PODS500: Engineering Team Lead

Overview

This is a pro-bono volunteer position.

 

Lead team of 3-4 volunteers to develop and/or acquire as well as improve Engineering STEM 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

Lead team of 3-4 volunteers to:

• Provide direction and coaching to your team, build team spirit!
• Develop new and interesting STEM curriculum, and update existing curriculum
• Reach out to content providers for potential partnership
• Produce materials for both Coaches and students to use in the afterschool programs
• Produce extracts of the Curriculum to fit the needs of the class
• Answer Coach questions, and provide advice on curriculum content delivery

• Leverage technology for innovative ways to deliver curriculum
• Use feedback from ongoing classes to improve/enhance existing curriculum

Qualifications

• BS and strong background in engineering  field
• Experience delivering middle school curriculum a plus
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Able to adapt and solve problems as they arise
• Willing to volunteer advice and opinion

 

Time Commitment

 

• 3-6 Hours weekly
• 6 months minimum