Innovation Specialist

The Innovation Specialist will maintain, coordinate and facilitate a Pine Crest iLab. The ideal candidate has exemplary teaching skills, a passion for helping students to make ideas tangible, and an enthusiasm for out-of-the-box ideas.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver project-based learning activities that focus on the integration of learning technologies, engineering, and a connection to real-world problems and the core curriculum in the Lower, Middle, and Upper School iLabs

• Collaborate with faculty members in the Lower, Middle, and Upper School to create and deliver project-based learning activities

• Develop learning experiences for students using programs that include: Google Apps, Creative Suite Adobe, Tinkercad, Google Sites, AutoCAD, Fusion 360, and Adobe Illustrator

• Maintain and instruct usage of equipment in the Lower, Middle, and Upper School iLab, such as 3D printers, Laser engraving machinery, etc.

• Assist with the Middle School and Upper School Technology Student Association classes and academic clubs

• Provide training opportunities for teachers on how to use the resources in the iLab

• Provide instruction and support to Middle School and Upper School students during the Open Lab Lunch periods

• Maintain awareness of best practices, emerging technologies, and new educational technologies and tools that may be incorporated into the iLab

• Run safety training for all who are in the iLab; monitor that safety is practiced at all times

• Help students acquire skills with tools, tool safety, and other aspects of hands-on fabrication

• Work with students and faculty members to help them achieve their project visions

• Track use of consumable materials, reorder as needed

• Help build enthusiasm among students in project-based learning activities

• Provide opportunities for students to implement, test, and deploy solutions while taking into consideration real-world constraints

• Create opportunities for students to think critically, explore, investigate, and engage as problem solvers

• Encourage students to pursue their passions through hands-on exploration

• Cooperate with other instructional leaders to integrate the use of iLab

• Incorporate 2D and 3D computer-assisted design and drafting, Raspberry Pi technology, Arduino code, Python, C++, and Java programming into the Middle School and Upper School iLab projects and competitive events

• Help build enthusiasm among students in the area of coding, emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and virtual reality.

• Present sessions at the School’s annual Innovation Institute and Teachers Teaching Teachers

Background Preferences

• B.A. in a related field; advanced degree preferred

• Experience teaching in a classroom, preferably in an independent school

OR

• Experience working with students on projects (hands-on learning)

How to Apply

Please email a resume and cover letter describing your relevant experience to employment@pinecrest.edu; include “Innovation Specialist” in the subject line of your email.