After-School Hands-On STEAM Instructor

After-School Hands-On STEAM Instructor
Job description
Location: Sebastopol, CA
Program: After-School Hands-On STEAM Enrichment
Job Type: Part-Time
Schedule: Weekday afternoons | Fall 2026
Compensation: $55–$65 per session, depending on experience
Work Location: In person

About the Role
We are seeking a creative, energetic, and dependable After-School Hands-On STEAM Instructor to lead engaging science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) enrichment classes for elementary students in Sebastopol, CA.
This program gives upper-elementary students opportunities to design, build, experiment, test, troubleshoot, and create through hands-on STEM and STEAM challenges.
Students may explore engineering design, science experiments, structures, simple machines, circuits, invention challenges, maker projects, physics concepts, design thinking, and creative problem-solving.
Rather than simply following instructions, students are encouraged to ask questions, develop ideas, build prototypes, test solutions, learn from failure, and improve their designs.
This position is ideal for educators, college students, recent graduates, engineers, science educators, STEM/STEAM instructors, makers, designers, and other professionals who enjoy making science and engineering exciting and accessible for young learners.
Curriculum and lesson materials are provided.

What You’ll Teach
Projects and activities may include:

• Hands-on science experiments
• Engineering design challenges
• Building and construction projects
• Structures and bridge challenges
• Simple machines
• Forces, motion, and energy
• Basic circuits and electricity
• Invention challenges
• DIY maker projects
• Prototyping and testing
• Physics-based experiments
• Environmental science activities
• Materials science exploration
• Design thinking
• Creative technology projects
• Problem-solving challenges
• Collaborative STEM projects
• Build-test-improve activities

Activities are designed specifically for Elementary Grade students and encourage students to think independently while working collaboratively.
What You’ll Do

• Lead engaging hands-on STEAM classes for Elementary Grade students
• Teach lessons using provided curriculum and activity plans
• Facilitate science experiments, engineering challenges, maker projects, and creative design activities
• Introduce students to age-appropriate concepts in science, engineering, technology, art, and mathematics
• Guide students through the engineering design process
• Help students brainstorm, design, build, test, troubleshoot, and improve their projects
• Demonstrate experiments and explain scientific and engineering concepts clearly
• Encourage students to ask questions, make predictions, test ideas, and analyze results
• Help students understand why a design or experiment succeeds or fails
• Encourage creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, persistence, and problem-solving
• Support students in developing their own solutions rather than simply giving them answers
• Adapt explanations and activities for different learning styles and skill levels
• Maintain a positive, inclusive, organized, and safe classroom environment
• Manage classroom routines, transitions, student behavior, and project materials
• Prepare and organize activity supplies before each session
• Assist with project and classroom cleanup after class
• Communicate professionally with school staff and program coordinators
• Follow school-site procedures and program expectations
• Provide brief class updates when requested

Who We’re Looking For
We encourage applicants who:

• Enjoy working with elementary students
• Have an interest or background in STEM, STEAM, engineering, science, technology, design, invention, or maker education
• Enjoy building, experimenting, creating, and solving problems
• Can explain science and engineering concepts in clear, age-appropriate ways
• Are creative, patient, energetic, organized, and dependable
• Are comfortable leading and supervising groups of students
• Have strong communication and classroom-management skills
• Can follow provided curriculum while adapting instruction to student needs
• Enjoy helping students troubleshoot and learn through experimentation
• Can reliably commit to the Fall 2026 after-school program schedule
• Applicant must be residing in Sebastopol or within 20 miles of Sebastopol.

Experience working with children through teaching, tutoring, camps, after-school programs, STEM programs, robotics programs, science programs, museums, maker programs, mentoring, coaching, or youth enrichment is strongly preferred.

Great Fit For Candidates With Backgrounds In

• Engineering…