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Play-Well TEKnologies is Hiring a Summer Camp STEM Instructor Near New Haven, CT
Do you like working with children? How about playing with LEGO? Would you like to use a ridiculous amount of LEGO materials to teach kids how the world works? If so, then this may be your dream job!
We are looking for smart, creative, dynamic instructors from all backgrounds to teach LEGO classes and camps where students are introduced to a range of STEM concepts while being given the tools to unlock their creativity and their problem-solving skills.
Schedule:
- Summer: M-F, full-time day camps
- School Year: M-F afternoons, part-time, flexible, occasional weekend hours (if you want to continue into the school year)
Compensation: Instructors are compensated at their full hourly rate for time spent
- Teaching
- Setting up/breaking down from class
- Driving to/from class
- Training
Also, any day that you teach, you receive AT MINIMUM 3 hours of pay.
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- Serves as a representative of Play-Well in a positive and professional manner.
- Completes all training programs as required by the Area Manager.
- Understands the curriculum and concepts thoroughly to be able to provide value to participants with diverse abilities and interests.
- Manages each class session, ensuring the children are safe, engaged, and having fun.
- Communicates with parents and clients in a knowledgeable, respectful and tactful manner to address questions or concerns.
- Adheres to all Play-Well and facility safety procedures and procedures for supervision and release of children.
- Care, safekeeping, and upkeep of assigned LEGO teaching kit(s).
- Responds quickly to communications from management, whether by phone, text, email or mail.
- Regularly communicates with Area Manager with questions, concerns and updates.
Education / Experience / Requirements
- Work history varies. Teaching/Instruction experience is preferred.
- Reliable transportation a must; secure location to store teaching materials.
- Lift up to 40 lbs to store and transport materials; bending, stooping and crawling with children during class instruction.
- Must pass all background checks as a condition of employment.
Job Summary
Full Time
Social & Legal Services
$58k-85k (estimate)
05/04/2024
07/03/2024
play-well.org
LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA
25 - 50
1997
COLLEEN CHERRY
$5M - $10M
Social & Legal Services
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About Play-Well TEKnologies
At Play-Well TEKnologies, kids dive into our classes and exercise their innate gift for building. They come away understanding fundamental principles of engineering and physics. The experience boosts their confidence, creativity and ability to collaborate. We provides project-based programs designed to teach principles and methods of engineering to children, ages 5 14, using LEGO. Our curriculum is designed by engineers, building on the math and science skills students learn during the school year. Utilizing over 20,000 pieces of LEGO for each class, we engage our students in solving real-wor ...
ld engineering challenges that explore concepts in physics, architecture, and engineering. Our goal is to have our students foster a greater appreciation of how things work, and encourage the qualities of inquisitiveness, self-reliance, and self-confidence in children. We have been growing future engineers since 1997. Play-Well TEKnologies currently runs programs in 23 states across the country and teach approximately 100,000 kids a year. Since 1997, hundreds of thousands of students have expanded a natural fascination with building and gained an appreciation of engineering through Play- Wells many programs. Check out our Play-Well Video for more details on who we are and what we do: http://bit.ly/Play-WellLinkedIn We recently asked our staff what it is like to work at Play-Well TEKnologies. This is what they had to say: http://bit.ly/WhatIsItLikeWorkingForPlay-Well
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