Makerspace Teacher

Overview: 

Located in Waltham, Lincoln, and Wayland, Massachusetts, Carroll School is an independent day school that serves students with language-based learning differences, such as dyslexia. Carroll School empowers children to become academically skilled students who are strong self-advocates and confident lifelong learners prepared to enter other academic settings. Carroll is an inclusive community committed to embracing diverse strengths, identities, and lived experiences in order to give each child what they most need to thrive.

Diversity is essential at Carroll. Creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace is an important part of our mission that fosters greater creativity, innovation, and connection to the communities we serve. That mission starts here by building a robust, diverse talent pool. No matter what makes you uniquely different – size, color, culture, gender identity and expression, beliefs, religion, age, race –  know that you are welcome here.  Your difference makes Carroll stronger.   

Research shows that people from underrepresented groups apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Carroll School encourages you to break that statistic and apply as it’s rare to find applicants who meet all the qualifications. We look forward to receiving your application. 

Carroll School is an equal opportunity employer that offers competitive salaries and benefits, including comprehensive professional development opportunities. 

Position Summary:

Carroll School seeks a Lower School Makerspace Teacher with a growth mindset and a true passion and commitment to lifelong learning. Candidates who are motivated by helping students to attain a strong sense of identity, self-worth and who are eager to equip students with skills and strategies for academic success. The ideal candidate brings a collaborative style, is self-directed, child centered and values a community of highly engaged, compassionate, motivated educators who embrace and apply culturally responsive teaching practices. The Makerspace role teaches of grades 1 -5 in the Multis Department, and manager of the Lower School Makerspace.  This position will develop and implement a curriculum that teaches students to create, make, innovate, invent, build, and design, and cover concepts like coding and 3D design. In this role, the Makerspace teacher will align the Makerspace curriculum across campuses and support teachers and students as they use the Makerspace.

Responsibilities:  

• Teach a Makers-themed “multi” to 1st through 5th graders during the school year that covers technology and engineering topics that teaches students to create, make, innovate, invent, build, and design, and cover concepts like coding and 3D design
• Partner with the other Makers teachers to develop and implement a scope and sequence of makers/ technology-focused curriculum across grade levels
• Facilitate Lower School makerspace use by other teachers, and support teachers as they bring classes in to use the space
• Create and deliver learning content to support faculty and staff with classroom technology, in the form of instructional documents, tutorial videos, and/or live trainings
• Formulate daily lesson plan
• Foster a maker mindset in the community among students and faculty/staff. This includes modeling curiosity, collaborating with others, welcoming all forms of creativity, and embracing mistakes.
• Maintain effective classroom management
• Perform other building duties as assigned
• Work in extended day program for at least 1 session a year for the first three years
  • Choices may include: supervised study hall, sports coaching, art, Bounders, Makerspace
  • Additional compensation for extended day work

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Instructional Design, or a related field
• Minimum two years experience managing a Makerspace and teaching makers-related content to students 
• Experience working with students with language based learning disabilities preferred.
• Demonstrated success with collaborative curriculum building
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Commitment to ongoing professional development

Exact salary offered is dependent on educational credentials and years of experience.

1-10  years $60,100-$80,441 

11-25 years $79,208-$102,157