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Seeking Makerspace Director for school in Boca Raton, FL

Pine Crest School is seeking innovative, collaborative individuals to develop a makerspace. The position involves maintaining, coordinating and facilitating a Pine Crest iLab for Grades 8-12 on the Fort Lauderdale campus. The ideal candidate has exemplary teaching skills, a passion for helping students to make ideas tangible, and an enthusiasm for out-of-the-box ideas.

Responsibilities:
 Develop and deliver project based learning activities that focus on the integration of learning technologies, engineering and a connection to real-world problems.
 Assist faculty members to create and deliver project based learning activities.
 Provide training opportunities for teachers on how to use the resources in the iLab.
 Model lessons in the iLab for teachers to observe.
 Work directly with faculty members to organize, develop and facilitate competition teams such as robotics and Science Olympiad.
 Develop additional opportunities for students to enter academic competitions.
 Maintain awareness of best practices, emerging technologies and new educational technologies and tools that may be incorporate into the iLab.
 Work with students and faculty members to help them achieve their project visions.
 Run safety training for all who are in the iLab; monitor that safety is practiced at all times.
 Help students acquire skills with tools, tool safety, and other aspects of hands-on fabrication.
 Maintain and instruct usage of equipment in iLab – examples include: 3d printers, drill press, jig saw, CNC routers (Laser cutting), etc
 Provide opportunities for students and faculty to use materials such as: Arduino, and Raspberry Pi to enhance projects.
 Track use of consumable materials, re-order as needed.
 Help build enthusiasm among students in project based learning activities
 Provide opportunities for students to implement, test, and deploy a solution considering real-world constraints
 Create opportunities for students to think critically, explore, investigate, and engage as problem solvers
 Guide students from play to purpose
 Encourage students to pursue their passions through hands-on exploration
 Cooperate with other instructional leaders to integrate use of iLab
 Collaborate with the Computer Science Department Chair to create a competitive Robotics Team in grades 5-12.
 Work collaboratively with the Director of Educational Design and Innovation, Media Specialists, Director of Educational Technology, and Computer Science Department Chair

If interested, please send a cover letter and resume to dolores.gende@pinecrest.edu
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