STEM Educator - Volunteer Position - Onsite in Mexico • North America - 12 months

About The Project

Apply your experience to shape Mexico’s next generation of technicians and engineers. Mexico’s polytechnic and technological universities identified a need to strengthen instruction for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to better equip students with the practical skills needed to succeed in a rapidly evolving workforce. These higher education institutions—similar to community colleges in the U.S.—focus on preparing technicians and engineers for fast-growing sectors, such as manufacturing, aerospace, information technology (IT), renewable energy, and advanced industry. Many institutions are expanding their English instruction, resulting in the need to strengthen teaching methods, lab practices, and industry-relevant competencies.

Responsibilities

• Teach STEM and technical courses in English using practical, applied-learning approaches.
• Guide students through hands-on exercises, troubleshooting, and real-world scenarios.
• Support students in developing employability skills, such as teamwork and technical presentations.
• Collaborate with faculty to strengthen competency-based curricula and industry-aligned modules.
• Facilitate short workshops on workplace communication and job-readiness skills.
• Participate in faculty trainings and contribute to institutional capacity-building initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM), or in a related field (e.g., education) with a teaching certification.
• Two or more years of teaching experience in one of the following areas: math, chemistry, physics, computer science, biology, earth sciences, or art.

Qualifications

• Language: Spanish
• Completed 4 years of high school Spanish coursework in the past 8 years
• Completed college-level Elementary II Spanish semester (Elementary III in quarter system) within the past 6 years
• Score between 50-62 on the Spanish College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exam in the past 6 years
• Novice-High or Intermediate-Low on official American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) in Spanish within the past 6 years

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Key dates

• APPLY BY : October 15, 2026
• KNOW BY : December 1, 2026
• DEPART ON : May 10, 2027
• DURATION : 12 months