Upper School Maker, Design, & Engineering Instructor
About The Position
The Upper School Faculty is a collaborative and forward-thinking community of education professionals who are consistently looking for ways to create real-world, project-based experiences that help their students connect content in a relevant and impactful way. This team models what it means to be inquisitive, nurturing, flexible, and creative. While they customize and personalize the learning for each course, this team is united in using an inquiry-based model and a mastery approach to teaching. Since 2014, Mount Vernon has been investing in the Maker, Design, Engineering Program, which has become a hallmark of the school and an integral partner to the design thinking and project-based learning pedagogies we employ in Preschool through Grade 12. With 4 dedicated maker labs and many auxiliary maker spaces, the school boasts state-of-the-art equipment and production space where students can craft and fabricate ideas that can become solutions today. This position has the opportunity to develop and deliver a wide variety of maker courses to students in Grades 9-12. This role is important because Mount Vernon believes each student needs a foundation in Maker, Design, and Engineering approaches, and these skills are critical to student success in other academic courses as they design and prototype for projects outside of maker-specific courses.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Education, Engineering, or a related field (Masters degree preferred)
- 3+ years of classroom or related industry experience
- Evidence of your own making and building practice: a portfolio, project photos, a GitHub, a shop, a side business, a garage full of things you've fixed. Professional and personal work count the same to us.
- Teaching certification (preferred)
Nice To Haves
- Practitioner of Design Thinking, Inquiry-Based Learning, and Competency-Based Education
- Active participant in the maker education community
- Passionate lifelong makers, curious learners, and student champions
- Experience with coding, 3D modeling, robotics, circuitry and programming, digital media, engineering, design, and fabrication
Responsibilities
- Facilitating hands-on, project-based learning experiences with several groups of 12 to 20 students and supporting students at seasonal after-school events
- Connecting project-based learning experiences to real world community impact
- Designing, iterating, and delivering unit development and alignment across a variety of maker courses in collaboration with the MADE, Inquiry, Impact, and Innovation Diploma teams.
- Collaborating with Lower School and Middle School Maker teachers to build cohesive and vertically aligned curriculum and learning experiences.
- Maintaining comprehensive records of performance, progress, and goals using Mount Vernon tools
- Communicating with families, learning coaches, and outside providers
- Operating as a test kitchen for our newest, boldest ideas for doing school differently
- Maintaining the Upper School Maker Spaces, equipment, and inventory
- Partnering with Upper School teachers to help integrate MDE and fabricate/showcase student work
- Curating two moments a year for students to exhibit their work
- Actively participating in professional growth opportunities, including weekly school/division/team meetings
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
