STEAM Educator

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

●        Lead the development and implementation of a drone program for camps, schools, and scouts.

●        Provide an entertaining, educational experience to youth participants from grades K-12.

●        Actively engage students with learning opportunities while here, adapting to diverse personalities and learning styles as needed.

●        Deliver presentations in the museum (Field Trips), in school classrooms (Outreach), and virtually (Livestreams).

●        Always supervise participants during the program, including mealtimes, transition times, and overnight (as needed).

●        Participate actively in all program training sessions.

●        Assist with program preparation, set-up, and clean-up of activities as needed.

●        Maintain a positive, supportive, and professional working relationship with all team members, participants, and parents.

●        Be knowledgeable about the facility and serve as a guide for the building, education area, and museum as needed.

●        Learn to operate all training simulator operations from preparation to conclusion.

●        Be an expert presenter in the Justice Planetarium and Dr. Goddard’s Lab

o    Complete any pre-show preparation promptly.

o    Provide educational instruction & productions in venues at a consistently high-performance level.

o    Responsible for cleaning and resetting the presentation area after each show.

●        Create new presentations and activities for schools, scouts, or camps.

●        Provide leadership for part-time educators working in scouts and camps.

Qualifications

●        Education:  Preference will be given to candidates with a college degree or equivalent work experience in education, math, science, engineering, or technology.

●        Must be 18 years old.

●        Proven experience teaching/working with youth.

●        Good communication, organizational, leadership, and management skills.

●        Ability to work with diverse groups, including multicultural and ethnic organizations.

●        Positive attitude and friendly demeanor.

●        Ability to work independently.

●        Agree to complete youth protection training relating to the youth program being staffed before the event (generally available online or through local program support).
 

Work Requirements

 ●        Schedule: Monday – Friday, some evenings and weekends (40 hours per week)

●        Physical dexterity (some lifting of heavy materials and equipment necessary).

●        Mental effort: working on the computer during time spent on the job, reading, writing, analyzing, and visualizing.

●        Sensory requirement: ability to communicate and respond to participants and staff.

●        Able to work under stress.

●        Excellent attendance is required.

●        Background check as it relates to job duties and youth program requirements.