After-School STEM Program Instructor (Sci-Comm)

Wildwoods is seeking passionate and experienced educators to deliver an after-school STEM program to schools in the greater Los Angeles area. Once trained, applicants are assigned programs based on school reservations.

Please Note: This is a part-time job.

Program Description

Sci-Comm is an after-school program that uses science to explore how humans interact with each other. Part science, part team-building, part social-emotional learning. Most of the activities are game-based and physical. The program is conducted in 60-90 minute segments at different Los Angeles Unified School District campuses. Instructors see students on a weekly basis. They are usually at a different school each day.

Responsibilities:

• Instructors are responsible for the delivery of a 60-90 minute game-based program for elementary school students.
• Instructors are responsible for collecting attendance data.
• Instructors are responsible for the maintenance of all program supplies and materials.
• Instructors will notify the Program Coordinator of any needed re-stocking or repair of supplies and materials.

Requirements

Applicants MUST:

• Enjoy working with children.
• Possess excellent group facilitation and group management skills.
• Be available to work near downtown Los Angeles, anytime Monday - Friday, between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
• Have experience conducting outdoor or environmental education programs with elementary school aged children, and/or experience conducting similar programs with families and groups.
• Have knowledge and understanding of basic scientific principles
• Be comfortable with active, physical work outdoors: lifting and carrying up to 40 lbs. of program materials.
• Have a professional manner with clientele (teachers and parents).
• Submit to and pass a background check.
• Submit to a Tuberculosis Screening.
• Provide references upon request.
• Have reliable access to transportation.
• Be flexible and comfortable with last-minute schedule changes.
• Have reliable access to email and cell phone.
• A valid driver’s license and a clean driving record is required for assignments that require use of company vehicles.
• Be comfortable driving for up to 1 hour at a time to sites.

Qualifications

• Likely applicants will have teaching experience and/or experience leading groups at camps or outdoor schools.
• Applicants should have an understanding of environmental education concepts with elementary and middle-school aged children.
• Applicants should have experience leading cooperative and team-building games and experiential education activities.
• Applicants should have an understanding of Earth Sciences at the elementary and middle-school level.
• Applicants should also possess knowledge of regional environmental and socio-economic/eco-justice issues.
• Applicants should possess the ability to adhere to a written curriculum and maintain program continuity as well as the ability to accurately pace program activities and stick to a set schedule.
• Spanish language skills are helpful.
• All applicants reaching the interview process will be required to submit to a background check.

Duration: This is a part-time job. The shortest of workdays, including travel, program set-up and clean up, is at least 4 hours. Most assignments occur during the after-school time period (3:00 - 5:00). Programs continue through the end of the school year (June 2025).

Location: Our offices are south of downtown Los Angeles, however "report to" destinations may be anywhere in the greater Los Angeles region.

Rate: $24/hour

Please note: Wildwoods is a project of Community Partners, a non-profit, public benefit 501c(3) corporation, and operates as an equal opportunity employer. This job description is general in nature and is not designed to contain or to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications of the position.