FIRST LEGO League Coach and Mentor

About the role

Snapology is one of the best Children's Enrichment franchises in the country! FIRST Robotics is the premiere robotics program and competition. You’ll love our core values and curriculum. Snapology’s approach is based on proven research that children’s best learning experiences come from actively creating, designing, interacting, and inventing. Please see our website nc.snapology.com Come join our team today!

Responsibilities

• Lead groups of up to 10 students through FLL curriculum-guided activities
• Instruct and monitor students in the use of learning materials and equipment including Spike Prime and Spike Essential
• Instruct and demonstrate programming through Lego Spike Prime/Essential software
• Instruct and demonstrate designing and constructing a Lego Robot using Spike Prime/Essential
• Instruct and Guide students through the innovation project
• Reports to manager but is able to manage a team through FIRST Dashboard (will train)
• Adequately prepare for each program by reading the curriculum, watching training videos, and/or participating in face-to-face training sessions
• Maintain discipline in accordance with the rules and disciplinary systems of Snapology
• Encourage and monitor the progress of individual students and use the information to adjust teaching strategies
• Participate in periodic Snapology training & staff meetings, as required

Qualifications

• Must have experience with designing and building Lego Robots using Spike Prime/Essential/Mindstorms EV3
• Must have experience with programming using Lego Spike Software (Scratch, Unity, Python, C++, Java a plus but not required)
• Coaching experience with a robotics team (FLL, FTC, FRC, WRO) a plus
• Criminal and Child Clearances must be current
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Proven ability to report to work on a regular and punctual basis

Schedule

Availability for practice outside of regular class hours, including scheduled weekend scrimmages and tournaments. The regular season for FLL begins in late August with the release of the annual challenge and continues through the qualifier tournament season in December. Teams that advance to the state competition will continue to meet through mid-January. Teams practice at least 2 hrs, once per week, during the regular season. This position is part-time. Depending on candidate availability and the time of year, Instructor/Teacher STEAM Children's Enrichment typically work between 2-10 hours per week.

Pay

$25.00 per hour

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