Program Coordination:

• Foster working relationships with school administration, office staff, teachers, and community partners
• Coordinate program logistics and establish clear and effective communication with principals, teachers, parents, instructors, and other afterschool programs at each school
• Organize instructional topics, sequencing, and teaching materials for Girls in Science lessons
• Proactively recruit students to participate in the program and manage the student application process
• Document student and parent evaluation and survey data, student attendance, and maintain effective systems for recording, tracking, and evaluating data
• Recruit, hire, mentor, and supervise part-time Girls in Science instructors
• Prepare and present afterschool program trainings and ongoing professional development for instructors and naturalist interns in collaboration with the STEM Curiosity Lab Coordinator
• Plan and coordinate STEM Family Nights in collaboration with the STEM Curiosity Lab Coordinator
• Plan, coordinate, and implement the end-of-year Girls in Science Fair for students and their families
• Collaborate with Walking Mountains’ Marketing team to cultivate program awareness through social media, web, and print materials
• Provide program updates, data, and anecdotal reports to Development team for grant requests and donor relations
• Write a detailed and comprehensive annual program report of the Girls in Science program

Program Development:

• Maintain and continue to develop or revise unit-based, engaging, hands-on curriculum with a STEM-focus for     3rd-5th grades
• Ensure curriculum content and learning activities are scientific, accurate, and age-appropriate
• Collaborate with STEM Curiosity Lab Program Coordinator to develop a diverse flow of lessons between elementary Girls in Science and middle school STEM Curiosity Lab curriculum
• Develop, create, purchase, and maintain program materials
• Maintain detailed inventory and organizational systems for all materials, equipment, supplies, and lesson plans
• Design and implement a weeklong Girls in Science summer camp in collaboration with Youth Programs team
• Organize optional special events or activities for Girls in Science students and their families

Program Instruction:

• Plan, prepare, and teach inquiry-based and engaging weekly science lessons at 3-4 public elementary schools
• Cultivate a safe, healthy, supportive, and collaborative learning environment for students
• Co-teach summer science camps including a weeklong Girls in Science summer camp
• Maintain a current knowledge of the evolving field of science and STEM education theory and trends, hands-on and inquiry-based education, and other pertinent educational philosophy and use this to continue to grow and develop the Girls in Science program

Additional Responsibilities:

• Contribute to Walking Mountains Science Center staff meetings, committees, and staff retreats
• Attend and assist in Youth Programs seasonal training and professional development
• Support and/or substitute teach within other Youth Programs, as needed
• Attend and contribute to Walking Mountains Science Center all staff events
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in science education or STEM-related field
• 3 years elementary level formal or informal teaching experience
• Curriculum development experience
• Understanding of inquiry-based learning
• Organized with attention to detail
• Positive, flexible, and friendly
• Self-aware, team oriented, sensitive to participant and staff needs
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Current driver’s license and safe driving record for the past 5 years
• CPR/First Aid certification, Wilderness First Responder, preferred
• Ability to communicate in Spanish, preferred

Work Environment

• 50% desk-based office work and program prep, 50% classroom-based program instruction
• Open office work environment and frequent collaboration with STEM Curiosity Lab Coordinator
• Personal vehicle preferred for to travel to and from schools where programs are offered