STEAM Education Teacher

Casa Hacker; São Paulo; Hybrid; BRL 33,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

Casa Hacker in São Paulo, Brazil seeks a pedagogy-focused professional to lead hands-on workshops and STEAM education activities. You will mediate discoveries, record progress, and ensure a safe, inclusive learning space while meeting educational goals.

The role emphasizes didactics, empathy, and adapting approaches to diverse learners, with collaboration across a team responsible for STEAM education and educational kit testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Pedagogy, Teaching Degrees, or technical fields with strong educational focus.
• Proven classroom or non-formal education experience; preferably with active methodologies, maker culture, or technology teaching.
• Familiarity with STEAM concepts and ability to learn new educational kits, basic software, and prototyping tools.
• Excellent teaching skills, empathy, documentation organization and classroom management.
• Experience working with populations in vulnerable territories or social projects.

Responsibilities

• Conduct workshops and on-site classes using active methodologies and Project-Based Learning (PBL) for groups up to 20 participants.
• Facilitate experimentation and investigation, encouraging autonomy and critical thinking.
• Adapt lesson plans for different groups to ensure inclusive environments.
• Ensure participant safety and proper use of equipment and kits.
• Evaluate participant progress through ongoing learning journeys and not just final deliverables.
• Record daily class reports and document observations and lessons learned.
• Maintain communication with coordination, families, and partner schools about attendance and development.
• Build trusting relationships through active listening with students.
• Test and validate teaching materials in real contexts and provide feedback to improve products.
• Participate in pedagogical planning meetings and ongoing education.

Skills

Teaching

Empathy

Organization

Classroom management

Active methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Pedagogy/Teaching

Tools

Basic software

Prototyping tools

Job description

Casa Hacker is a civil society organization focused on STEAM education and social innovation. Our Theory of Change puts all our team, technical partnerships, knowledge, and network to work on innovation, creating and co-creating STEAM education and social innovation initiatives to make digital technologies and the Internet accessible to everyone and empower each person to transform their territory. Considering this context, Casa Hacker invests in innovation programs in the territories where it operates and seeks professionals with proven experience to lead the strategy alongside us.

In Casa Hacker’s STEAM Education team, the teacher plays an essentially pedagogical role. Day-to-day work involves leading “hands-on” workshops, mediating classroom discoveries, and observationally recording the progress of each student. It is a role that requires didactics and empathy to deal with different profiles and learning paces, ranging from technical instruction on kit usage to the socio-emotional welcoming of participants. We are looking for someone who ensures a safe, inclusive, and stimulating environment, guaranteeing that educational goals are met at each gathering. The STEAM education program is composed of the board of directors, program management, pedagogical coordination, assistance, teachers, and thematic specialists.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Casa Hacker believes in the value of plural knowledge and lived experiences, and recognizes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental to enriching our mission. We strongly encourage applications from all individuals, especially those belonging to historically marginalized groups, including (but not limited to) women, Black and Indigenous people, people with disabilities, and individuals of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions.

We guarantee that people with disabilities will have the necessary adaptations and accessibility resources to participate in any stage of the selection process or interview, as well as to perform their essential functions. If you need any specific accessibility resource, please let us know when submitting your application.

We are an organization that values equal opportunities. We do not discriminate based on race or color (including aesthetic characteristics and hair texture), religion/creed, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, pregnancy, ancestry, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, age, health conditions, or any other. Casa Hacker does not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

// main responsibilities

• Conduct workshops and on-site classes using active methodologies and Project-Based Learning (PBL), ensuring the engagement of groups with up to 20 participants.
• Facilitate experimentation and investigation processes, encouraging autonomy and critical thinking.
• Adapt lesson plans and pedagogical approaches to the specific needs and paces of each group, ensuring a welcoming and inclusive environment.
• Ensure participant safety and the correct (and careful) use of equipment, educational kits, and learning spaces.
• Evaluate participant development not only through final deliverables, but through progress along the learning journey.
• Record daily class reports (logbook), documenting observations, lessons learned, and points of attention.
• Maintain fluid communication with coordination, families, and partner schools regarding the development and attendance of participants.
• Establish a trusting relationship with active listening, strengthening each student's bond with the space and knowledge.
• Test and validate educational kits and teaching materials in a real context, providing technical feedback to the team to improve products.
• Actively participate in pedagogical planning meetings and continuing education sessions.

// what you bring with you

• Bachelor's degree in Pedagogy, Teaching Degrees (Physics, Mathematics, Arts, Biology, etc.), or technical/technological fields with a strong educational focus.
• Proven experience in the classroom or non-formal education, preferably with active methodologies, maker culture, or technology teaching.
• Familiarity with STEAM concepts. Ability to easily learn how to handle new educational kits, basic software, and prototyping tools.
• Excellent teaching skills, empathy, organization for documentary records, and classroom management ability.
• Prior experience working with populations in vulnerable territories or social projects.

// terms of the role

• Contracted as an independent contractor (legal entity).
• 6-month contract, renewable for 12 months (subject to performance evaluation).
• Fixed contractual compensation — starting from R$ 3,000.00~4,000.00/month (the exact amount will depend on the candidate's experience).
• Remote + on-site (on-site during exact class schedules, events, technical visits, and in-person meetings; remaining activities can be performed remotely, with no requirement to stay at the institution after classes/activities).

// time and commitment

20 hours per week dedicated to on-site classes, plus ~10 hours on average for lesson preparation, continuing education, meetings, testing, and classroom setup.