Engineering Educator
About the Employer
Job Summary
Sizer School seeks a creative, collaborative, and student-centered technology & engineering teacher to teach students in grades 7–12. The teacher will develop and teach engaging, hands-on courses that introduce students to engineering design, technology, digital design, computer-aided design (CAD), fabrication, and related digital tools.
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience working successfully with middle school and/or high school students.
• Knowledge of engineering design, technology education, digital design, or a related field.
• Ability to develop engaging, hands-on, project-based learning experiences.
• Ability to establish and maintain a safe learning environment in a classroom, lab, studio, or makerspace setting.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
• Commitment to supporting students with a wide range of abilities, backgrounds, interests, and learning needs.
• Ability to pass CORI and National Criminal Background Check.
Essential Functions
Include but are not limited to:
• Design and teach technology and engineering courses for students in grades 7–12.
• Develop curriculum aligned with Massachusetts Technology/Engineering and Digital Literacy and Computer Science standards.
• Teach students to use the engineering design process to identify problems, establish criteria and constraints, generate possible solutions, develop models and prototypes, test solutions, analyze results, and revise their work.
• Create hands-on design challenges that require students to apply mathematics, science, technology, creativity, and problem-solving.
• Introduce students to computer-aided design (CAD) and other digital design tools appropriate for middle and high school students.
• Teach students to create and interpret sketches, diagrams, scaled drawings, orthographic drawings, models, and other representations of design solutions.
• Provide opportunities for students to design and construct prototypes using appropriate materials, tools, equipment, and digital fabrication technologies available at the school.
• Teach the safe and responsible use of classroom tools, equipment, materials, computers, and fabrication technologies.
• Incorporate digital art and design where appropriate, including graphic design, digital modeling, visual communication, and creative applications of technology.
• Introduce students to basic principles of computer science, computational thinking, coding, or software design when appropriate to course content and student projects.
• Help students understand how systems work and how individual components interact within technological and engineered systems.
• Teach students to evaluate competing solutions using evidence, testing results, cost, usability, sustainability, and other appropriate criteria.
• Ask students to consider the social, environmental, economic, and ethical implications of technologies and engineering decisions.
• Provide opportunities for students to document and communicate their design process through notebooks, portfolios, presentations, demonstrations, and exhibitions of student work.
• Develop projects that allow students to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Connect technology and engineering projects to real-world problems, careers, and applications.
• Collaborate with teachers in science, mathematics, art, humanities, and other disciplines to develop interdisciplinary learning opportunities.
• Differentiate instruction so that students with a range of academic backgrounds, learning needs, and prior experience can successfully participate in technology and engineering courses.
• Assess student learning through projects, demonstrations, portfolios, written reflections, presentations, and other authentic measures of student understanding.
• Maintain an organized, safe, and welcoming technology/engineering classroom or lab.
• Establish clear procedures for the safe use, storage, and maintenance of tools, equipment, and materials.
• Participate as an active member of the Sizer School community, including faculty meetings, professional development, advisory responsibilities, school events, and other responsibilities expected of Sizer teachers.
Preferred Qualifications
• Teaching experience at the middle and/or high school level.
• Massachusetts certification: Technology/Engineering Certification, grades 5-12.
• Background in technology education, engineering, industrial technology, product design, computer science, digital arts, or a related field.
• Experience using CAD software or other 2D/3D design applications.
• Experience with digital fabrication tools such as 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC equipment, robotics, electronics, or similar technologies.
• Experience with graphic design, digital art, animation, or other creative technology applications.
• Familiarity with introductory coding, physical computing, robotics, or basic software development.
• Experience designing interdisciplinary or project-based curriculum.
Salary and Benefits
Competitive salary based on education and experience. Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement benefits, and professional development opportunities.