By Keandre Williams-Chambers

Staff Writer

Dehesa Charter School is offering TA positions to CSUSM students that are involved in education or considering teaching as a career.

CSUSM students can have the opportunity to get hands-on involvement in the classroom environment with students from the middle school to high school level. One of the available options is to be a classroom TA, assisting teachers in classrooms of up to 30 students. TAs would be asked to provide in-class assistance that ranges from grading, student assistance and help with classroom activities, among other duties. This would be done Monday through Thursday during class time.

Another option available is one-on-one advisement and assistance to Dehesa students who seek to improve their organizational skills, complete miscellaneous class assignments, develop essay planning and writing strategies and otherwise improve their class performance in various areas. TAs would be working with either individual students or small groups, offering their skills and knowledge to those they attend to. This would be accomplished Mondays through Wednesdays.

Dehesa Charter School is a K-12 school located in the city of Escondido, boasting over 1,000 students throughout San Diego, Riverside and Orange County. With the reasonably close proximity, this opportunity is ideal for those seeking experience within their own school schedule. Students won’t have to go too far out of their way to make use of this opportunity. It would be ideal to balance this with a given schedule and make the most out of this learning experience.

Should any CSUSM students be interested, contact the Dehesa Charter regional manager Tony Drown, who can be reached by phone at (760) 455-5376, or through their main office line at (760) 743-7880.