Upper Division Robotics - Jackson Heights, United States - Garden School
Description
Garden School is excited to announce the opening of a part-time Upper Division Robotics and Engineering position for the fall of 2024. The position is focused on co-managing the Maker Space, FTC Robotics, FRC Robotics, Coding, and Computer Science in grades Therefore, experience and expertise working with this age group as well as comfort with a range of intermediate and advanced topics is desired.
Garden School is an innovative and collaborative environment where teachers have smaller than usual rosters so they may focus on the interests and needs of bright and sophisticated individuals all of whom are college-bound. Teaching faculty at Garden enjoy a great deal of autonomy in the material they cover in tandem with well-developed support structures to employ best practices in their discipline.
All STEM-related subjects are housed under one umbrella to enhance the quality of collaboration throughout the school, and the team consists of several Math Teachers, several Science Teachers, a STEM Chair, a Tech Coordinator, a Math Chair, and a Science Chair. Garden School's philosophy is such that the value of STEM subjects is recognized across our entire program and permeates different aspects of our curriculum throughout the school.
Garden's recently adopted new strategic plan also means that there is ample room for growth as we expand all of our STEM programs and invest heavily in our facilities and resources especially as it relates to Robotics, Engineering, and Maker Space. This includes the recent addition of a brand new Science lab, a planned project this summer for another brand new lab, and a planned renovation of the Engineering/Maker Lab next summer. This is an exciting time to join Garden School to be at the ground level of building new and innovative programs that cross disciplines and challenge the notion of how students engage with learning.
An ideal candidate will have experience launching new STEM and Robotics programs with students in the middle and upper grades. They will have experience with FLL, FTC, FRC, TinkerCad/Cad, Coding, and other CS applications. Finally, the ideal candidate will have a track record for successfully recruiting students and successfully building competition-ready teams for FTC and FRC. They should demonstrate a passion for Robotics and tinkering, a desire to explore and connect across disciplines, and a commitment to addressing the individual child in their instruction through novel and innovative experiences in the classroom and the lab.
If you enjoy working with an innovative team, employing best practices in the classroom, helping bright students achieve their potential, and seeing every child as an individual, then please forward your cover letter and resume to the attention of Mary Petruso at