{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"ae828c64bf2c8493167d566d","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ae828c64bf2c8493167d566d","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ae828c64bf2c8493167d566d","title":"Teaching Internship (Explorers Program)","description":"Splat Lab is seeking dynamic, engaging, and ambitious emerging education professionals to join our team this fall and assist with residencies, pop up classes, and camp programs. The ideal candidate will have multiple day availability and is flexible to work at different NYC locations.\n\nWe serve schools in\n\nQueens: Jamaica, Sunnyside, Flushing\nBrooklyn: Downtown BK, Park Slope, Cobble Hill, BedStuy, Coney Island\nManhattan: Inwood, UWS, UES\nThe Bronx- all over\n\nAs an Explorer, you will be a part of a cohort that receives additional training, feedback, and mentoring. We provide a syllabus of training, Zoom sessions, and homework coupled with formal observations and feedback. All work must be completed to graduate and apply for further positions.\n\nExplorers:\n\nParticipate in Youth Development Cohort program where you will receive training and homework on our blend of experiential learning, youth development, Montessori, and universal design for learning techniques\nAre paired with a mentor educator to receive guidance and feedback\nReceive written observations and feedback about your progress\nHave the opportunity to apply to be a teaching assistant after graduation\n\nProgram Requirements\n\nMust be available 2 mornings per month for cohort zoom meetings\nMust be available at least 2 days per week for after school and or school day placement\nExperience working with youth in some capacity\nInterest in careers in Arts, Science, or Social Studies education; social work and counseling; community building; or arts advocacy a huge plus\n\nAbout Us:\n\nSplat Lab is a youth development organization centering play-based learning, with emphasis on STEM, arts, social studies, and social-emotional learning. We grew out of the world of after school, and now partner with over 100 schools to provide high-quality enrichment programming for preschool, elementary, and middle school-aged youth. We partner with schools and community-based organizations to provide afterschool, school day, and special events programming, offer holiday break camp programs for charter and private schools, and host our own summer camps and special events throughout the year. Our programming is offered as two different curricula: Splat Lab and Anthropology Arts.\n\nSplat Lab is a Montessori-style STEM/arts class with four centers that change each class: a Main Splat (messy hands-on experiment like slime) Splat Create (art station like paper bag monster puppets) Open Splat (open station like sticker art sheets) and Splat Build (hands-on build station like cup towers). We have hundreds of stations we mix and match each session that are differentiated for each age group. Our Anthropology Arts is an art-based social studies class encouraging curiosity about cultures from around the world and throughout history. Classes start with a drawing activity, a small mini-lesson, and art-making activity where youth can create their own version of an artifact. Popular workshops include Egyptian canopic jars, Chinese dragon robes, and Incan llamas.\n\nPosition Descriptions:\n\nExplorers assist Lead Educators in facilitating our curriculum, managing the classroom, and ensuring materials are properly set up and organized. We provide all the curriculum, materials, and logistical support. Explorers work with their lead to ensure the workshops are magical, highly professional, and engaging for all students.\n\nWe will provide high-quality training for explorers to learn The Splat Method and curriculum.\n\nQualifications\n\nMust be available for September 9th kick off and monthly training\nApplicant must be a strong communicator and organized worker; keeping up with emails and texts; reviewing relevant curriculum folders and schedules; and communicating with our management team\nExperience working with youth in after school, summer camps, school day, museums, babysitting, or early childhood settings.\nComfortable leading youth in classroom settings; comfort with being silly and playful and using your own unique personality that will engage students.\nInterest in a career in education or becoming a teaching artist a plus; desire for an opportunity to gain experience and improve teaching practice through formal feedback\nInterest and belief in strength-based, restorative, positive classroom management practices.\nIdeally candidates is a current undergraduate or graduate student in education, art, history, anthropology, museum studies, or science\nMust be over 18.