Temp Design Lab for K-12 Education Weekend Workshop Instructor

About the role

The Design Lab for K-12 Education at NC State University College of Design is hiring temporary, part time, weekend workshop instructors to teach Saturday workshops, with an Industrial Design, Media Arts, Design & Technology, Architecture, or Graphic & Experience Design disciplinary focus, to middle school and high school aged students. Weekend Workshops will be held over the course of the 2026 Fall and 2027 Spring semesters.

Responsibilities

• Attending planning meetings with Design Lab staff and program facilitators as needed.
• Planning & Developing, and Implementing Workshops that:
  • Introduce students to design thinking and the design process through challenge-based activities that address the experience of environments, objects, and communication.
  • Engage students in the critical evaluation of the designed world.
  • Guide students in identifying real-world problems that they can help solve through design.
  • Integrate content and skills from a variety of school subject areas in the solution of design challenges to demonstrate the interdisciplinary nature of problem solving in design.
  • Guide students through a design review.
  • If applicable, acquaint students with design precedents (environments, objects, and communication) and how design addresses the physical, cognitive, social/cultural, and/or technological demands of context.
  • If applicable, acculturate students to the studio environment and its collaborative and evaluative practices.

Qualifications

• Applicants must have 1-2 years experience teaching or working with high school and middle school aged students.
• Graduate of an NC State College of Design Graduate Program.
• Strong interpersonal communication and organizational skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• A high degree of initiative and aptitude to work collaboratively as well as independently.
• Ability to take and follow direction, while also having a creative eye for improvements.
• Ability and willingness to be flexible and adapt to work changes.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience and demonstrated success planning and implementing design projects.
• Strong classroom management skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience with photo documentation (of projects and events).
• Interest in design education for K-12 students.

Schedule

Weekend Workshops will be held on Saturdays, 8:15 am - 5:00 pm. Planning meetings with staff and facilitators occur as needed, Monday through Friday (hours vary during the week).

Pay

$25/hr

Benefits

• Health Insurance for Temporary Employees.
• Enhance your career with LEAD courses.
• Attend non-revenue generating sporting events for free.
• Attain Work-life balance with our Childcare discounts, Wellness & Recreation Membership, and Wellness Programs that aim to build a thriving wolfpack community.