SUPERCHARGE Spanish Translation and Student Support Assistant

Illinois State•Normal, IL

3d•$15

About The Position

SUPERCHARGE is a four-year project at ISU funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), with team members from the ISU Department of Technology, School of Teaching and Learning, College of Engineering, National Center for Urban Education, and Chicago Public Schools (CPS). The program will support a new after-school STEM program at four high schools in Chicago. The emphasis of the after-school program is on renewable and sustainable energy, automation, and robotics. The SUPERCHARGE program began during the 2022-2023 school year with the creation of interactive learning materials focused on sustainability, climate, weather, and programming. The program is now in its fourth year. During this fourth year of the project (2025-2026), the focus of the project is to support the implementation in CPS schools of the learning materials that were created during the previous academic year. This support will include support for Spanish-speaking students, translation of materials from English to Spanish, and guidance and troubleshooting assistance for high school students and teachers at the four CPS schools.

Requirements

Ability to communicate (written and verbally) in Spanish
Friendly and helpful attitude; good interpersonal skills and ability to work well with others in a team environment
Ability to receive constructive feedback from other team members (e.g. student colleagues, project faculty, or CPS teachers)
Good problem-solving skills; ability to visualize a problem or situation and think abstractly to solve it
Creativity; ability to think about problems and come up with creative solutions
Ability to work responsibly without direct supervision
Working knowledge of common Microsoft and Google software platforms (e.g. Microsoft Office suite of applications, OneDrive, Teams, Google Classroom)

Nice To Haves

Experience in translating documents from English to Spanish
Strong research skills
Strong organizational skills
Experience in any of the following: Issues relating to sustainability, Renewable Energy systems, Robotics and Automation, or Microcontroller (e.g. Arduino or micro:bit) programming or other programming language

Responsibilities

Translate after-school activity instruction documents from English into Spanish.
Support bilingual and Spanish-speaking students at in-person workshops and events in Spring and Summer 2026.
Respond to questions from CPS high school students and teachers, and provide assistance and troubleshooting support. Most of the support activities will be performed remotely using Zoom, Google Meets, etc. However, occasional in-person visits to the CPS high schools may be necessary.
Other duties as assigned by SUPERCHARGE program leadership, as appropriate