Engineering Instructor

JOB DESCRIPTION: Instructor

Are you interested in sharing your technical knowledge and skills to help inspire students to pursue STEM careers? We are looking for highly motivated, energetic, and dedicated problem solvers to be instructors at our UPenn location of TryEngineering Summer Institute.

The TryEngineering Summer Institute is a nine-day, co-ed residential summer camp to introduce rising 9th through 12th grade students to engineering and technology and inspire them to consider STEM careers.

Our proprietary curriculum was designed specifically for this program by IEEE to be not only educational on an introductory, college level, but to be hands-on and fun. There are no tests and quizzes, to create a stress free learning environment for every student of every skill level. Our classes are small so students receive plenty of personalized help and guidance. We also feature in-camp speakers like engineers, we host speaker panels, and we even go on field trips off-campus to cool spots where we can see engineering in action.

Class typically starts at 9am and ends at roughly 4:30pm. Be prepared to be in class early to get set up and stay after 4 to clean up, handle stragglers, etc. You are responsible for the students whenever you are around - even if that’s outside of class hours.

Camp website: Please check out our website for more details on the program: https://tryengineeringinstitute.ieee.org/

DATES: the following dates are estimates and subject to change.

University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA

Staff Training (on-site): June 25th - June 28th, 2025

Session 1: June 29th - July 8th, 2025

Session 2: July 11th - July 20th, 2025

Who are you?

• You’re a communicative, trustworthy leader. As a relationship-builder and mentor, you measure your own success in large part by the success of those around you, and care deeply about helping them meet professional development goals.
• You’re an organized, problem-solving manager. You love fine-tuning operational logistics, ensuring program efficiency, and learning new strategies for driving overall performance.
• You’re ready to grow. You know that true mastery requires commitment, effort, thoughtful feedback, personal reflection, and implementation of lessons learned.
• You’re knowledgeable in your field. You’re someone who knows engineering like the back of your hand and has plenty of cool ideas to keep our campers entertained and engaged during their class time.

Camp website: Please check out our website for more details on the program: https://tryengineeringinstitute.ieee.org/

Job Responsibilities:

• Attend all Job Trainings. This will include remote sessions by zoom, and the staff training on site in the days leading up to camp.
• The first day of each session is check-in day and it is an ‘all hands on deck’ day
• Instructors will be expected to meet-and-greet every student on check-in day
• Everyday you are responsible for and accountable for all the students in your class, from the moment a student is dropped off for class, til they are picked up by their parents or RAs.
• You will teach from the curriculum, and you’ll need to be flexible. Some sessions will feature field trips and you have to work around that academically.
• The last day of each nine day session is a closing ceremony that you will help facilitate with the Program Director and Academic Director.
• After all the students have left, the RAs and Directors will handle the move-out, while the teachers will be resetting the classroom for the next set of students (after session 1) or completing the pack-up and preparing everything for shipping (after session 2).
• Field trips: There are field trips to local on campus and off campus sites that you will be required to attend.
• Curriculum: Created specifically for the program by IEEE, and there is actually a person accountable for it, who you could ask questions. Once you have signed the employment contract, you’ll be given the curriculum ahead of camp and expected to read through it. (Contains Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, and Aerospace related projects and lessons)

Qualifications:.

Required:

• Students pursuing a Bachelor's degree in an engineering or other STEM field or those with Bachelor’s degrees in similar fields.
• Experience teaching, tutoring, or advising students.
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
• Being fun, smart, quick on your feet, responsible, spontaneous, accountable, and amazing is preferred!
• A person of integrity and responsibility.
• Background check. We will conduct a full background check on each staff member
• US Citizen. This program can only employ US citizens or those authorized to work.

Preferred:

• A Master’s Degree in a STEM field is considered a plus.
• Experience with camp and recreation programs preferred
• Public speaking experience is a plus.

Compensation:

Job Type: Contract

: $4,000.00

to any event you are working (when we go on a field trip, and if you're a chaperone, your ticket is paid for by camp)

Do a great job and get a great letter!

Job Type: Temporary

Pay: $4,000.00 per month

Application Question(s):

• Please submit a cover letter.

Ability to Commute:

• Philadelphia, PA 19104 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Philadelphia, PA 19104: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $4,000