Tech Coach

Overview

The Tech Coach is directly responsible for participant experience and engagement and contributes to the intellectual growth, emotional well‑being, and sense of belonging of youth served through Digital Harbor Foundation programs.

Tech Coaches will play a key role in creating welcoming, flexible, and engaging experiences for diverse learners, including youth with autism and other neurodivergent identities. This includes facilitating hands‑on activities, supporting participant feedback, and helping document insights that contribute to the ongoing development of accessible makerspace programs.

This role will support Tech Lab programming with a focus on accessibility, inclusion, and co‑design, as part of Digital Harbor Foundation’s National Science Foundation (NSF)‑funded “Space For All” project. The Tech Coach will lead and facilitate accessible STEM and makerspace programming for youth and young adults, while also supporting light research activities that inform how to design more inclusive learning environments.

This role offers an opportunity to contribute to a nationally funded research project while gaining experience in inclusive STEM education, program design, and community‑based research. The 2026 summer implementation will focus on piloting accessible STEM summer camp experiences that integrate creative technology, maker education, co‑design, and inclusive learning practices.

This role is a temporary, grant‑funded position, with continuation dependent on program needs, performance, and the availability of grant funding.

Tech Coaches will support two summer camp programs as part of the NSF‑funded Space For All project. Staff onboarding and preparation will begin in June 2026, with camp programming taking place July 6 – August 7, 2026.

• Mini Makers Camp (Grades 3–5)
• VR Storytelling & Game Design Camp (Grades 8–12)

Both camps will run Monday–Thursday from 9:00 am–3:00 pm at the Digital Harbor Foundation Tech Center.

Tech Coaches must be available during daytime summer camp hours, including onboarding/training sessions, camp preparation days, and camp operation weeks. Additional planning and setup hours may be scheduled as needed.

Digital Harbor Foundation is dedicated to fostering learning, creativity, productivity, and community through education with a vision of digital equity for everyone. Driven by our sincere belief that access to opportunity is a basic right, we take bold yet practical actions to support making a better future now. Through a portfolio of projects focused on developing leadership within communities, we support those closest to challenges to take deliberate actions based in design thinking approach, backed by data analysis, grounded in a practice of collective impact, and driven by a commitment to racial equity.

• Prior experience teaching, mentoring, or working with youth (preferred)
• Experience in STEM, makerspaces, creative technology, or related fields (preferred)
• Experience working with neurodivergent youth or in inclusive learning environments is a strong plus
• Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent experience in education, technology, design, or related fields
• Bonus:
  Experience working with Meta Quest headsets, Unity, or VR app design projects (personal or professional)

• Interest in summer camp programming, youth development, and project‑based STEM learning
• Strong ability to engage and communicate with youth of diverse backgrounds and learning styles
• Interest in or experience with accessible and inclusive teaching practices
• Ability to adapt activities and instruction to meet a range of needs and abilities
• Comfort facilitating hands‑on, project‑based learning experiences
• Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to troubleshoot basic technical issues
• Ability to create a positive, structured, and flexible learning environment
• Willingness to learn and apply new tools, technologies, and instructional strategies
• Interest in supporting research‑informed program design and improvement

This is a fully in‑person position based at the Digital Harbor Foundation Tech Center located at 1045 Light Street in Baltimore,…