Makerspace Teacher

Overview

Located in Waltham, Lincoln, and Wayland, Massachusetts, Carroll School is an independent day school that serves students with language-based learning differences, such as dyslexia. Carroll School empowers children to become academically skilled students who are strong self-advocates and confident lifelong learners prepared to enter other academic settings. Carroll is an inclusive community committed to embracing diverse strengths, identities, and lived experiences in order to give each child what they most need to thrive.

Carroll School seeks a Lower School Makerspace Teacher with a growth mindset and a true passion and commitment to lifelong learning. Candidates who are motivated by helping students to attain a strong sense of identity, self-worth and who are eager to equip students with skills and strategies for academic success. The ideal candidate brings a collaborative style, is self-directed, child centered and values a community of highly engaged, compassionate, motivated educators who embrace and apply culturally responsive teaching practices.

The Makerspace role teaches grades 1‑5 in the Multis Department, and manages the Lower School Makerspace. This position will develop and implement a curriculum that teaches students to create, make, innovate, invent, build, and design, covering concepts such as coding and 3D design. In this role, the Maker teacher will align the curriculum across campuses and support teachers and students as they use the Makerspace.

• Teach a Maker‑themed “multi” to 1st through 5th graders during the school year that covers technology and engineering topics, teaching students to create, make, innovate, invent, build, and design, and covering concepts like coding and 3D design
• Partner with the other Maker teachers to develop and implement a scope and sequence of Maker/technology‑focused curriculum across grade levels
• Facilitate Lower School Maker space use by other teachers, and support teachers as they bring classes in to use the space
• Create and deliver learning content to support faculty and staff with classroom technology, in the form of instructional documents, tutorial videos, and/or live trainings
• Formulate daily lesson plan
• Foster a maker mindset in the community among students and faculty/staff. This includes modeling curiosity, collaborating with others, welcoming all forms of creativity, and embracing mistakes.
• Maintain effective classroom management
• Perform other building duties as assigned
• Work in extended day program for at least 1 session a year for the first three years
  • Choices may include: supervised study hall, sports coaching, art, Bounders, Makerspace
  • Additional compensation for extended day work

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Instructional Design, or a related field
• Minimum two years experience managing a Maker space and teaching Maker‑related content to students
• Experience working with students with language‑based learning disabilities preferred
• Demonstrated success with collaborative curriculum building
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Commitment to ongoing professional development

Carroll School is an equal‑opportunity employer that offers competitive salaries and benefits, including comprehensive professional development opportunities.

Exact salary offered is dependent on educational credentials and years of experience.

1‑10 years: $60,100‑$80,441

11‑25 years: $79,208‑$102,157