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Jerseystem Volunteer All JerseySTEM roles are pro-bono (unpaid) positions. JerseySTEM is a mission-driven professional network of pro-bono contributors dedicated to improving access to STEM education and career pathways for underserved middle school girls in New Jersey. Members contribute their professional skills and leverage their networks in service of the organization's gender-equity agenda. Membership is a minimum six-month commitment of approximately six flexible hours per week and includes a $100 refundable deposit, returned after six months of active membership. K–12 educators, retirees, veterans, interns, and students are exempt from the deposit.
Overview: JerseySTEM is looking for volunteers to support our mission to provide STEM education to underrepresented middle school girls. Love education or STEM? Help us keep our engineering lessons organized, updated, and fun. You'll review activities and suggest ways to make them even better for middle school girls. Great for retired teachers, engineers, or anyone who enjoys organizing learning materials. Your typical JerseySTEM week involves (illustrative): ~ 1 hour/day Daily: Check email, forward email, answer questions by email for 15mn-30mn Monday: Review current material for a Bridge Building experiment or a Solar Spring challenge Tuesday: Propose changes/simplifications. Draft a variation of the slides/worksheet Wednesday: Join a meeting with the JerseySTEM Curriculum Team to discuss modifications Thursday: Receive material ordered from Pitsco, Amazon or Lego to test the experiment Friday: Continue drafting the "teacher material" for those experiments No travel or in-person required, unless interested.

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Experience level

Senior

Location

Denver, CO

Occupation

Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary

Industry

All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction

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