What are the responsibilities and job description for the Makerspace Teacher (META24 Lab Facilitator) position at Arkansas Baptist College?
About Arkansas Baptist College
Arkansas Baptist College is committed to providing innovative, student-centered educational opportunities that prepare learners for academic achievement, career readiness, and lifelong success. Through the META24 learning model, students engage in hands-on, project-based learning experiences that combine technology, entrepreneurship, workforce development, and real-world application.
The META24 program creates an engaging environment where students build technical, social-emotional, and workforce skills through specialized learning labs, collaborative projects, and authentic experiences that prepare them for college, careers, and life.
Position Summary
Arkansas Baptist College is seeking a creative, innovative, and student-centered Makerspace Teacher to lead our Makerspace Lab within the META24 program.
This is not a traditional classroom teaching position. The Makerspace Teacher creates an engaging environment where students learn by designing, building, prototyping, experimenting, and solving real-world problems. Students work with tools, materials, technology, and fabrication processes while developing technical, entrepreneurial, and workforce skills.
META24 Lab Facilitators are practitioner-first educators. We are seeking makers, designers, technologists, entrepreneurs, engineers, fabricators, skilled tradespeople, artists, and industry professionals who have both expertise in their craft and a passion for mentoring young people.
Facilitators teach across the five META24 mastery domains:
- Machine Mastery
- Software Mastery
- Core Mastery
- Skill Mastery
- Workforce Mastery
Using METTIE and other META24 technologies, facilitators guide student learning, document growth, track competencies, and connect student work to real-world opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Lead hands-on, project-based learning experiences within the Makerspace Lab.
- Teach technical, workforce, and entrepreneurial skills through authentic projects.
- Mentor and support students through real-world learning experiences and career exploration.
- Guide students through design, prototyping, fabrication, testing, and presentation processes.
- Support entrepreneurship, portfolio development, and venture-based learning.
- Foster creativity, innovation, collaboration, and problem-solving.
- Maintain safe, organized, and productive lab environments.
- Ensure proper use and maintenance of tools, equipment, and materials.
- Collaborate with staff, mentors, families, and community partners.
- Utilize METTIE and META24 systems to document student progress and project outcomes.
- Participate in professional development, team meetings, and school initiatives.
Qualifications
Required
- Professional experience, credentials, certifications, or demonstrated expertise in a related field, trade, technology, engineering, fabrication, entrepreneurship, design, skilled craft, or creative discipline.
- Experience working with youth or adult learners.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- Comfortable using technology and AI-supported learning tools.
- Safety-first mindset around equipment, tools, and lab operations.
- Practitioner-first, educator-second mentality.
- Patient, energetic, adaptable, and mission-driven.
- Comfortable receiving feedback and maintaining high standards of professionalism and student support.
Preferred
- Experience in makerspaces, STEM programs, fabrication labs, industrial arts, robotics, engineering, woodworking, entrepreneurship, or project-based learning environments.
- Experience working in alternative education, higher education, or workforce development settings.
- Experience with technologies such as:
- 3D Printing
- Laser Cutting
- Robotics
- CAD Software
- Electronics
- Woodworking
- Digital Fabrication Tools
Additional Information
Teaching license not required. Candidates with significant industry, technical, maker, fabrication, engineering, entrepreneurship, design, or skilled trades experience are strongly encouraged to apply.
Arkansas Baptist College is committed to creating an inclusive environment where students and employees are empowered to learn, innovate, and succeed. We celebrate diversity and foster a culture of respect, collaboration, creativity, and opportunity.
If you are passionate about making, building, innovating, and helping students discover their strengths through hands-on learning, we encourage you to apply.
Pay: $45,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $45,000 - $60,000