highly motivated Palestinians,
Israelis and Americans that are determined to make the instruction an
unforgettable experience on all levels: academic, professional as well
as social.
The Details
•This year's program will be held at the
Givat Ram campus of Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
•It is a 5-week instructional summer-camp on Java and entrepreneurship, with student spending 8 hr/day,
5 days/week on campus. Students are Israeli and Palestinian teenagers from
Jerusalem and the surrounding area.
•This year there will be 3 groups of students: year-one students who spend
their first summer at MEET covering the basics of Java, year-two students
who will use the skills learned last year to create large-scale Java applications,
and year-three students who will be engaged in professional projects sponsored by
companies and organizations in the region.
• There will be about 10 instructors total: 4 for year-one students,
3 for year-two, and 3 for year-three.
Approximate Dates:
• June 26th - August 9th
Before the Summer:
During the second half of the spring semester and
the month of June before traveling to Jerusalem, the instructors are charged
with several minor tasks. In April and May all instructors are invited to attend
a few meetings where they become acquianted with each other, learn a little about the history of
the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and some tools of conflict resolution. In
addition instructors start preparing for the summer by commencing work on the
curriculum.
1 week before the start:
The MEET summer program itself is comprised of five
fun and Java-filled weeks. The instructors, however, arrive in Jerusalem a week
early to jump-start work on the curriculum. That
initial week is also a good time to get situated and get to know each other and the
MEET staff from Jerusalem.
A typical day of MEET:
Year 1:
• 8 am: Leave the MEET appartment in the MEET van
• 9 - 11 am: Lecture given by one of the instructors.
• 11am - 12:30 pm: Sit in on a visiting lecturer or an alternative activity
• 12:30 - 1:30 pm: Lunch in the Hebrew University dining hall
• 1:30 - 3 pm: Recitation (each instructor has his or her own recitation group of 6),
• 3 - 5 pm: Lab (each instructor helps his or her recitation group)
• 5:15 pm: Students are sheparded to busses
• 5:30-6:30: All team meeting discussing the challenges/successes of that day
• 7 pm: Dinner either in the city or at home
• 9 pm - X am: Preparation of assignments for the following week
Year 2:
• 8 am: Leave the MEET appartment
• 8:30 am: Arrive at the university
• 9 am: Students arrive and split up into their project groups
• 9 - 11 am: Students work on their projects in lab with their respective instructor
• 11 am - 12:30 pm: Visiting Lecturer
• 12:30 - 1:30 pm: Lunch in the Hebrew University dining hall
• 1:30 - 2:30 pm: a workshop given by one of the instructors
• 2:30-5 pm: Students work in their project groups as in the morning
Each MIT instructor is provided
with:
• A generous stipend
• Full roundtrip airfare
• Housing - an apartment for the team in a beautiful residential
area of Jerusalem (fully equipped)
• Transportation - the team will have a private van that will take
them anywhere they go
• Lunch will be provided at Hebrew University
Extra benefits we have secured
for MEET's staff include:
• Organized trips throughout the area every weekend
• Internet and phone access in the apartment
• Instructor team cell phone
We are seeking applicants with all levels of Java experience,
but all candidates should:
• Be an MIT student or alum
• Have programming experience
• Have good presentation skills
• Work well in teams
• Have a passion for making a difference
Ready to apply? Fill out the online application and attach your resume at: meet.csail.mit.edu/apply/instructor
If you have any questions please email: info@meet.csail.mit.edu