Maker Education Teacher

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Brings ground-breaking tech education to the fingertips of excited kids that are hungry to learn.
• Connects students with STEM (Science, technology, the arts and math)
• Fosters technical ways of thinking, design and entrepreneurship skills
• Leads projects from rudimentary mechanics and electrical engineering to photography
• Builds basic line-following robot from open source parts
• Encourages students to build something in a way to facilitate experiential learning
• Fosters cross-disciplinary inventiveness
• Establishes and enforces rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible
• Observes and evaluates students’ performance, behavior, social development, and physical health
• Prepares materials and classrooms for class activities
• Meets with parents and guardians to discuss their children’s progress, and to determine their priorities for their children and their resource needs
• Asses student’s performance and progress to ensure they are mastering the skills on regular basis
• Assigns and corrects homework related to the curriculum
• Monitors children’s interactions and nurture cooperation and sharing
• Follows and complies with teaching standards and safety regulations
• Participates in other developmental programs
• Participates in faculty committees and the sponsorship of student activities
• Performs other duties as many, from time to time by assigned by the supervisor

Qualifications, Experiences and Skills:

• Master’s Degree or above in a related major
• Computer savvy, builders, and thinker who eager to combine creativity with skills to produce functional, “home-brew” technology and crafts
• Programming Experience (ex. Python, C/C++, HTML, CSS, or JavaScript)
• Arduino and basic electronics background
• Drone enthusiasts
• Robotics experience (Thymio, VEX, Mindstorm, or related)
• Blender or similar digital animation technology
• Patience and flexibility
• Proficiency at interactive teaching
• Good team-player attitude and solid communication skills.