Boat Building Teacher

Overview Community Boat Building’s (communityboatbuilding.org) mission is to bring real world experience and academic skills together to stimulate an excitement for learning among low-income students in Boston Public Schools through boat building and coastal experiences. Our programs help underserved students connect in-classroom learning with a tangible project, making learning real and relevant. The skills they develop have a transformative impact that is transferable to school, future employment, and throughout life. Taking students out of their classroom and engaging them in hands-on learning makes their world bigger and brings learning to life. CBB’s teachers are the driving force behind potentially life-changing results for our students. Community Boat Building is a fiscally sponsored organization of Third Sector New England, Inc. (TSNE) (tsne.org). Responsibilities The teacher position is a full-time position for the 2026-27 school year that reports to CBB’s Project Director. The position focuses on three areas: Teaching academic concepts to elementary and middle school students through boat building; Developing new curriculum ideas; Working with volunteers and other staff to manage our shop and programs. Job Functions: Serve as the relationship manager for a CBB partner school or organization; Teach the CBB curriculum to students who may range in age from 5th grade through 8th CBB seeks to engage partner schools for year-long programs, but there may be shorter-term engagements as well. Boat building typically occurs in teams of 6 students and is designed to complement and reinforce grade-level math instruction. Additional benefits of the program for students are engineering concepts and social-emotional development. In addition to boat building, this teacher will also be responsible for helping to supervise rowing lessons, facilitating program evaluation; Aid in occasional promotional events like the New England Boat Show or fundraising events; In concert with rest of CBB staff, help ensure the shop space is clean and safe, tools are maintained, items are organized, and layout is conducive to learning and working; Bring new ideas to the table – in concert with Project Director, explore curriculum ideas, educational partners and new initiatives; Assist with volunteer management when working in the CBB shop; Monitor resource deployment between shop and school in terms of tools, materials, etc; Foster an innovative and supportive learning environment for all CBB students and staff. Qualifications We will consider exceptional candidates who demonstrate a strong combination of the specific qualifications and skills described below. Strong background in education, preferably working with 10-14 year olds. Experiential education experience and teaching credentials preferred but not required. General handiness and comfort in a workshop environment. It is not necessary that the applicant be an expert…