Job Description
At Best Brains Ajax Central, we are looking for part-time coding teachers - coding for kids - who have experience in SCRATCH, Python, HTML and JavaScript
We are looking for passionate individuals for inspiring, leading, and teaching coding to grade 1 to 8 students in a fun environment. Are you one of those individuals interested in teaching others, developing computer science curriculum and have below characteristics? Then apply…
- Passionate for coaching, leading and inspiring younger generation
- Energetic, creative and openness to learning
- Proactive and engaging in a fun way to teach kids learn new skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Want to have positive impacts on kids
- Positive attitude and a sense of humor
- Enthusiasm for building curriculum, teaching plans, training other instructors
- A tech enthusiast and passion for technology, computers, and coding
Job Description
- Teach & lead coding classes and events both in person & online
- Inspire creativity and encourage curiosity in students
- Complete the activities prior to class and become familiar with each session
- Create safe, comfortable, and fun classroom environments
- Work with students to develop their own individual learning path
- Track each student's progress and provide feedback to parents
- The teacher must be present for the entire class time, guiding students to read and complete the materials, mitigating distractions, keeping students on-task, assisting with bugs or mistakes, and helping students properly save and manage files.
- The teacher will use pre-written lessons and adhere to the prescribed software.
- Sessions are student led, and the teacher will be responsible to ensure that the student achieve their maximum potential.
- The teacher to view the role as a fiduciary responsibility, considering the teaching to be primarily a service to ensure the success of each student.
- The teacher will be expected to help the student resolve minor hardware or software issues that may disrupt the learning experience.
Job Requirements
- Experience in using PYTHON or JAVA SCRIPT or any other object-oriented language
- Experience in teaching SCRATCH, HTML or any other computing skills
- College/university graduating students or recent graduates with a diploma or degree in computer science or computer engineering
- Experience working with and leading kids in learning settings such as school, summer camps
- Experience as a camp counselor, tutor or teacher is a must
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, written and oral
- Comfortable using and/or learning computer, software, hardware, electronics, new technologies
- Reliable, energetic, and well-organized
- Pass a police clearance/vulnerability sector check
- Flexible with schedule
Job Types: Part-time, Casual, Freelance
Part-time hours: 10 -15 per week
Salary: From $18.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- On-site parking
Flexible Language Requirement:
Schedule:
COVID-19 considerations:
Yes. All Health Department Protocols are adhered.
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Ajax, ON L1S 7J3: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Available to work between 4:30pm to 8:00pm on week days ?
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (required)
Experience:
- Teaching: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Certification in Computer Programming (required)
Work Location: In person
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