Arus Academy is an education social enterprise specializing in creating high-quality education solutions for students and teachers in Malaysia. Arus is constantly searching for ways to make education more accessible and impactful through systemic and ground-up approaches. We advocate for five main literacy areas, which are STEAM education, financial literacy, media and information literacy, social and emotional learning, and global citizenship education. In our mission to empower today’s problem solvers, we have student and teacher programmes nationwide and throughout the year. More about Arus Academy: https://arusacademy.org.my/web/
Benefits: A flexible, fun and passionate work team that believes that every child should have access to meaningful learning opportunities.
Nurture innovative and creative thinking skills among students:
Build relationships, teach, motivate and inspire students to think critically so that they are able to build technological solutions to solve real word problems.
Develop, revise and update lesson plans and lesson materials to make sure content is up-to-date and relevant.
Model growth mindsets and instil 21st-century skills in students.
Teach STEAM lessons and track student progress.
Feedback and improve teaching strategies on a monthly basis.
Nurture a hub within the local community:
Engage local stakeholders and organise events or initiatives that enhance overall learning experiences and make Arus@Penang the innovation hub in Alma.
Curate and create opportunities that connect local innovation field stakeholders.
Plan and coordinate logistics for programme events or initiatives, including managing budgets and expenses.
Collaborate with other teams and departments to ensure necessary resources are in place.
Conduct briefing for students to prepare students for events.
Engage local communities which include but are not limited to parents, teachers, school leaders, neighbouring shop owners and customers and industry players.
Handle programme post-event logistics and stakeholder engagement to ensure satisfactory experience from pre, post and during the event.
Key Results:
Student outcomes achieved a satisfactory level.
Number of students recruited and retained in Arus Tech programmes met the recruitment target.
Net Promoter Score of Arus Tech programmes achieved 30% and above.
Requirements
No prior teaching experience is required. Training will be provided on-site.
Having experience dealing with multiple stakeholders is a bonus.
Proficient in Google products such as Google Slides, Google Sheets, Google Classroom, Google Sites, and Google Docs. Plus points for WordPress and Canva skills.
Must be able to commit to working from the Penang office and travel independently between multiple work sites if needed.
Must be able to commit to outstation work if needed - costs for outstation work to be borne by Arus.
Must be keen to learn while doing.
Proficient in verbal and written English & Bahasa Melayu. Due to the nature of work (conducting classes in a SJKC environment), proficiency in mandarin is required.
Proficiency or familiarity with at least one of the coding languages is highly desired but not required.
Holder of a technical degree (engineering/computer science) is highly encouraged to apply.
Having educational experience is highly desirable but not required.