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BioTech Lab Leader

Digital Ready
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OUR MISSION 

Digital Ready activates the creative potential of high school students, especially Black and Latinx youth, to build tangible pathways to economic opportunities in Boston’s innovation economy. 

Being Digital Ready means being ready for the complexity of a constantly evolving economy and society and requires students to weave together ethnography, Math, design, and code to solve incredibly gnarly 21st-century problems. At Digital Ready, we utilize the city as a lab for learning striving to make the boundaries between school and the world less strict and more permeable. Our mission is to create tangible economic pathways for students that are driven by students’ interests, local employer needs, and the community’s unique assets. Our students learn by doing. In our studio, students practice habits of creative problem solving in a safe and supportive environment, where they can take risks to learn, ask difficult questions, and develop themselves as creative leaders. 

OUR VALUES 

  • We actively fight against the status quo that allows injustices to be perpetuated without accountability; 
  • We use our political power, social capital, and networks to create access to high-quality education opportunities for students; 
  • We value diverse perspectives, which we believe leads to more identity-affirming and innovative learning experiences for students; 
  • We are committed to being an anti-racist organization that prioritizes the voices of students and communities of color; 
  • We intentionally support the redesign of policies and structures of systemic racism that continues to exclude and harm communities of color; 
  • We actively interrogate schools' curriculum, industries' hiring practices, and other institutional practices that limit who has access to Boston's innovation economy. 

POSITION 

This document outlines the responsibilities, requirements, and expectations for the Digital Ready’s BioTech Lab Leader, from October 6, 2025 through December 19, 2025. This is an in-person, seasonal position based at the Biogen Community Lab in Cambridge, MA. 

As a BioTech Lab Leader, you will work in a variety of educational contexts for Digital Ready and ensure that the students of our partner schools have the opportunity to study biology and biotechnology in a rigorous and supported environment. 

SHARED GOALS. 

● The BioTech Apprenticeship Cohort: 

○ All students rate their Apprenticeship as a 4 or 5 on a 5-point scale at the end of the semester; 

○ All students are placed in a summer internship by June 1, 2024.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

Location: Biogen Learning Laboratory, 150 6th St, Cambridge, MA 02142 

  • Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 1-5p 
  • October 6, 2025 through December 19, 2025 
  • The studio will not be meeting Monday, October 13 or Friday, November 28. 

The BioTech Lab leader will report to the Lead Facilitator and Project Manager. The team’s shared goal is to ensure students gain the required skills to be placed in a summer internship. To meet this goal the Lab Leader will support the instructor with laboratory preparations before the session begins and co-facilitate laboratory instruction. 


Focus Area Target Goal

1. ENSURE STUDENT SUCCESS
Remove barriers to ensure students can reach their full potential and be successful in their first college-level courses.

  • Manage individual students' needs in collaboration with the Student Success Coach in real-time, ensuring that students get a response within 24 hours when you are the party responsible.
  • Meet with the Lead Instructor before the studio starts and weekly to support students’ learning needs.

2. SERVE AS A TEACHING ASSISTANT
Ensure students receive the attention and support they need to be academically successful during instructional time.

  • Support the instructors in necessary laboratory preparations before the session begins.
  • Co-facilitate laboratory instruction.
  • Develop supportive relationships with students that promote self-confidence and self-discipline.
  • Participate in a weekly reflection meeting with instructors.
  • Utilize the Academic Data Dashboard to track student progression towards mastery.
  • Provide supplementary materials to students in need of additional support.

3. USE DATA EFFECTIVELY
Use data to drive your small group and individual instruction.

  • Utilize Digital Ready data tracking systems to maintain records of student attendance and studio performance and report any concerns to the Project Manager.
  • Collect feedback in order to prototype new recruitment strategies, program offerings, learning lab curriculum, and structures of support.