Special Education Stem Tutor

**Job Summary**

Our team is looking for a confident, passionate tutor to join our teaching team, and help in delivering STEM classes to neurodivergent students.
- Our company:_

We're a small creative team that delivers STEM workshops to students and communities across New Zealand.

We began in Auckland 9 years ago teaching after-school coding classes, and since then have expanded our offerings to also teach robotics, electronics, 3D Design and printing, science, Minecraft, and more Our classes have expanded from running purely after-school to also running in school holiday periods, in school classrooms during the day, and in community venues for pop up family events. Our goal is to make STEM exciting and accessible for all, ensuring all our attendees leave our workshops feeling confident and proud of their newly developed skills.
- This role:_

**This is a dual-role position** that combines elements of our Special Education Tutor role with general Technology Tutor responsibilities. In this role, you will work 1:1 with learners who have additional needs and/or disabilities, and also in mainstream classrooms delivering group STEM sessions.

Our group sessions take place after-school, in school holidays, inside primary schools, and at community events. Our 1:1 classes for neurodivergent learners take place during their school day, although their school day looks a little different to a typical student.

Our 1:1 students are all amazing They're passionate about technology, have amazing support around them (teachers, parents, psychologists, OT's, facilitators & of course us - Brain Play) and nearly all are happy, positive, and eager to learn. We do have some students and classes who are more challenging (low motivation, shorter attention span, emotional outbursts). Handovers and team teaching are provided to ensure you feel prepared and confident for these challenging cases.
- What we're looking for:_

We are looking for someone with experience working with young people who have a disability, or who are neurodivergent. Someone who is positive, can adapt quickly, is supportive & understanding, doesn't fluster when presented with challenges, and enjoys building relationships with students.

**Job Location**:
We travel for work across the Auckland region. You'll see the same students at the same day and time each week and we try to group students by their region to reduce travel in between. Our after-school classes are scheduled at the same time every week of term.

During the school holidays we switch over to run pop up workshops across Auckland for community members of all ages (parent & child focus).

**Responsibilities include**:

- Organising activities and equipment (choosing from our activity bank) with students’ individual needs in mind
- Visiting students at school, at local libraries, online, and in-home
- Delivering 45 minute - 2 hour classes to students
- Team catch ups - once per fortnight with our wonderful team to catch up, discuss ideas, provide feedback and work through any challenges and most importantly share our wins
- Leading pop up mainstream events and classes in community spaces (after-school classes & holiday workshops)

**Next steps**:

- Have availability 3 days per week / roughly 10 - 20 hours per week
- Have experience working with students who are neurodivergent or have a disability
- Have STEM experience
- Have experience working in education settings
- Have great leadership skills - confidence, adaptability, solutions focused, able to manage a group / new situation effectively
- Have experience working unsupervised and independently, without feeling flustered
- Have the ability to bring positivity and resilience to every workday
- Be confident communicating with and tracking interactions with customers and stakeholders
- Have your own private & reliable mode of transport

**Benefits**:

- Once fully trained, the hourly pay rate for this role jumps to $32.80 (training is six - eight weeks)
- We pay for travel - per km travelled and also time spent in the car
- All training is paid, and can be partly done from home
- We will pay for your first aid certificate, flu jab, and an AutismNZ training course
- You get to play Minecraft for work - our favourite perk
- Christmas & New Year closure - we shut for the holidays (late Dec - early Jan)
- This role can be built up to full time hours for the right person

We look forward to welcoming you into our team.

**Contact us**:

- Your experience working with students (neurodivergent / disabled students)
- Your STEM / education experience
- How your availability aligns with the role

A CV is great - don't worry about a cover letter.

**Job Type**: Part-time

Pay: $25.70 - $32.80 per hour

Expected hours: 10 - 20 per week

**Benefits**:

- Travel reimbursement

Work Location: In person

Expected Start Date: 04/08/2025