Exploring Technical Careers and College, Programming, Engineering Design, Creative Robotics, and all Hands-On STEM Education Strategies
Virginia Tech's DC Metro Area Thinkabit Lab STEM Education and Workforce Development Programs is the longest-serving collaborator in the Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab network. The mission of our Thinkabit Lab is to serve Washington, D.C. area students, teachers, administrators, parents, and collaborators in preparing the future technical workforce through career exploration and the hands-on electronic and programming foundations of IOT and Smart Cities, AI and robotics automation, sensors, actuators, and data collection and analysis.
In doing so, we are preparing our future STEM workforce and our increasingly diverse, technology-driven community in lifelong learning for jobs that may not yet exist. The VT-DC STEM Labs team will work with like-minded teams, organizations and individuals interested in promoting curiosity, innovation, creativity, and students’ self-actualization and self-determination.
Monday, October 21, 2019
Part-time Instructor Positions
We have two part-time positions (6 to 24 hours/week) open at our Virginia Tech Northern Virginia Center campus next to West Falls Church Metro Station (Orange Line). Our Thinkabit engineering education lab serves over 7000 Washington, D.C. area school-age students, teachers, administrators, parents, and other visitors in technical career exploration and hands-on, early exposures to microelectronics, programming, and 5G IOT and Smart Cities technologies. We also lead regional and international teacher professional development programs in STEM and STEAM education.
These are hourly positions ranging from $20 to $35/hour depending on experience, licensure, and skills.