Science Instructor Opportunities

Assignment Scope

Depending On The Accepted Assignment, Contractors May:

• Plan and facilitate engaging, age-appropriate science enrichment sessions;
• Introduce students to scientific concepts through safe, hands-on experiments, demonstrations, investigations, and project-based learning;
• Adapt activities based on student experience levels, site requirements, available materials, and program objectives;
• Guide students through observation, experimentation, data collection, critical thinking, and scientific inquiry, where applicable;
• Maintain a safe, respectful, inclusive, and age-appropriate learning environment;
• Communicate assignment-related needs or significant concerns with Concorde and school staff, as appropriate;
• Complete a brief session completion form after each scheduled session;
• Follow applicable site safety, visitor, technology, emergency, and student-protection procedures.

Example Program Topics

• Everyday chemistry using safe household materials;
• States of matter and simple chemical reactions;
• Kitchen science and food chemistry;
• Cleaning science and how soaps and surfactants work;
• Simple machines, force, and motion;
• Engineering and design challenges using common household materials;
• Environmental science, recycling, ecosystems, energy, and sustainability;
• Observation, experimentation, measurement, and the scientific method;
• Scientific reasoning, problem-solving, and STEM exploration.

Qualifications

• At least 60 college credits, where required by the applicable assignment or site;
• Experience teaching, tutoring, coaching, mentoring, or leading activities with school-age students;
• Comfort explaining age-appropriate science concepts through engaging, hands-on instruction;
• Strong communication, organization, and classroom facilitation skills;
• Availability to provide services for the accepted assignment schedule and communicate schedule issues as soon as reasonably practicable;
• Familiarity with classroom technology, Chromebooks, web-based educational platforms, or related instructional tools.

Materials and Resources

Assignments may utilize school-provided science materials, classroom supplies, Chromebooks, educational technology, curriculum resources, lesson plans, experiment guides, and other instructional resources where available. Contractors may use their own instructional methods and materials when appropriate, safe, age-appropriate, lawful, and consistent with the assignment scope and site requirements. Purchases requiring reimbursement must be approved in writing by Concorde before they are incurred.

Application and Onboarding

Applicants selected to move forward may be invited to create a contractor profile and complete any required onboarding steps. Applying, interviewing, receiving an invitation to create a profile, creating a profile, or completing onboarding does not guarantee selection, placement, or future assignment opportunities. Potential assignments are subject to assignment fit, agreed compensation, completion of required onboarding, applicable background-check review, Fair Chance or pre-adverse action procedures where required, site-specific clearance requirements, and final written confirmation from Concorde Education. Some assignments may require background-check authorization, fingerprinting, agency clearance, site-specific documentation, identification badges, or other compliance steps before services may begin. Applicants should not provide criminal-history information unless and until requested through the appropriate legally compliant process.

Equal Opportunity

Concorde Education considers contractor applicants without regard to any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law and is committed to respectful, inclusive, and student-centered programming.