Weekend Design Workshop Instructor (K-12)

North Carolina State University; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 28,000 - 40,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance for Temporary Emploe

LEAD courses

Attend sporting events for free

Job summary

NC State University’s Design Lab for K-12 Education in Raleigh invites applications for temporary, part-time weekend workshop instructors. The role focuses on Saturday workshops across Industrial Design, Media Arts, Design & Technology, Architecture, or Graphic & Experience Design for middle school and high school students.

Semesters run Fall 2026 through Spring 2027. The position requires 1–2 years of teaching or youth work experience and a NC State Design Graduate Program graduate.

Qualifications

• Applicants must have 1-2 years experience teaching or working with high school and middle school aged students.
• Graduate of an NC State College of Design Graduate Program.

Responsibilities

• Attend planning meetings with Design Lab staff and program facilitators as needed.
• Plan, develop, and implement Saturday workshops focusing on design disciplines.
• Introduce students to design thinking and the design process through challenge-based activities that address environments, objects, and communication.
• Engage students in the critical evaluation of the designed world.
• Guide students in identifying real-world problems that they can help solve through design.
• Integrate content and skills from various school subjects to demonstrate interdisciplinary problem solving in design.
• Guide students through a design review.
• Acquaint students with design precedents and how design addresses context.
• Acquaint students with the studio environment and its collaborative and evaluative practices.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Initiative

Follow directions

Creative eye

Flexibility

Education

Graduate of NC State College of Design Graduate Program

Job description

NC State University’s Design Lab for K-12 Education in Raleigh invites applications for temporary, part-time weekend workshop instructors. The role focuses on Saturday workshops across Industrial Design, Media Arts, Design & Technology, Architecture, or Graphic & Experience Design for middle school and high school students.

Semesters run Fall 2026 through Spring 2027. The position requires 1–2 years of teaching or youth work experience and a NC State Design Graduate Program graduate.