PS 297 Activity Instructor- Robotics/Coding/ STEM

Major Duties

• Prepare and develop age, and skill-appropriate curriculum, lesson plans, activities, and special projects that fuse the arts and academic competencies.
• Work with program participants to develop their artistic, educational, and leadership potential.
• Facilitate a variety of scaffolded activities based on students’ interest.
• Promote teamwork, opportunity for mastery, and emotional and professional growth.
• Foster a youth development, strength’s-based environment, fostering a sense of belonging, safety, and community to participants.
• Engage and facilitate group conversations, tracking and supporting students’ academic success.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings.

Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• A High School Diploma or GED required.
• Experience and/or training relevant to the position required.
• Candidates with some college, experience with adolescents and teaching/coaching youth are encouraged to apply.
• Flexibility, creativity, and enthusiasm for young people.
• Excellent planning, organization and time management skills.
• Ability to engage youth, while setting structure and limits in a group setting.
• Energetic, motivated self-starter and a team player.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Commitment to work from a strength-based, youth and family development and trauma-informed perspective.