Become a Maker Fellow
MakerState is accepting applications for our Spring Maker Fellowship. Our Maker Fellows are paid, part-time instructors in our school-based makerspaces for kids. Fellows earn a competitive stipend and can work one or more days per week (3-20 hours or more per week; in the after-school times between 2pm-6pm and/or Saturdays). Applicants are passionate about maker learning for kids and are able to work independently, managing labs in the school and/or community space in which they serve. Applicants who can identify a school/site in which they’d like to serve are given priority. MakerState can also place Maker Fellows at sites where we are currently operating in the community. The Maker Fellow is the primary instructor for young makers ages 6-18 in our after-school programs. Fellows are responsible for delivering our award-winning STEAM (science, tech, engineering, arts, math) mastery curriculum, for coordinating with the site liaison, and for contributing to curriculum iteration in our badge labs format. Having a knowledge of these technologies is ideal but not necessary:
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Arduino & Raspberry Pi
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Lego Mindstorms NXT, WeDo, StoryStarter
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littleBits & MaKey MaKey
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3D printing (Blender, SketchUp, Autocad)
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Scratch & analog game design
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Stop-motion animation and moviemaking and editing (iMovie, Moviemaker, Final Cut, etc.)
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and crafting, building, hacking, making in general
Applicants may complete the short Maker Fellow application at maker-state.com or call 845-399-9300 with questions about the program.
MORE ABOUT MAKERSTATE
MakerState empowers kids with science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) skills through hands-on after-school labs in robot engineering, video game design, 3D prototyping, moviemaking, and more. Makers level up game style through six masteries–Engineer, Wordsmith, Programmer, Designer, Impact Artist, and Social Entrepreneur–and demonstrate their purpose-driven learning for real world audiences every day. Learn more about how making is transforming learning at www.maker-state.com.