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1) Teen Teacher’s Aides
Selected teens assist teachers in the classroom. Training is provided in leadership skills and in accommodating the sensitivities and common learning difficulties and disabilities of intellectually gifted children. Throughout the term, there will be opportunities to develop leadership skills and confidence. Leadership skills include being proactive, planning, adaptability, communication, team building, assertiveness, and conflict management.
Former TSSP students have found helping in the classroom rewarding because they get to pay forward the unique learning experience they received at TSSP and contribute to a community that appreciates what often separates them from others. Not all our teen teacher’s aides have been previous students in TSSP.
This opportunity is a good fit for gifted students, students who are considering a career in teaching or who otherwise enjoy working with children, and those who love learning themselves.
If you are age 13 to 18 and are interested in being a Teen Teacher’s Aide, prior to each term…
| STEPS | FORMS | NEW APPLICANTS | RETURNING TEENS |
| #1 | Annual Policy Agreement | read and sign | if you have one on file for current school year, review |
| if not, read and sign | |||
| #2 | Annual Application | complete New Applicant version | if you have one on file for current school year, skip |
| if not, complete Returning Teens version | |||
| #3 | Intent to Participate for Term | complete each term | |
| #4 | Release to Own Recognizance | optional – By signing form, parent/guardian will not have to sign in and sign out teen participant. | |
| #5 | email forms to teenadvocate@supersaturday.org | ||
| #6 | If you have not taken Super Saturday classes, have your parent or guardian create an online account HERE. | n/a | |
| #7 | If your application is approved, register for the “AM Teen Leader Program” and/or “PM Teen Leader Program” class in the registration system HERE. | ||
Teens who sign up for one shift, morning or afternoon, will complete 19 service hours (15 plus 4 in training), while those who do both shifts complete 34 service hours. The number of openings for Teen Teacher’s Aides is limited by the number of classes offered each term. Applications will be approved on a case by case basis. Mandatory preparation training takes place on the Saturday before term, and mandatory wrap-up training takes place on the Saturday following the term. Thanks to sponsors, a lab fee is no longer needed to cover the costs incurred by TSSP.
You can find The Super Saturday Program listed on InnerView.org and x2VOL.com. Follow this link for x2VOL’s instructions on how to sign up for the shifts: https://help.x2vol.com/knowledge/how-do-i-sign-up-for-or-cancel-an-opportunity. Make sure you sign up for the shift before the day of the shift. Follow this link for x2VOL’s instructions on how to log hours for the shifts you had signed up for: https://help.x2vol.com/knowledge/how-do-i-log-hours-in-x2vol. If your school uses x2VOL, and you do not see opportunities from The Super Saturday Program, you can ask your school to add us to their “Approved Organizations.” No sense in you doing the work to enter all those dates and times when we’ve done it for you. If your school uses another online platform to track service hours, let us know to sign up for it to help you.
In addition to being posted below, dates and times are also posted to a Google Calendar.
Instructions for subscribing to the Google Calendar »
FALL TERM 2025
Deadline for Forms: September 27, 2025
Preparation Training Session: October 4, 2025, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, location TBD
Wrap-Up Training Session: November 22, 2025, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, location TBD
WINTER TERM 2026
Deadline for Forms: January 3, 2026
Preparation Training Session: January 10, 2026, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, location TBD
Wrap-Up Training Session: March 7, 2026, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, location TBD
SPRING TERM 2026
Deadline for Forms: February 28, 2026
Preparation Training Session: March 7, 2026, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, location TBD
Wrap-Up Training Session: April 25, 2026, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, location TBD
2) Service-Learning Project
This opportunity is for up to two uncommonly driven teens who want to give of their developing talents and skills to help our operations. Selected teens will be paired with a board member. We will be happy to coordinate with your school to ensure the project meets senior project, capstone, or other requirements you wish to apply your project toward. Make your pitch to teenadvocate@supersaturday.org.
3) FIRST LEGO League Mentors
We are welcoming on board teens who participated in FIRST LEGO League and would now like to mentor younger children coming up into the Challenge level competitions. Email marketing@supersaturday.org to be put in touch with our coaches and find out if mentoring fits your interests and time availability.
4) Helpers for setup and/or pack-up
The Program also has a need for teens who just want to help for 1 to 2 hours. Pick up shifts on InnerView.org.
Want to know more? Have general questions? Contact the Teen Coordinator at teenadvocate@supersaturday.org