STEM Educator

Duties and Responsibilities

● 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.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits

  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Employee discount
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Retirement plan
  • Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
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