Job description
Are you an experienced front end web developer who is passionate about education and making an impact? Do you love empowering others to find life-changing opportunities? Then this may be the position for you!
We believe learning a new skill, like coding, should be exciting and engaging — and that starts with the instructor. You'll notice that prior teaching experience isn't a prerequisite to being an Instructor. If you bring knowledge, strong communication, and a positive energy to the classroom, you're going to help students along their transformative path to a successful and rewarding career. We'll provide the training, lesson plans, and tools to support you on your journey of impacting lives in the classroom.
Skills & Requirements
- Must reside in the United Kingdom
- At least 6 months of experience
- Bachelor's Degree is highly preferred, but not required
- Some familiarity with most or all of the following:
- Front-end programming languages and frameworks such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Responsive Design, Bootstrap, Handlebars (or any templating framework), ReactJS
- Working with databases, server-side languages and libraries like MongoDB, MySQL, Node, Express and ORMs
- Version control (Git, Github) and deployment servers such as Nestify
What You Will Do:
- Take attendance
- Create an engaging, positive, and inclusive learning environment for our students
- Explain complex topics to individuals with both a technical and non-technical background
- Ensure you are bringing the learning experience to life, building community and enhancing relevance through drawing on your own industry experience
- Infuse empathy, support, encouragement, and fun into the students' learning progression
- Assist the Instructor with class time management
- Observe the class during code activities and projects to assist students (via Zoom)
- Research and answer student questions
- Grade homework and group project assignments when applicable
Logistics:
- 16-week program (this is a part-time commitment)
- Tues/Wed/Thurs 9-12 PM EST OR Tues/Wed/Thurs 1-4 PM EST
Classes are taught online:
- Must have a laptop, camera, at least one additional monitor, microphone / headset, and reliable internet access.
- Experience with Zoom video conferencing preferred.
Other Perks:
- Maintain your current career while teaching
- 20% Discount on 2U Short Courses
- Hone your own skills by teaching and mentoring others
- Expand your network by joining the thousands of industry professionals who make up our Instructional Staff
- Experience the gratitude and fulfillment that comes along with teaching and giving back to the tech community
Hourly salary only: In Colorado, the anticipated hourly salary for this role is $20/hr. Note: The final compensation for this position may consider factors including the geographic location where the work is performed (candidate’s assigned office) and prior work experience of the candidate.
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