Instructor, Introduction to Psychology

Meet Circuit Stream

Why You’ll Love This Role

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead engaging, well-paced sessions for learners ages 13–18 using Circuit Stream’s Introduction to Psychology curriculum.
• Turn foundational psychology concepts into clear explanations, relatable examples, discussions, and interactive activities.
• Introduce students to major branches of psychology, including biological, cognitive, developmental, social, personality, and clinical psychology.
• Help students distinguish evidence-based psychological research from myths, oversimplifications, and popular misconceptions.
• Guide students in observing behavior, asking thoughtful questions, evaluating evidence, considering ethics, and analyzing ideas from multiple perspectives.
• Facilitate age-appropriate conversations about human behavior, mental health, individual differences, identity, and other potentially sensitive topics.
• Connect psychology to real-world settings such as healthcare, education, business, sports, law, technology, and research.
• Coach students as they choose a question, develop, refine, and present their Human Behavior Investigation.
• Create a respectful classroom environment where students feel comfortable contributing, disagreeing thoughtfully, and learning from different perspectives.
• Provide timely, constructive feedback on student participation, reflection journals, activities, and final projects.
• Prepare lesson plans and review course materials before each session so delivery is organized, accurate, and engaging.
• Communicate proactively with the Circuit Stream team about student progress, classroom issues, curriculum feedback, or anything that could improve the learning experience.

What We're Looking For

• You genuinely enjoy teaching teenagers. Psychology expertise matters, but the ability to connect with students matters more.
• You can explain complex or sensitive ideas clearly, responsibly, and without talking over your audience.
• You bring professional, academic, research, or substantial project experience in psychology or a closely related behavioral science field.
• You have completed or are pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Behavioral Science, Education, or a related field. Equivalent professional, teaching, or research experience will also be considered.
• You understand foundational psychology concepts, including research methods, cognition, learning, development, personality, emotion, social psychology, and mental health.
• You can facilitate thoughtful conversations while maintaining an evidence-based, age-appropriate, inclusive, and non-clinical learning environment.
• You are confident presenting, facilitating discussion, managing a classroom, and keeping students engaged.
• You are dependable and prepared. You show up on time, know the material, and communicate early when something needs attention.
• You welcome feedback, adapt quickly, and care more about giving students a strong learning experience than doing things exactly the way you have always done them.
• Teaching, tutoring, mentoring, facilitation, research communication, public education, or teaching-assistant experience is strongly preferred.

This Role is For You If You Are...

• A psychology educator, researcher, practitioner, graduate student, senior undergraduate student, or behavioral science professional who gets energy from helping young people learn.
• Someone who can be warm and approachable while still setting clear expectations and maintaining a focused classroom.
• A discussion-driven teacher who uses questions, demonstrations, case studies, activities, and examples — not just lectures.
• Someone who is curious about multiple areas of psychology and comfortable teaching a broad introductory course.
• A thoughtful facilitator who can handle sensitive subjects carefully without turning the classroom into therapy or presenting personal opinions as scientific fact.
• Someone who takes ownership of the full student experience, not only the content on the lesson plan.

This Role is NOT For You If

• You love psychology but do not enjoy working with teenagers.
• Your default teaching style is a long lecture with limited student participation.
• You become frustrated when beginners need concepts explained more than once or in a different way.
• You are looking to teach only one specialty and are not willing to learn the broader course content.
• You need constant direction to prepare, communicate, or solve routine classroom challenges.

What’s In It For You

• The opportunity to introduce teenagers to a variety of psychology disciplines before they choose a university or career path.
• A prepared curriculum, instructor training, and support from Circuit Stream’s education team.
• A flexible contract role that can fit alongside academic, professional, or other teaching commitments.
• A community of instructors and educators to learn from and collaborate with.
• The chance to sharpen your teaching, facilitation, and mentorship skills while making a visible impact on students.

Role Details

• Course length: 20 instructional hours delivered across 10 weekly sessions of 2-hours each week.
• Delivery: Online via Zoom
• Teaching dates and hours: Sundays from 12:30-2:30pm PT (3:30-5:30pm ET)
• Training: Availability to complete self-directed onboarding before the course begins and 1 teach-back practice session live-online.
• Compensation: Competitive fixed contract rate of $1,175 for the 10 week program (invoiced semi-monthly in 5 invoices).
• A background check is required before working with youth learners.

Ready to Apply?

• Why do you enjoy teaching or mentoring teenagers?
• What psychology concept, study, or real-world question would you be excited to make understandable and interesting for a beginner?

Compensation

$470.00 per month