Health Instructor - Health Exploration Program

About the Role

The Health Instructor provides essential administrative and management support for the Health Scholars Academy program operations, overseeing and facilitating high school student research projects, lesson plans, and activities while mentoring the program's college intern.

Responsibilities

• Attend curriculum and planning sessions with the team
• Plan, prepare, implement, and support health pathway curriculum
• Oversee lesson plans and activities focusing on developing academic, workforce, and self-development areas
• Oversee lesson plans and activities focusing on developing high school level student health research
• Plan, prepare, and implement group-based student research projects
• Facilitate and oversee development of research projects for high school student teams
• Facilitate and oversee test prep sessions
• Mentor and empower the college intern to grow professionally
• Maintain an organized and clean classroom environment conducive to health learning
• Foster a fun and safe classroom environment conducive to learning
• Recognize and work through conflicts in caring ways, invite discussion on differences, and arrange for a third party to assist if necessary
• Ensure lab safety guidelines are adhered to in the classroom

Required Qualifications

• Four (4) years of relevant work experience (relevant education may substitute on a year-for-year basis)
• Two (2) years of STEM-health work experience
• Experience working with various populations
• Previous teaching experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate degree in STEM-health area
• Five (5) or more years of STEM-health work experience
• High school STEM teacher
• Developing high school level student health-STEM research projects
• Experience with middle school age to college age pathway programs

Skills

• Communication
• Interpersonal skills
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Organization and time management
• Attention to detail

Pay

$21.63 - $29.18 per hour