Director Robotics, Exploration, Experimentation & Fabrication; REEF

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Purpose:

NSU University School’s R.E.E.F is a K-12 innovation center designed to support educational experiences in robotics, experimentation, exploration, and fabrication. The space is designed to support the integration of innovative thinking and learning to build an educational system that graduates intrinsically motivated, entrepreneurial, highly skilled, confident, empathetic, digitally competent, globally aware, adaptable students who will be ready and able to navigate a rapidly changing global market environment.

The Director of the R.E.E.F is expected to maintain the facility, supervise STEM related teaching staff, and develop mission-appropriate curriculum. The director is also expected to provide dynamic leadership, vision, and direction for initiatives that will foster a learning environment of exploration, discovery, and innovation in a growth mindset. This entails leading faculty and students in the use of innovation thinking, practices, resources, and materials and serving as a resource for teachers on innovation and the design process (ideation, research, creation, and presentation).

This is a 12-month leadership position that reports to the Director of Instructional Technology.

Job Category: Exempt

Hiring Range: Commensurate with experience.

Pay Basis: Annually

Subject to Grant Funding? No

Essential Job Functions:

• 1. Maintains congruency between the school's mission statement and all R.E.E.F curriculum, programming, and initiatives.
• 2. Provides leadership and administers the overall operations of the R.E.E.F.
• 3. Develops, monitors, evaluates, and updates strategic plans for all R.E.E.F. programming.
• 4. Plans, schedules, and manages the delivery of R.E.E.F. curriculum and programs by creating and sustaining an innovative and creative lab setting where all stakeholders can engage as a group, individually, or collaboratively; programming may occur after school hours, or on evening and weekends.
• 5. Oversees physical condition of the building and grounds to assure a safe learning environment.
• 6. Ensures all equipment, such as (but not limited to) 3D printers, computers, laser cutters, and other machinery, tools, and hardware are maintained properly, efficiently utilized, operational, and being operated safely; assist in troubleshooting equipment issues and making sure equipment is securely housed; enforces compliance of regulatory lab requirements.
• 7. Maintains accurate and current inventory of materials and equipment.
• 8. Directs and coordinates assigned staff to include hiring, mentoring, training, and conducting performance evaluations; develops standard operating procedures and ensures staff compliance.
• 9. Partners with academic directors to ensure innovation teachers are aligned with all teaching staff policies and procedures for appropriate grade level including lesson planning, collaboration, online requirements for Canvas and communication, etc.
• 10. Provides leadership, expertise, training, and mentoring in innovative thinking and pedagogy to promote best practices in innovation.
• 11. Collaborates with directors and educators to provide support in developing and implementing new curriculum and programs that promote innovation practices.
• 12. Partners with Director of Instructional Technology to manage the technology infrastructure and professional development to support innovation initiatives.
• 13. Supervises innovation, engineering, robotics, coding, eSports, and applicable STEM teaching staff.
• 14. Oversees design, development, and implementation of grades K-12 engineering, robotics, coding, eSports, and other STEM related programming and curriculum.
• 15. Supports K-12 media and library programming and services.
• 16. Ensures compliance with university policies and procedures, and all required accreditation…