Youth Robotics Instructor - Experienced Educator Knuckle Sandwich Robotics Inc Tuscaloosa, AL Job Details Part-time $25 an hour 1 day ago Qualifications School experience Youth programs teaching experience Working with students Performing background checks Youth group activity facilitation Working with youth Full Job Description You'll spend 3 afternoons each week in a Tuscaloosa classroom, leading students through hands-on robotics: building, coding, and problem-solving. It's real teaching, with KSR's curriculum, equipment, and training behind you the whole way. About KSR Knuckle Sandwich Robotics, Inc. (KSR) is an Alabama nonprofit that runs robotics programs, camps, and after-school clubs across Alabama. KSR programs have reached 30+ schools and 1,200+ students this past year. KSR Discover is where it starts: students build, program, and discover all in one session, watching their own creation come to life, often using snap-together LEGO or VEX robotics products. About the Role This is a weekly, non-competitive robotics club: students build, code, and run challenges using KSR's curriculum and teaching-grade robotics kits, often LEGO or VEX snap-together builds. Success looks like a room full of students who look forward to afterschool robotics. What You'll Do Lead the weekly sessions start to finish: setup, a short mini-lesson, guided build-and-code time, a challenge or showcase, and teardown. Most sessions will be 3:15-5:15 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Deliver KSR's curriculum as the foundation for each session, adjusting pace and activities on the fly to fit the group. Improvising to meet the classroom where it is, is expected and encouraged Keep a simple attendance and session log. Flag any equipment issues back to KSR, and report behavior issues to school personnel on site right away Work alongside the Selma Area Schools staff member present each session to keep things running smoothly and safely Care for KSR's equipment: kits, teaching robots, and challenge materials travel to and from the session and get checked against an inventory list Communicate proactively with KSR staff if support is needed

What We're Looking For Required:

2+ years of experience teaching or instructing K-8 (or equivalent) students, in a classroom, camp, or after-school setting Comfortable leading a classroom independently after a brief KSR curriculum orientation. You will have a KSR intern in the room with you as support. Reliable transportation Able to pass a background check before working with students

Pay:

$25.00 per hour

Work Location:

In person