Part Time - STEM Academy - Instructor
Part-timePhiladelphia, PAPart-time$30–40/hrPosted 3mo agoStill listed today
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Penn State Abington seeks up to five part-time STEM Academy Instructors to deliver pre-designed content in a STEM field to high school students in an in-person, out-of-school program at a community organization in Northeast Philadelphia. Project activities run from September 2026 through June 2027, with possible extensions. Instructors generally work six hours per week, usually between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on weekdays.
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Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants.
JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS Penn State Abington is searching for up to five (5) part-time STEM Academy Instructors for an in-person math and science based high school program at a community organization in Northeast Philadelphia. The instructors will be responsible for providing pre-designed content in a singular STEM field (Engineering, Math, Physics, IST, Computer Science) to a group of high school students in out-of-school programming. Project activities will occur between September 2026 and June 2027, with opportunities to extend project participation into later semesters. Program activities take place between 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on most weekdays. Instructors will generally work 6 hours per week. Hourly compensation for this opening is between $30-40/hour for qualified college students or recent graduates.
Job Duties
- Work collaboratively with teaching assistants to deliver STEM based instruction, activities, and labs for high school students.
- Follow and revise written instructions and supporting materials for all STEM activities.
- Provide weekly updates, reports, and materials to STEM Faculty Coordinator.
- Communicate regularly with fellow STEM team members and Faculty Coordinator to ensure proper content and problem solving.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Timely completion of job responsibilities and taking initiative to resolve problems.
- Proficiency within at least one STEM area of interest (Engineering, Math, Physics, IST, Computer Science) or Education (5th semester students or higher preferred).
- Ability to understand instructions and work independently as well as collaboratively on tasks.
- Current or former Penn State Abington student (preferred).
BACKGROUND CHECKS/CLEARANCES This position requires the following clearances in addition to applicable background checks: PA State Police Criminal Background Check, PA Child Abuse History Clearance Form, and Federal (FBI) Fingerprint Criminal Background Check.
CAMPUS SECURITY CRIME STATISTICS Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Pennsylvania Act of 1988, Penn State publishes a combined Annual Security and Annual Fire Safety Report (ASR). The ASR includes crime statistics and institutional policies concerning campus security, such as those concerning alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, and other matters. The ASR is available for review here.
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How this job compares
Set against the 4,029 open Instructor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$30–40/hr
- Pennsylvania median$21–35/hr33 hourly ranges
- US median$25–30/hr943 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $35/hr, is 8% above the Pennsylvania median midpoint ($33/hr) — in the middle half of Instructor hourly ranges in Pennsylvania.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 155 open Instructor jobs in Pennsylvania and 4,029 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- University of Pennsylvania44 open
- Penn State University (this employer)20 open
- Carnegie Mellon University15 open
- Experience
- Instructor postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (1,399 postings).
- Education
- 1,728 of the 4,029 open Instructor jobs (43%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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