After School STEAM Teacher

Children's Programs - School for Children

Start Date: Sep 22, 2022

Role: After School STEAM Teacher (Part-time role)

Schedule: TBD; One day a week from 3:10 - 5:30 PM (teaching time 3:25 - 4:10 and 4:15 - 5:00 plus set-up/clean-up), from September 19, 2022 - June 14, 2023; opportunities for occasional substitute work

Pay Rate:  $175 ($75 per session + $25 for 30 minutes prep and clean-up).

Job Summary: The After School STEAM Teacher will lead an after school course that supports a growing understanding of integrated STEAM concepts through project-based work. Under the supervision of the After School Director and Auxiliary Programs Team, the STEAM teacher will design and implement age-appropriate curricula for two groups of 10-12 students.

This position runs September - June along the SFC school calendar.

Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with the After School Director, design age-appropriate curricula for students ages 5-7 and 7-9.
• Participate as a member of a collaborative, cooperative After School program - sharing information and strategies to sustain a healthy classroom community.
• Build relationships with students so they treat each other well and stay on task.
• Use classroom management skills to run and support an energetic classroom of children, while maintaining and reinforcing health and safety rules.
• Support students in moving safely through the hallways and in and out of the building during various times of the afternoon, following building-wide health and safety regulations.
• Oversee the safe transfer of children to afterschool and dismissal to authorized adults.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma required and Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Experience with teaching STEAM courses to the age groups indicated is preferred. A curiosity and commitment to learning more about our approach to this type of learning is necessary.
• Experience managing a classroom and teaching children preferred (experience working with young children a plus)
• Experience with progressive education preferred
• Prior experience working as part of the Bank Street community preferred
• Willingness to collaborate and work as part of a team, as well as develop skills in working with individual children, small groups, and the whole class.

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