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Are you looking to gain experience working with youth? The Fred Otto DiscoverE Program is currently looking to expand our community through a team of volunteers (15 years and older) to help us deliver fun, accessible and innovative programming within our summer camps. Summer camp volunteers work within the camp room to aid our instructors to make an engaging engineering experience for our campers.
If you would like to be a volunteer or have any questions about this opportunity, please email devc@ualberta.ca

Job Title: Volunteer Director of Engineering for STEM Canada’s Engineering Institute for children Ages 6 - 17
Location: Remote
Hours per Week: Min 4 hours
Start Date: ASAP

STEM Canada is a registered not-for-profit global program that specializes in an advanced, bar-none STEM-based educational curriculum that emphasizes the interconnected subject areas of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The STEM program is open to all students from preschool to high school with the mission to deliver top-notch STEM literacy and application, designed to teach students in the STEM fields, yielding globally competitive results.

OVERVIEW:
Do you have a strong interest in leadership and engineering education? To fill the position of Director of our Engineering Institute, we are seeking a dynamic and seasoned expert. This volunteer position provides a special chance to spearhead an educational project, spur creativity, and leave a lasting impression on educators and students.

DUTIES:

1. Provide strategic leadership to direct the development and academic success of the institute.
2. Manage research projects, faculty professional development, and curriculum development.
3. To improve educational opportunities, and form and fortify alliances with academic institutions, community organizations, and leaders in the business.
4. To sustain the provision of high-quality education, make sure that institutional regulations are followed.
5. Develop and implement pathway programs.
6. Further the institute's goals and projects, represent it in conferences, industry gatherings, and professional associations both domestically and abroad.
7. Determine and carry out strategic initiatives for collaboration in international education that further the institute's long-term goals.
8. Foster innovation in engineering education by incorporating contemporary teaching methodologies.
9. To ensure operational effectiveness, interpret and implement administrative policies, processes, and procedures.
10. Motivate and lead staff while cultivating a team-oriented, goal-oriented atmosphere.
11. Participate in public appearances, serve as the institute's principal spokesperson, promoting the goals and effects of STEM education.

The HodgePodge Lodge is a community reuse building where people can drop off items they no longer need and take ones they do, all for free! The initiative is run by Strathcona County but the day to day operation is done by volunteers. They sort donations, put them away, tidy things up and answer questions the public has.

Are you in the science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) fields? The Faculty of Engineering's Fred Otto DiscoverE Program is looking for mentors to present their experience and knowledge in the STEM fields and answer any questions children and youth might have.
Mentors deliver sessions about their interests, what they're studying, their projects and etc. Presentations can be held in person or virtually and typically run for an hour every Friday morning throughout the summer.
If you would like to be a mentor or have any questions, please email devc@ualberta.ca.