High School Science Educator at Peace Corps Kenya

High School Science Educator Volunteers work collaboratively with Kenyan counterparts in four focus areas:

• Building teacher capacity through formal and informal Communities of Practice
• Increasing student skills and performance in STEM through direct classroom teaching
• Promoting increased community involvement to support school activities
• Co-developing materials and increasing access to materials/resources to support a STEM approach to math and science

Required skills

Competitive candidates will have one or more of the following criteria:

• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education with concentration in any science
• OR
• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree in any discipline with secondary certification in science
• OR
• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree in General Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or Engineering
• OR
• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree in any physical science or any biological science or equivalent
• OR
• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree in any discipline with a minor or equivalent (15 semester/22 quarter hours) in Biology, Chemistry, or Physics

Desired skills

The most successful candidates will have one or more of the following relevant qualifications:

• Prior teaching experience, preferably with secondary school students
• Experience teaching large classes (50+ students)
• Experience designing educational content using limited resources
• Experience in using virtual resources and educational technology to teach
• Experience in school and/or community presentations with children, youth or adult learners
• Experience with youth development, particularly life skills development, promotion of healthy lifestyles, camps, youth clubs, scouts, etc.
• Experience or interest in working with Special Needs students, especially Deaf students in secondary schools