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About the Role
The After School STEAM Teacher leads an after school course that supports a growing understanding of integrated STEAM concepts through project-based work. This role is well suited to an educator who is excited by hands-on, interdisciplinary learning and who can make science, technology, engineering, art, and math accessible to young children.
Responsibilities
- Design and document age-appropriate STEAM curricula for students ages 5–7 and 7–9 in collaboration with the After School Director.
- Lead project-based work that builds an integrated understanding of STEAM concepts.
- Build relationships with students to encourage positive interactions and task focus.
- Participate as a member of a collaborative After School program, sharing information and strategies.
- Use classroom management skills to run and support an energetic classroom while maintaining health and safety rules.
- Prepare materials and maintain the STEAM Lab space before and after each session.
- Support students in moving safely through the building, following health and safety regulations.
- Oversee the safe transfer of children to after school programming and dismissal to authorized adults.
Requirements
- High school diploma.
- Background in one or more STEAM disciplines and the ability to teach them in an integrated, project-based way.
- Willingness to collaborate and work as part of a team.
- Willingness to develop skills in working with individual children, small groups, and the whole class.
- Curiosity about and commitment to learning more about Bank Street’s approach to this type of learning.
- Bachelor’s degree (preferred).
- Experience teaching STEAM courses to students ages 5-9 (preferred).
- Experience managing a classroom and teaching children (preferred).
- Experience working with young children (preferred).
- Experience with progressive education (preferred).
- Prior experience working as part of the Bank Street community (preferred).
Skills
- STEAM curriculum design
- Project-based learning
- Classroom management
- Collaboration
- Interdisciplinary learning
Location
- New York, NY
Work Type
- Part-time
- Hourly
- Full school year
Experience Level
- Commensurate with experience
Education Level
- High school diploma
- Bachelor's degree (preferred)
Salary/Compensations
- $40 – $60 per hour
About the Company
- A leader in progressive education for more than 100 years, the Bank Street School for Children provides students, from nursery through 8th grade, an education that engages their natural curiosity, nurtures critical thinking, and helps to develop a sense of community and social responsibility.
- Bank Street is a leader in education, a pioneer in improving the quality of classroom practice, and a national advocate for children and their families.
- Since its beginnings in 1916, Bank Street has been at the forefront of understanding how children learn and grow.
- Bank Street has built a national reputation on the simple fact that our graduates know how to do the work that is right for children.
- At Bank Street’s Graduate School of Education, students are trained in a model that combines the study of human development, learning theory, and sustained clinical placement to promote significant development as a teacher prior to graduation.
- Our children’s programs foster children’s development in the broadest sense by providing diverse opportunities for social, emotional, cognitive, and physical growth.
- The Bank Street Education Center disrupts inequity through system-level change to help design better educational experiences for both children and adults.
- The College further supports and influences positive outcomes for children every day through professional development programs, research projects, and other key efforts engaging educators, intermediary organizations, and government officials at the district, state, and federal levels.