Category Archives: Opportunities

MITES seeks instructors and mentors for transformational STEM programs

MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) is seeking instructors and mentors for its free, transformative STEM programs for students in Grades 7-12 from underserved and underrepresented backgrounds. Applicants may be undergraduates, graduate students, and working professionals who are energetic, thoughtful, and motivated by the MITES mission. There are both paid and volunteer positions available.

For nearly 50 years, MITES (formerly the MIT Office of Engineering Outreach Programs) has changed thousands of lives, advancing equity and access in STEM fields. MITES runs three programs:

  • MITES Semester: Hybrid STEM program for rising high school seniors, June–December (formerly MOSTEC).
  • MITES Summer: Six-week, residential STEM program for rising high school seniors (formerly MITES).
  • MITES Saturdays: Multi-year STEM academy for students in Grades 7-12 in Boston, Cambridge, and Lawrence, MA public schools (formerly SEED Academy).

An equal opportunity employer, MITES encourage those from backgrounds historically underrepresented in STEM to apply — to help students see people like themselves as successful professionals, leaders, and guides in STEM. Openings may be for remote, in-person, or residential programs; part-time or full-time; for summer or academic year; and as instructor or mentor. See FAQs for prospective staff and email staffapp@mit.edu for more information.

MITES will host its Saturdays Symposium on May 6, 10AM-4PM, at MIT’s Stata Center (32 Vassar Street, Cambridge), to celebrate the achievements of more than 100 MITES Saturdays scholars from Boston, Cambridge, and Lawrence as they present their final projects. It’s a good opportunity for anyone interested in supporting and/or working for MITES.

Science Club for Girls seeks Volunteer Manager & Video Program Intern

Science Club for Girls is seeking to hire:

  • Volunteer Manager: This position is full-time, and responsibilities include recruiting, screening, and supporting a diverse population of volunteers that reflects the communities SCFG serves, coordinating volunteer outreach efforts, and leading volunteer training sessions and communications.
  • Program Intern for SCFGLive! Science Show: This is position is paid, and work is done remotely. Responsibilities include script production, video editing, uploading, and maintaining viewership data.

Penguin Coding School opens in Newton Centre

Penguin Coding School has arrived in Newton Centre (1223 Centre Street) and is now enrolling students for coding and robotics classes for Spring (April 24 -June 25) and Summer (June 26 – September 1) semesters. Topics include Scratch, Minecraft, Roblox, Python, Mobile App Development, Java, and Robotics. The company also has locations in Acton and Lexington and in Brooklyn, NY. For more information email info@penguincodingschool.com or call 617-608-4757

New England Weather Balloon Society at N E Sci-Tech

The New England Weather Balloon Society (NEWBS) has launched — hosted by New England Sci-Tech (NEST) STEM education center (16 Tech Circle, off Route 9 in Natick). NEWBS is dedicated to “the collaborative and iterative process of building and launching high altitude balloons to the edge of space to take instrumentation readings, record video footage, and conduct experiments.” It’s open to all ages. Use this form to inquire or express interest. The group meets online via Discord and in person at NE Sci-Tech. Current projects include:

  • HABGab 2023 will fly a repeater into the stratosphere and stream live video from the flight onto YouTube.
  • StratoScience Lab is a class for middle and high school students to design and launch a high altitude balloon full of scientific and engineering experiments.

Applications now open for 2023-24 Lemelson-MIT high-school InvenTeams

The Lemelson-MIT Program within MIT’s School of Engineering administers the InvenTeams program, in which teams of high-school students, educators, and mentors receive grants of up to $7500 to invent working technological solutions to real-world problems. Each InvenTeam chooses its own problem to solve. Up to eight schools will be awarded grants. Newton has a successful history with InvenTeams.

For the 2023-24 school year, the grant-application process for teachers is now open until April 27. Invitations will be sent to selected applicants on May 3 for them to submit final applications by September 5, and winners will be announced on September 27. There will be webinars to explain the process on March 7 & 21 and April 4 & 18.

Grades 7-12: Register by Feb. 19, for MIT’s Spring HSSP on Saturdays, Feb. 25 – Apr. 8

MIT’s Spring HSSP — a six-week academic program for Grades 7-12 — will be back in-person at MIT on Saturdays, February 25 to April 8 (except March 18), 1PM-4PM.  Online registrations are open now, and all applications completed by February 19 will be considered equally in the course-assignment lottery (registrations after that will be taken first-come/first-served as space is available). The cost is $50 per student (regardless of the number of courses taken) and generous, need-based financial aid is available. Email spring-hssp@mit.edu for more information. The Spring HSSP course catalog covers many academic and non-academic topics, including these STEM offerings:

  • Astrobiology
  • Cancer Immunology
  • Chemistry of the Environment
  • Histochemistry and special stains in pathology and Etsy
  • Introduction to Organic Chemistry
  • Learn Programming Like It’s 1986
  • Modeling Mechanics, Chemistry, and Circuits via Differential Equations and JavaScript
  • Numerical Methods
  • So You Want to be a Financier
  • STEM Lecture Series
  • The Neuroscience of Memory and Intelligence
  • Topics in Global Health

Discovery Museum offers scholarships to Mass. students in Grades 11-12

The  Discovery Museum in Acton has announced the 2023 Discovery Museum Scholarship program, which will award four one-time $1,500 scholarships to Massachusetts high school juniors or seniors who embody the mission and values of the Museum. For one of the four awards, preference will be given to Discovery Museum past or current employees or volunteers. Video or written applications are being accepted until March 31.