Instructional Experience Designer (Robotics & Discovery Lab) 2026-2027
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Job Summary
TITLE: Instructional Experience Designer (Robotics & Discovery Lab)
About You:
You have a sense of urgency are conscientious and want your work to have an impact. You enjoy being part of a strong collaborative team and contribute to a culture where people support one another and share in collective success.
You believe students learn best when they are building designing and solving real problems.
You are both an engineer of experiences and a facilitator of learningsomeone who can guide students from curiosity to creation.
You are comfortable working at the intersection of:
- Robotics and engineering
- Media and storytelling
- Technology and design
You see learning not as isolated subjects but as connected systems that come alive through hands-on work.
About Us:
Established in 1874 Tempe Elementary School District serves over 10000 students across 21 schools. At The Immersive 9 at Arredondo we are designing a new model of school where students engage in immersive mastery-based learning experiences that connect academic content to real-world application.
The Discovery Lab is a central part of this modelan interdisciplinary space where students explore their interests through:
- Robotics and engineering
- Media production and storytelling
- AI and emerging technologies
- Design collaboration and problem-solving
Learning begins with what students love and expands into rigorous meaningful experiences that connect to authentic audiences and real-world challenges .
This role is critical to bringing that vision to life.
Who Were Looking For:
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Education or related field (STEM Engineering Technology preferred)
- Valid Arizona Teaching Certificate
- Demonstrated success in project-based student-centered or immersive learning environments
- Experience with robotics engineering coding or design-based learning
- Gifted Endorsement required or willingness to obtain (in accordance with Arizona requirements for serving gifted students)
Preferred Attributes:
- Experience designing interdisciplinary units that integrate STEM media and real-world problem solving
- Familiarity with robotics platforms coding environments or engineering design processes
- Experience with tools such as 3D design media production or AI-supported creation
- Ability to connect student interests (gaming building storytelling etc.) to rigorous learning
- Commitment to continuous growth creativity and collaborative innovation
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
(Essential functions as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act may include any of the following tasks knowledge skills and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all duties and responsibilities performed by the incumbents of this class.)
About the Role:
Why the role exists:
The Instructional Experience Designer (Robotics & Discovery Lab) is a classroom-based educator who serves as a learning architect of innovation engineering and creation.
This role designs and facilitates immersive interdisciplinary experiences where students build design test and refine ideas through robotics engineering and creative technologies.
Grounded in the districts redesign principles this educator ensures that students engage in meaningful hands-on learning that develops critical thinking collaboration and problem-solving skills while maintaining strong academic foundations.
Responsibilities & Deliverables:
- Learning Experience Design (Engineering & Innovation)
- Design interdisciplinary standards-aligned experiences rooted in robotics engineering and student interests
- Guide students through the engineering design process:
- Ideate Build Test Iterate
- Integrate academic content into hands-on learning:
- Math through measurement data and problem-solving
- Literacy through documentation reflection and communication
- Science through experimentation and systems thinking
- Leverage Discovery Lab tools and technologies to support creation and exploration
- Student-Centered Facilitation (Creation & Agency)
- Facilitate learning environments that prioritize student voice choice and ownership
- Shift from delivering content to co-creating experiences with students
- Support students in developing:
- Problem-solving skills
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Persistence through iteration and failure
- Use formative assessment and observation to guide student growth
- Discovery Lab Integration (Interdisciplinary Learning)
- Utilize the Discovery Lab as a hub for:
- Robotics and engineering projects
- Media production and storytelling
- AI and digital creation
- Connect learning across studios including:
- Maker & Motion Lab
- Story & Stream Studio
- Play & Performance environments
- Design experiences that culminate in public exhibitions or authentic products
- Collaboration & Co-Design (Distributed Expertise)
- Collaborate with other Instructional Experience Designers to create interdisciplinary projects
- Participate in design sprints and continuous improvement cycles
- Share practices and contribute to the evolution of the Immersive 9 model
- Real-World Connection (Purpose & Application)
- Connect student work to real-world challenges audiences and applications
- Facilitate opportunities for students to:
- Showcase their work
- Engage with community partners
- Solve authentic problems
- Integrate tools such as AI digital media and engineering systems to deepen learning
School: The Immersive 9 at Arredondo
SALARY: Certified
WORK YEAR: Certified Schedule
REPORTS TO: School Principal
EVALUATION: Certified
Required Experience:
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