There are a few Summer 2024 Extern positions remaining! While the location is within the Northeast Iowa Region, any Iowa educator in any of the six regions is invited to apply and drive to the host city.
Below, you'll see the host, city, type of teacher and description of the remaining opportunities.
John Deere Dubuque Works
Location: Dubuque
Type of Teacher: Business, Engineer, Industrial Technology, etc.
Description: Re-emphasizing our Lean Manufacturing culture at the Dubuque Works. We are starting by training our Mid Frame Skid Steer Loader and doing a lean focus on part our main assembly line for this product. We are looking for support in executing some of the concepts from that event and then helping to spread the learning to other areas of our factory.
John Deere Waterloo Foundry Operations
Location: Waterloo
Type of Teacher: Computer Science, Industrial Technology, etc.
Description: Project focused on robot programming, simulations, mechanical design, or factory layout.
Mercy Medical Center
Location: Dubuque
Type of Teacher: Engineering, Industrial Technology, etc.
Description: Assist with creation/execution of health care career camps, data analysis for research or evidence-based practice projects
Iowa DNR
Location: Strawberry Point
Type of Teacher: Environmental Science, Life Science, etc.
Description: Possible projects include tree and brush removal from prairie areas. Assisting with tree and shrub plantings installation and maintenance.
Tallgrass Prairie Center
Location: Cedar Falls
Type of Teacher: Environmental Science, Life Science, etc.
Description: Vegetation monitoring, seed collection from prairie remnants, data collection from field trials, germination trials, monitoring of plant-insect interactions.
Geater Machining and Manufacturing
Location: Independence
Type of Teacher: Industrial Technology, Mathematics, etc.
Description: We help the teachers learn CNC machines and programming for their classroom. Help with a project for in the classroom with students.
Upper Iowa Tool & Die
Location: Cresco
Type of Teacher: Industrial Technology, Mathematics, etc.
Description: Operating CNC Machines: Milling and Lathe which are programmed at the machine pendant, Injection Molding, Measure of part on a CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine with accuracy to 5 Microns.
If you're interested in a position, but not the perfect content fit, please reach out to Ann Gritzner (gritzner@iowastem.org) to see if your skills match.
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