Job Details
Location : Andover, MA
Job Type: Full Time School Year
Job Number: S25008
Department: Andover High School
Opening Date: 05/13/2024
Closing Date: Continuous
Minimum Hours per Week: 31.25
Description
We are seeking a candidate with interests and experience in design, engineering, technology, and education to join our team as an engineering design teacher at Andover High School. Students in engineering and design learn to flex their creative muscles through the process of design, prototyping, and making and we are seeking a creative, innovative, student-centered teacher to lead them.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with colleagues to develop engaging design thinking and engineering curriculum that emphasizes critical thinking and real-world problem solving.
Provide instruction in the use of simple hand and power tools as well as fabrication equipment such as 3D printers, laser cutting, and CNC machines.
Teach innovative engineering/design courses in a differentiated and student-centered classroom.
Responsible for the routine upkeep of engineering design lab space, equipment, and materials.
Provide supervision of the fabrication lab specifically with respect to safety and acceptable use policies.
Qualifications
MA Certification in either Technology/Engineering 5-12 or Visual Arts 5-12
Demonstrate expertise and confidence with multiple, but not necessarily all, of the following design and fabrication processes and tools:
Design Thinking Software: CAD and CAM Simple Programming (i.e. Arduino, Scratch) Electronics (Simple DC circuits, breadboarding, Arduino sensors and motors, etc.)
Fabrication equipment: i.e. 3D printers, laser cutting, CNC, sewing, hand and small power tools.
Enjoys integrating creative work in the fields of art, engineering, computer science, design, fabrication, or other related disciplines.
Previous teaching experience preferred - has multiple years of experience working with students in a teaching, coaching, or mentoring capacity.
Supplemental Information
Andover Public Schools (APS) seeks candidates who embody our ethos, which includes valuing the identities of all students, high expectations for all students, teaching excellence, collaboration, innovation, respect, and responsibility.
APS is committed to hiring and supporting a racially and ethnically diverse faculty and staff. Racially and ethnically diverse teachers produce a myriad of positive outcomes for all students, especially the most historically marginalized students.