\n\nCompensation\n\nExplorers are paid $20 per hour\n\nCandidates will be invited to a group interview where they will demo one of our signature projects. Our group interviews are designed to be a community-building experience that gives applicants a mini-training on how our program works.","company":"Splat Lab","rawCompany":"splat lab","city":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","isRemote":false,"isActive":true,"createdAt":"2026-10-06T19:55:20.118Z","occupations":[{"code":"25-3021.00","title":"Self-Enrichment Teachers","slug":"self-enrichment-teachers"},{"code":"25-3099.00","title":"Teachers and Instructors, All Other","slug":"teachers-and-instructors-all-other"},{"code":"39-9032.00","title":"Recreation Workers","slug":"recreation-workers"}],"industries":[{"code":"624110","title":"Child and Youth Services","slug":"child-and-youth-services"},{"code":"611699","title":"All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction","slug":"all-other-miscellaneous-schools-and-instruction"},{"code":"611710","title":"Educational Support Services","slug":"educational-support-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Teaching Internship (Explorers Program)","description":"Splat Lab is seeking dynamic, engaging, and ambitious emerging education professionals to join our team this fall and assist with residencies, pop up classes, and camp programs. The ideal candidate will have multiple day availability and is flexible to work at different NYC locations.\n\nWe serve schools in\n\nQueens: Jamaica, Sunnyside, Flushing\nBrooklyn: Downtown BK, Park Slope, Cobble Hill, BedStuy, Coney Island\nManhattan: Inwood, UWS, UES\nThe Bronx- all over\n\nAs an Explorer, you will be a part of a cohort that receives additional training, feedback, and mentoring. We provide a syllabus of training, Zoom sessions, and homework coupled with formal observations and feedback. All work must be completed to graduate and apply for further positions.\n\nExplorers:\n\nParticipate in Youth Development Cohort program where you will receive training and homework on our blend of experiential learning, youth development, Montessori, and universal design for learning techniques\nAre paired with a mentor educator to receive guidance and feedback\nReceive written observations and feedback about your progress\nHave the opportunity to apply to be a teaching assistant after graduation\n\nProgram Requirements\n\nMust be available 2 mornings per month for cohort zoom meetings\nMust be available at least 2 days per week for after school and or school day placement\nExperience working with youth in some capacity\nInterest in careers in Arts, Science, or Social Studies education; social work and counseling; community building; or arts advocacy a huge plus\n\nAbout Us:\n\nSplat Lab is a youth development organization centering play-based learning, with emphasis on STEM, arts, social studies, and social-emotional learning. We grew out of the world of after school, and now partner with over 100 schools to provide high-quality enrichment programming for preschool, elementary, and middle school-aged youth. We partner with schools and community-based organizations to provide afterschool, school day, and special events programming, offer holiday break camp programs for charter and private schools, and host our own summer camps and special events throughout the year. Our programming is offered as two different curricula: Splat Lab and Anthropology Arts.\n\nSplat Lab is a Montessori-style STEM/arts class with four centers that change each class: a Main Splat (messy hands-on experiment like slime) Splat Create (art station like paper bag monster puppets) Open Splat (open station like sticker art sheets) and Splat Build (hands-on build station like cup towers). We have hundreds of stations we mix and match each session that are differentiated for each age group. Our Anthropology Arts is an art-based social studies class encouraging curiosity about cultures from around the world and throughout history. Classes start with a drawing activity, a small mini-lesson, and art-making activity where youth can create their own version of an artifact. Popular workshops include Egyptian canopic jars, Chinese dragon robes, and Incan llamas.\n\nPosition Descriptions:\n\nExplorers assist Lead Educators in facilitating our curriculum, managing the classroom, and ensuring materials are properly set up and organized. We provide all the curriculum, materials, and logistical support. Explorers work with their lead to ensure the workshops are magical, highly professional, and engaging for all students.\n\nWe will provide high-quality training for explorers to learn The Splat Method and curriculum.\n\nQualifications\n\nMust be available for September 9th kick off and monthly training\nApplicant must be a strong communicator and organized worker; keeping up with emails and texts; reviewing relevant curriculum folders and schedules; and communicating with our management team\nExperience working with youth in after school, summer camps, school day, museums, babysitting, or early childhood settings.\nComfortable leading youth in classroom settings; comfort with being silly and playful and using your own unique personality that will engage students.\nInterest in a career in education or becoming a teaching artist a plus; desire for an opportunity to gain experience and improve teaching practice through formal feedback\nInterest and belief in strength-based, restorative, positive classroom management practices.\nIdeally candidates is a current undergraduate or graduate student in education, art, history, anthropology, museum studies, or science\nMust be over 18.\n\nCompensation\n\nExplorers are paid $20 per hour\n\nCandidates will be invited to a group interview where they will demo one of our signature projects. 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