Looking for Summer Work?

SLAI hires many Carleton students each summer, and we’d like you to join our team! Summer 2025 positions for SLAI are now filled! Didn’t make the hiring deadline? Keep us in mind for summer 2026. We’ll be hire two different positions – Program and Community Assistants, and Teaching Assistants for six different pre-college programs. We hire students in every class year – including graduating seniors! Interested in learning more? Read the 2025 PACA and TA job descriptions. If you have any questions about any of the positions, please email summer@carleton.edu.

Program and Community Assistant

The Program and Community Assistants (PACAs) work in the SLAI office, help run large scale events, and manage campus life aspects of the pre-college programs by running activities, living on residential floors with students, and keeping students safe. The PACA position is full time, and generally runs from mid June to the end of July.

If you like creative tasks, work that keeps you on your feet, team collaboration, and working with young people, this may be the position for you!

SLAI’s PACA team for summer 2025 have been finalized. Check us out next year – positions are posted by Februrary 1.

Two program and community assistants smile at the camera while holding watermellon.
2025 PACAs at an afternoon activity.

Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistants (TAs) assist faculty in the classroom during our pre-college programs. Each TA works for a specific program, and often (though not always) the program aligns with the TA’s major or academic interests. TAs work 40 hours per week, with employment dates generally spanning the month of July.

If you like tutoring, educational studies, working with high schoolers, or guided research, this may be the position for you!

SLAI’s TA rosters for summer 2025 have been finalized. Check us out next year – positions are posted by Februrary 1.

A teaching assistant helps two students build a computer component in a computer lab.
2025 CS TA and Student