Makerspace Teacher

The Carroll School•Waltham, MA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Carroll School seeks a Lower School Makerspace Teacher with a growth mindset and a true passion and commitment to lifelong learning. Candidates who are motivated by helping students to attain a strong sense of identity, self-worth and who are eager to equip students with skills and strategies for academic success. The ideal candidate brings a collaborative style, is self-directed, child centered and values a community of highly engaged, compassionate, motivated educators who embrace and apply culturally responsive teaching practices. The Makerspace role teaches of grades 1 -5 in the Multis Department, and manager of the Lower School Makerspace. This position will develop and implement a curriculum that teaches students to create, make, innovate, invent, build, and design, and cover concepts like coding and 3D design. In this role, the Makerspace teacher will align the Makerspace curriculum across campuses and support teachers and students as they use the Makerspace.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Education, Instructional Design, or a related field
Minimum two years experience managing a Makerspace and teaching makers-related content to students
Experience working with students with language based learning disabilities preferred.
Demonstrated success with collaborative curriculum building
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Commitment to ongoing professional development

Responsibilities

Teach a Makers-themed “multi” to 1st through 5th graders during the school year that covers technology and engineering topics that teaches students to create, make, innovate, invent, build, and design, and cover concepts like coding and 3D design
Partner with the other Makers teachers to develop and implement a scope and sequence of makers/ technology-focused curriculum across grade levels
Facilitate Lower School makerspace use by other teachers, and support teachers as they bring classes in to use the space
Create and deliver learning content to support faculty and staff with classroom technology, in the form of instructional documents, tutorial videos, and/or live trainings
Formulate daily lesson plan
Foster a maker mindset in the community among students and faculty/staff. This includes modeling curiosity, collaborating with others, welcoming all forms of creativity, and embracing mistakes.
Maintain effective classroom management
Perform other building duties as assigned
Work in extended day program for at least 1 session a year for the first three years Choices may include: supervised study hall, sports coaching, art, Bounders, Makerspace
Additional compensation for extended day work