PODS501: Engineering Team Member/Curriculum Designer

About JerseySTEM:

All JerseySTEM roles are pro-bono (unpaid) positions.

JerseySTEM is a mission-driven professional network of pro-bono contributors dedicated to improving access to STEM education and career pathways for underserved middle school girls in New Jersey.

Members contribute their professional skills and leverage their networks in service of the organization’s gender-equity agenda.

Membership is a minimum six-month commitment of approximately six flexible hours per week and includes a $100 refundable deposit, returned after six months of active membership. K–12 educators, retirees, veterans, interns, and students are exempt from the deposit.

Overview:

This is a pro-bono volunteer position.

 

As a member of a team of 3-4 volunteers, develop and/or acquire as well as improve STEM Engineering Outreach Program curriculum to be delivered to middle school girls (grades 5-8) who are in underserved communities.  (The Outreach Programs are typically delivered as after-school programs following a fall/spring semester schedule.)

 

Responsibilities:

• Develop new and interesting STEM curriculum, and update existing curriculum
• Reach out to content providers for potential partnership
• Produce materials for both Program Instructors and students to use in the afterschool programs
• Produce extracts of the Curriculum to fit the needs of the class
• Answer content questions, and provide advice on curriculum content delivery

• Leverage technology for innovative ways to deliver curriculum
• Learn and practice the curriculum concepts
• Use feedback from ongoing classes to improve/enhance existing curriculum
• Be a proactive team member and be part of building a fun and exciting team!

Qualifications:

• BS and strong background in an engineering related field
• Experience with STEM curriculum a plus
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Able to adapt and solve problems as they arise
• Willing to volunteer advice and opinion
• Enjoy working with a team/collaborating

 

Time Commitment

 

• 3-6 Hours weekly
• 6 months minimum