Steam Teacher

Job Title**:STEAM Teacher**

Location**:Bukit Mertajam, Penang**

Terms**:1-year contract**

Salary**:RM2,800 - RM3,300**

Benefits**:A flexible, fun and passionate work team that believes that every child should have access to meaningful learning opportunities.**

Start Date**:Immediately**

Work Day**:Monday - Friday**

**About us**:
Arus Academy is an education social enterprise specialising in creating high quality education solutions for students and teachers in Malaysia. Arus is constantly searching for ways to make education more accessible and impactful through systemic and ground-up approaches. We advocate for five main literacy areas, which are STEAM education, financial literacy, media and information literacy, social and emotional learning, and global citizenship education. In our mission to empower today’s problem solvers, we have student and teacher programmes nationwide and throughout the year. Our headquarter is in Alma, Bukit Mertajam where we conduct regular classes for the local community in Penang.

**Responsibilities based on Objectives**:

- **Nurture innovative and creative thinking skills among students**:Build relationships, teach, motivate and inspire students to think critically so that they are able to build technological solutions to solve real word problems.
- Develop, revise and update lesson plans and lesson materials to make sure content is up to date and relevant.
- Model growth mindsets and instil 21st century skills in students.
- Teach STEAM lessons and track student progress.
- Feedback and improve teaching strategies on a monthly basis.
- Curate and create opportunities that connect local innovation field stakeholders.
- Plan and coordinate logistics for programme events or initiatives, including managing budgets and expenses.
- Collaborate with other teams and departments to ensure necessary resources are in place.
- Conduct briefing for students to prepare students for events.
- Engage local communities which include but not limited to parents, teachers, school leaders, neighbouring shop owners and customers and industry players.
- Handle programme post event logistics and stakeholder engagement to ensure satisfactory experience from pre, post and during the event.

**Key Measures of Success**:

- Continuous pedagogy improvement.
- Satisfaction level from multiple stakeholder engagements.
- Satisfaction level of beneficiaries through Net Promoter Score.
- Utilisation of event space.
- Timeliness of inventory record.
- Documentary of stakeholder management.
- Innovation in project approaches.

**Key Results**:

- Student outcomes achieved a satisfactory level.
- Number of students recruited and retained in Arus Tech programmes met the recruitment target.
- Net Promoter Score of Arus Tech programmes achieved 30% and above.

**Expected skills**:

- **Teach and motivate**

Able to make meaningful connections with students and empower them to excel.
- **Organisational skills and attention to detail**

Able to coordinate human and in-kind resources to optimise operational efficiency.
- **Strong communication skills, both written and oral**
- **Cultural competency and sensitivity**

Able to understand, make and execute inclusive plans for cultural diversity.
- **Ability to build and maintain relationships**

Able to provide prompt responses and communicate compassionately and clearly.
- **Excellent interpersonal skills**

Able to connect to and model Arus’ REACH values (Respect, Efficient, Adventurous, Collaborative, Honesty).
- **Resource & financial management**

Able to optimise programme delivery under budget.
- **Proficiency with computer programs and technologies**

Able to solve or seek technological solutions based on needs.
- **Ability to work independently and as part of a team**

Able to manage own time, manage expectations and deliver based on deadlines.

**Requirements**:

- No prior teaching experience required. Training will be provided on site.
- Have experience dealing with multiple stakeholders is a bonus..
- Proficient in Google products such as Google Slides, Google Sheets, Google Classroom, Google Sites, Google Docs. Plus points for Wordpress and Canva skills.
- Must be able to commit to working from the Penang office and travel independently between multiple work sites if needed.
- Must be able to commit to outstation work if needed - costs for outstation work to be borne by Arus.
- Must be keen to learn while doing.
- Proficient in verbal and written English & Bahasa Melayu.
- Proficiency or familiarity with at least one of the coding languages is highly desired but not required.
- Holder of a technical degree (engineering / computer science) is highly encouraged to apply.
- Having educational experience is highly desirable but not required.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: RM2,800.00 - RM3,300.00 per month

**Benefits**:

- Opportunities for promotion
- Professional development

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

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