Summer 2024 Technology Intern

Summer Technology Intern

Summer-Fall 2024

About UP Education Network

UP Education Network manages and operates two schools in Boston, MA. We serve over 2,500 elementary and middle school students. UP is invited by local school districts to restart chronically underperforming district schools as UP Academies. Each UP Academy shares the same mission: to ensure that students acquire the knowledge, skills, and strength of character necessary to succeed on the path to college and to achieve their full potential.

Role

The Summer Technology Intern will work with the Technology Team to get the technology setup at the two UP Academy schools for the start of the school year. S/he/they will report to the Manager of Technology and they will be a member of the organization's Operations Department. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working in a customer service-oriented environment and willing to learn new hardware and software-based skills. You will be required to travel to Boston at least 4x a week to perform work on-site.

Specific Responsibilities

• Manage receiving and the inventory of new technology for UP Academy locations

• Support the classroom technology setup for UP Academy locations

• Assist with staff laptop deployment for launching school

• Assist with Chromebook and iPad student device and cart setups

• Assist in the creation of new user Gmail, Microsoft and other computer accounts

• Support the Technology Team in developing and executing on summer technology projects

• Support the UP Academies with IT ticket requests

Qualifications

• A strong belief in UP Education Network's core values: Students, Community, Humility, Resilience, and Humor

• Current authorization to work in the United States - A candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of employment.

• Availability from July-September for an 8- to 12-week internship.

Compensation

We offer a competitive compensation package, including access to relevant entry-level IT certificates (for example, CompTIA, Coursera/Google, Microsoft).

We encourage applicants of diverse backgrounds to apply for any open position in which they feel qualified. We believe that we have a responsibility to recruit, retain, develop, and reward a diverse and talented staff. Our students must be exposed on a daily basis to a diverse group of powerful role models in their teachers, their school leaders, and their supporters in the network office. With this in mind, we are committed to recruiting the most talented individuals from the widest possible range of backgrounds to join our creative, mission-driven team.