PS Activity Instructor- Robotics​/Coding​/STEM

Activity Specialist

The Activity Specialist teaches and facilitates a youth centered class tailored to their specific expertise. Candidates with the following expertise are encouraged to apply:

Reports To: Program Director, PS 297

Location: 700 Park Ave Brooklyn, NY

Hours: 8 - 10 hours / week;
Non Exempt, September
- June

Schedule: Program Hours are Monday
- Friday, 2pm - 6pm

Salary: $19.50 / HR - $25.50

Robotics & Coding: Instruct and support students in designing, programming robots using coding platform Vex Go and various STEM tools, and VR system equipment. Must be prepared to research VEXGO robotic products for the coding position. Anything interesting that isn't mentioned on this list!

Major Duties:

• Prepare and develop age, and skill-appropriate curriculum, lesson plans, activities, and special projects that fuse the arts and academic competencies to be reviewed by supervisors before being taught.
• Work with program participants to develop their artistic, educational, and leadership potential.
• Pre-planning of activity; activities are to provide students with structure, purposeful use of activity and self, including beginning and ending rituals.
• Facilitate a variety of scaffolded activities based on students' interest. Activities should promote teamwork, opportunity for mastery, and emotional and professional growth.
• Facilitate purposeful activities in community hour and participate in other staff lead activities as part of the staff team.
• Foster a youth development, strengths-based environment, fostering a sense of belonging, safety, and community to participants.
• Engage and facilitate group conversations, tracking and supporting students' academic success.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Experience and/or training relevant to the position required.
• Candidates with some college, experience with adolescents and teaching/coaching youth are encouraged to apply.
• Flexibility, creativity, and enthusiasm for young people
• Excellent planning, organization and time management skills
• Ability to engage youth, while setting structure and limits in a group setting.
• Energetic, motivated self-starter and a team player
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have a commitment to work from a strength-based, youth and family development and trauma-informed perspective.