URGENT Position opening for engr instructor

[Ceal Craig]

Mentors, teachers, grad students: looking for short term but fun employment NOW?

Not sure where best to post this. Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth Program is desperately looking for an instructor to start MONDAY 6/30 in Rhode Island. Read details below and reach out to Vince directly (vbonina@jhu.edu, 410-735-6073).

I did teach for JHU four years in the summer in the lower age program; so feel free to write me directly at work in next hours/days if you have any questions (ceal.craig@bladenetwork.net)

ceal

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I am writing because our summer programs are starting very soon at the Center for Talented Youth and we are still trying to fill one of our instructor positions for the course Principles of Engineering Design. It is currently a two session opening (June 26 - July 19 and/or July 19 - August 9) and the opening is located at our summer site in Bristol, RI at Roger Williams University. If you are interested in teaching either first or second session, please get in touch with me as soon as possible. Also, if you know of other colleagues that you feel are qualified and interested in the position, please forward them this email. More details about the position are below. Thanks you for your time.

Vince Bonina
Program Manager
Center for Talented Youth
Johns Hopkins University
5801 Smith Ave
McAuley Hall, Ste. 400
Baltimore, MD 21209
Phone: 410 - 735 - 6073
Fax: 410 - 735 - 6187
vbonina@jhu.edu


Position Details:

Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth is currently seeking candidates for the position of instructor at their summer program located in Bristol, RI at Roger Williams University. The instructor will be teaching a course called Principles of Engineering Design for 7 – 10 graders. A description of the position and course are below:

Instructors:
Summer programs instructors are responsible for teaching an appropriately challenging and rigorous course to approximately 15-18 highly able students. Instructors' primary responsibilities are to plan and conduct their classes and labs within our guidelines, to monitor the progress of each of their students, and to supervise their assistants (there is one assistant for each instructor).

The program is residential. Instructors must get themselves to the site, but room and board are provided.

Terms of Employment:
- Starting salary is $2100 to $3000 per three weeks, based on experience
- Employees pay their travel to and from program locations
- For residential program employees, room and board are provided

Desired Qualifications:
- Teaching experience, preferably with children or adolescents
- Demonstrated leadership and organizational skills
- Maturity, responsibility, and creativity

Program Dates:
June 26 - July 19 and/or July 19 - August 9

Course Description:
Students in this course explore key principles of engineering design by constructing working models. Through this hands-on learning process, students also gain exposure to fundamental topics in physics including Newton’s laws of motion, energy, electricity and magnetism, properties of materials, basic atomic structure, and fluid dynamics.

In small groups, students design and build working models of a number of devices. Examples include, but are not limited to, solar-powered cars, mousetrap-powered cars, electrical circuits, truss/suspension bridges, gliders, and tabletop roller coasters. In addition to these projects, students complete related experiments on topics such as linear and projectile motion, simple machines, electrical circuits, and photovoltaic cells.

As a part of the engineering design process, students document their procedures, data, and conclusions. In addition, students submit written reports for review. These reports are likely to be in the form of a bid proposal to a fictitious company in which the students must persuade the company’s CEO to select their group’s design for a lucrative contract.
Lab Budget: $780 ­ $1040 per 3-week session (depending on enrollment)