After-School Cooking and STEAM Instructor

iCook After School; Encinitas (CA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 110,000; Part time

Job summary

iCook/ iSTEAM After School is an innovative educational program delivering hands-on after-school cooking and nutrition education for children in grades K-4. Instructors lead 1-hour classes in the afternoon (typically 2–5pm), with scheduling dependent on school availability and onboarding.

Pay is $60 per class with a co-instructor or $80 per class when teaching independently, with groceries reimbursed separately.

Qualifications

• Experience working with large groups of kids in school, camp, or similar settings.
• Enthusiasm for teaching, cooking and nutrition.
• Effective classroom management and engagement skills.
• Punctuality and reliable transportation to assigned locations.

Responsibilities

• Lead after-school cooking/STEAM classes for K-4 students.
• Teach provided nutrition and healthy-eating lesson plans in an engaging way.
• Demonstrate basic cutting, measuring, food safety, and table manners.
• Purchase groceries for each class (reimbursed separately).

Skills

Experience with kids

Enthusiastic teaching

Classroom management

Reliable transportation

Job description

Description

iCook/ iSTEAM After School is an innovative educational company that provides a really fun, hands-on after-school cooking and nutrition education program for children age K-4. The focus of the program is to enrich the lives of children by teaching them to love everything about food - cooking, eating delicious and healthful dishes, and learning about different cultures and stories behind the food. The iSTEAM program focuses on hands-on and observable experiments. Instructors will teach provided lesson plans related to basics of Engineering and Tech, Chemistry, Science through Art, and beyond.

What You Will Be Doing

• Lead after school cooking/STEAM classes for elementary students (K-4) while getting them excited about trying fun and creative recipes and or experiments, new foods, and encouraging them to learn about new cuisines and cultures.
• Teach provided lesson plans related to basics of nutrition and healthy eating to kids in a fun and engaging way
• Introduce kids to basic cutting and measuring techniques, food safety, table manners and other concepts provided in the curriculum
• Purchase groceries for each class based on the recipes provided (we reimburse separately for the groceries)

What We Are Looking For

• Experience working with large group of kids (can be in school setting, summer camp etc.)
• Enthusiastic about teaching, cooking and nutrition
• Effective classroom management skills
• Energetic personality and ability to keep students engaged during the class
• Punctuality and reliability, with access to a reliable form of transportation

What Your Schedule Will Look Like

• All our classes run in the afternoon between 2-5pm, depending on the school, and typically run for one hour.
• Classes run once per day, Monday through Friday, so the maximum is 5 classes per week (one per day).
• We do our best to match you with schools convenient to you, but the number of days and specific schedule you're offered depends on your start date, completion of onboarding, and current class availability in your area.
• Pay: $60 per class (1 hour class time) when teaching with a co-instructor and $80 per class when teaching independently. This rate accounts for approximately two hours of total work per class, including preparation and clean-up.

Fall Programming 2026

• Class Start Date: November 11 2026
• Class Start Time: 2:35 -3:35 PM, with an arrival of 15 minutes prior to class start time
• Class Days: Mondays and Thursdays

Requirements

Candidates must be at least 18 years of age at the time of hire.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand and move throughout a classroom setting during program instruction.
• Ability to bend, stoop, reach, and kneel as needed during program setup, instruction, and cleanup.
• Ability to regularly lift, carry, and transport program materials and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to load and unload program supplies from a vehicle, as applicable.
• Ability to travel to assigned program locations.

Salary Description

$60-$80 per class