Science Teaching Opportunities
$104,000–$104,000 year
On-siteChicago, Illinois, United States
Job Summary
Plan and facilitate engaging, age-appropriate science enrichment sessions for K–12 students using hands-on experiments, demonstrations, and project-based learning. Adapt activities based on student experience levels, site requirements, and available materials while guiding students through observation, experimentation, data collection, and scientific inquiry. Maintain a safe, respectful, inclusive environment and follow applicable site safety, visitor, and student-protection procedures. Complete a brief session completion form after each scheduled session and communicate assignment-related needs with Concorde and school staff as appropriate. Assignments typically run 1–4 instructional service hours per week for approximately 10 weeks, with compensation of $50+ per completed hour.
Required Qualifications
- At least 60 college credits, where required by the applicable assignment or site
- Experience teaching, tutoring, coaching, mentoring, or leading activities with school-age students
- Comfort explaining age-appropriate science concepts through engaging, hands-on instruction
- Strong communication, organization, and classroom facilitation skills
- Availability to provide services for the accepted assignment schedule and communicate schedule issues as soon as reasonably practicable
- Familiarity with classroom technology, Chromebooks, web-based educational platforms, or related instructional tools
Desired Qualifications
- Preferred backgrounds may include educators, science teachers, STEM professionals, college or graduate students studying science or education, tutors, camp counselors, engineers, healthcare professionals, makers, hobbyists, and others with relevant instructional or scientific experience
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