Lecturer - Astronomy Club - Portland, Oregon, USA

Description

Astronomy Club Portland, Oregon, USA is excited to announce about a new job opening for a lecturer to conduct both theoretical and practical lessons. If you have professional experience in the field of Astronomy and want to join our mission of Socializing Astronomy, you are welcome to apply for this open position and become part of the Portland, Oregon, USA branch of this unique and innovative project based in the US.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Professional knowledge in the field of Astronomy

• Experience and knowledge in the structure of telescopes

• Passion for teaching and working with students

• Excellent knowledge of English - both written and spoken

• Experience in working with higher technologies

• Team Leadership Experience

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Organizational skills

• ProActive approach to work

• Motivation for continuous self-improvement.

Duties and responsibilities

• Conduct weekly learning sessions, practical workshops and trips with Astronomy enthusiasts

• Ensure active participation from students during the lesson

• Deliver engaging and interactive lessons to make difficult topics seem easy, even to those with limited or completely no prior knowledge in the field

• Be ready to implement new methods of teaching that can integrate a large number of participants

• Foster a positive atmosphere among participants by actively encouraging them.

• Enhance and expand informal or outside-the-classroom experiential learning

• Support in the development and improvement of the learning materials

• Extend the scope of learning materials and practical work in Club

• Supervise students and teaching assistants on practical lessons.