STEM Education Lead

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Club Crown Heights is Lifeline's afterschool program for youth ages 5-17. Club Crown Heights provides a safe space, role models, academic support, and leadership training for kids living in the Oceanside neighborhood of Crown Heights. Club Crown Heights operates afterschool programs at two locations: "La Casita" for elementary students and "La Escuelita" for middle and high school students. With a total enrollment of 190 kids, Club Crown Heights is a positive youth development model that keeps kids on the path to self-reliance.

This position works specifically with kids at the La Casita site, where up to 60 children ages 5 to 12 attend on a daily basis.

General Responsibilities

* Work with staff to identify topics and design minimum of 12 STEM labs appropriate for elementary age children

* Lead staff in the classroom when conducting labs/activities in the center

* Advise students during lab experiments, scientific investigations, and STEM projects

* Work with individual or groups of students to encourage questions about STEM topics

* Be a resource for the staff and students

* Relate STEM to real world experiences

* Create lab documentation that can be used by other volunteers and staff to lead labs in the future

* Materials/supplies will be provided by La Casita

Requirements
* Knowledge/experience with STEM projects/curriculum
* Experience working with youth
* Experience leading groups

COVID-19 UPDATE:
masks/face coverings required onsite (regardless of vaccination status), social distancing enforced, vaccine encouraged