Texas Aerospace Scholars Operations Specialist

San Jacinto•Pasadena, TX

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

Serves as the Technology leader for all Aerospace Scholars education programs, to ensure the appropriate technology is used and available for curriculum as well as for reporting. The Specialist will coordinate operations and logistics for student onsite events, including facility reservations, purchase of consumables, visitor badging, staffing schedules, etc. They will organize registration and logistics with students and their parent/guardian, such as lodging, meals, and transportation to the center from their Texas residence. The Specialist will conduct activities that contribute to the evaluation and improvement of the TAS program, disseminate surveys, and organize focus groups for internal and external evaluators. They will also organize, attend, and report minutes from meetings with internal and external stakeholders, including travel to stakeholder locations. The Specialist will create status and forecast reports, verify that new content and equipment meets NASA IT security requirements, and obtain/maintain licenses, certifications, or subscriptions for new equipment and IT tools. Additionally, they will review and suggest amendments to position requirements for various roles, coordinate payments for Technical Reviewers, Design Challenge Facilitators, Moderators, and Counselors, and conduct activities associated with the application process. The Specialist will create and update engagement openings in the NASA STEM Gateway application system, coordinate purchases for program materials using a San Jacinto issued purchase card, and lead quality assurance and accessibility reviews for public-facing documents, websites, graphics, etc. The Specialist will also support training needs to develop and deliver training and materials for participants, educators, SMEs, and mentors, use a NASA approved system to support and facilitate student, faculty, and NASA mentor activities, support new course design for TAS expansion, support implementation of newly developed content and IT tools, and support training for summer staff. Finally, the Specialist will disseminate and collect all forms and approvals required for student participation in onsite events.

Requirements

Knowledge of Texas Aerospace Scholars Program
Knowledge of current principles and practices for K12 students and educators
Knowledge of a variety of online tools, including Canvas and Adobe
Experience using communication style books to support quality assurance
Ability to solve problems and make decisions in a changing environment
Documented successful experience working as a team player
Active listening skills
Communicate effectively using professional written, verbal, and oral techniques
Computer skills in Microsoft Office programs, including Excel
Multi-tasking abilities
Bachelor’s degree
Three to five years experience in developing high school curriculum
Three to five years experience in teaching math or science (or related topics)
Three to five years experience in teaching in virtual and classroom environments
Three to five years experience in facilitating learner-centered design applications

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree
More than five years experience in developing high school curriculum
More than five years experience in teaching math or science
More than five years experience in teaching in a virtual environment
More than five years experience in STEM Gateway for OSTEM or other
More than five years experience in facilitating learner-centered design applications

Responsibilities

Coordinate operations and logistics for student onsite events, including facility reservations, purchase of consumables, visitor badging, staffing schedules, etc.
Organize registration and logistics with students and their parent/guardian, such as lodging, meals, and transportation to the center from their Texas residence.
Conduct activities that contribute to the evaluation and improvement of the TAS program.
Disseminate surveys provided by internal and external evaluators.
Organize focus groups for internal and external evaluators.
Organize, attend, and report minutes from meetings with internal and external stakeholders, including travel to stakeholder locations.
Create status and forecast reports as needed to assist with reporting.
Verify that new content and equipment meets NASA IT security requirements.
Obtain and maintain any licenses, certifications, or subscriptions required to operate new equipment and IT tools.
Review and suggest amendments position requirements for each of the following positions: Technical Reviewer, Design Challenge Facilitator, Moderator, Onsite Counselor, and Lead Onsite Counselor.
Coordinate payment Technical Reviewers, Design Challenge Facilitators, Moderators, and Counselors.
Conduct activities associated with the application process.
Create and update engagement openings in NASA STEM Gateway application system as appropriate.
Coordinate purchases for program materials using San Jacinto issued purchase card.
Lead quality assurance and accessibility reviews for public facing documents, websites, graphics, etc.
Support training needs to develop and deliver training and materials (synchronous and asynchronous) for participants, educators, SMEs, and mentors.
Use a NASA approved system to support and facilitate student, faculty, NASA mentor activities and interactions such as content delivery, discussion boards, deliverable submissions, content repository, meetings, etc.
Support new course design for the expansion of TAS.
Support implementation of newly developed content and IT tools.
Support training for summer staff to include Moderators, Onsite Counselors, NASA SMEs and summer interns.
Disseminate and collect all forms and approvals required for student participation in the onsite events.