STEAM Educator

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Posted: 24-Mar-25

Location: Dedham, Massachusetts

Type: Full Time

Salary: 50,000.00-90,000.00

Categories

Other

Preferred Education

Masters

Internal Number: 010

STEAM Educator (Anticipated Opening) 2025-2026

The Rashi School, the Boston Area’s Reform Jewish Independent School, serving students in grades Pre-K-8, is seeking a passionate and innovative STEAM Educator (anticipated opening) to inspire and empower our students through hands-on, project-based learning. In our warm and inclusive community, children are appreciated for who they are as they learn and develop their identities. With the school’s foundation of rigorous academics and differentiated instruction and a mission rooted in social justice, we want our students to ask the tough questions—not just the who, what, where, but the how, why, and what can I do to fix it? Rashi graduates have the confidence to try new things and to fail forward. With kindness at their core, they become empowered learners, change agents, global Jewish citizens, and kind friends.

The ideal candidate will foster a culture of creativity, exploration, collaboration, and problem-solving within our state-of-the-art Kol-lab (Rashi’s STEAM lab). You will be responsible for developing and implementing engaging student-centered STEAM projects that integrate computer science, programming, robotics, data science, electricity, design thinking, AI, and other disciplines.

Rashi’s Lower School uses a collaborative teaching model to promote students’ academic, social, and emotional growth by nurturing an environment that promotes risk taking, flexibility, adaptability, empathy, and resilience through collaborative teaching which models behaviors of the adults. We seek to employ faculty and staff with diverse backgrounds who model these traits and our core values (respect, learning, community, spirit, and justice) for our students and are eager to support Rashi in fulfilling its mission.

Rashi’s Middle School seeks to promote students’ academic, social, and emotional growth by nurturing an environment that promotes risk taking, flexibility, adaptability, empathy, and resilience. We are looking for educators with a history of positive, caring student-teacher interactions, rich content expertise, and student-centered approaches to join a team of exceptional faculty who utilize a strength based approach to empower students to be their best selves in and out of the classroom. We seek to employ faculty and staff with diverse backgrounds who model our core values (respect, learning, community, spirit, and justice) for our students and are eager to support Rashi in fulfilling its mission.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement curriculum:
• Design and deliver an engaging and age-appropriate STEAM curriculum for students in grades PK-8, focusing on innovation and collaboration, in an environment that fosters student empowerment and independence, and practical application.
• Create and facilitate hands-on projects that incorporate robotics, STEAM, programming, electricity, design thinking, and data science.
• Introduce students to fundamental concepts of computer science, AI, and data science through interactive activities.
• Integrate the use of digital fabrication tools, including a laser cutter, 3D printers, and other relevant technologies.
• Foster a safe and inclusive learning environment that encourages experimentation, risk-taking, perseverance and reflection.
• Facilitate project-based learning:
• Guide students through the design process, from ideation and prototyping to testing and refinement, including data collection and analysis.
• Promote collaborative learning and teamwork through engaging group projects.
• Facilitate STEAM projects that connect to real-world applications and challenges, including the use of data to inform decisions.
• Support students in developing capstone projects that showcase their skills and knowledge, potentially including data-driven investigations.
• Integrate with other disciplines:
• Collaborate with classroom teachers to integrate makerspace activities into existing curriculum across all disciplines, including the use of data visualization and interpretation in science and social studies.
• Develop interdisciplinary projects that connect science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics, and data science.
• Work with teachers to create projects that enhance learning in core subjects by using data to explore concepts.
• Makerspace management:
• Maintain and organize the makerspace, ensuring a safe and functional environment.
• Manage inventory of materials and equipment, including ordering supplies as needed.
• Train students and staff on the safe and proper use of makerspace equipment and basic data analysis tools.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and trends in makerspace education, including data science education resources.
• Professional development:
• Participate in ongoing professional development to enhance knowledge and skills in STEAM education, including data science tools and techniques.
• Share best practices and resources with colleagues, including pedagogical strategies for teaching data literacy.
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education, engineering, computer science, data science, or a related field.
• Experience teaching and working with students in a makerspace or similar environment.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Scratch, Python, block-based coding).
• Knowledge of robotics, electricity, design thinking, and basic data analysis concepts.
• Experience with digital fabrication tools (e.g., laser cutter, 3D printer) is highly desirable.
• Basic understanding of data collection, visualization, and interpretation.
• Experience in integration with other disciplines.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
• Passion for fostering creativity and innovation in students.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in education, data science, or a related field.
• Experience developing and implementing project-based learning curriculum, including data-driven projects.
• Experience with AI education tools and resources.
• Experience with Micro:bits, ADAFruit playground, Arduino, or Raspberry Pi.
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Google Sheets, Tableau Public).
• Experience with educational data science platforms.
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Able to sit, stand, type, twist, bend.
• Able to use telephone and computers.
  
  

How To Apply

Interested candidates should email a cover letter, resume, and professional references to jobs@rashi.org.

Rashi is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Guided by our core values of justice, respect, learning, community, and spirit, and with social justice as a foundational cornerstone of our school, we are committed to building an inclusive community that honors and respects each individual, their varied identities, and their spirit. We seek to listen, learn, and grow together to ensure that we are a place in which all community members can thrive. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, including age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, disability, mental disorder, familial status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.

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About The Rashi School

The Rashi School is the Boston area's Reform Jewish independent school serving students in grades PK–8. Located in Dedham, Massachusetts, the mission of The Rashi School is to provide a dynamic, child-centered program of academic excellence that integrates rich secular and Jewish studies curricula and nurtures in its students’ critical minds and compassionate hearts.

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