First Code Academy - Part-time Coding & STEM Instructor/Teaching Assistant

• This role requires a high degree of autonomy, entrepreneurial drive and passion toward technology. It is not a regular teaching role, nor a programming role. You take your passion in building and making things, and spread it to the next generation. You have a natural knack in engaging an audience, patience to work with active inquiring minds, and the ability to break down complex problems into smaller digestible pieces. This role provides first-hand experience in shaping the minds of our next generation.
• "Coding + Children = My passion. First Code Academy has impacted me in such a positive manner that just two months of my time here has helped me discover this. As an instructor, I get to play with robots and learn new technology everyday and then try to pass over the skill sets to the kids. Watching them use their boundless imagination put to the test creating new apps and websites stuns me every single time and has made me realise how much potential lies within each and every child to use coding to change the world. It has been a great experience for me working (having fun) at FCA, interacting with the kids on a daily basis and learning from them as well. The environment set up for them at FCA is absolutely brilliant - they are given full authority to build whatever they want and use failure as a stepping stone to success which lines with our motto - "Done is better than perfect.""- Kowshik, Instructor, 2016

Training Program

• Classroom quality is our top priority. All part-time team members are committed for long-term teaching and have to go through a comprehensive training program designed collaboratively by First Code lead instructors and professional educators. Through our program, each prospective instructor picks up design philosophy of our programs, teaching strategies, classroom management strategies, and last but not least, technical concepts.
• The entire program takes about 15 to 20 hours, including group discussion, self-study, lecture, activity, mock teaching, and shadowing in actual classrooms. The sessions will be hosted on weekdays and weekends, and each prospective instructor is expected to complete all the sessions before becoming a STEM Course Instructor/Teaching Assistant.

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• Experience in, or an Interest in Teaching Kids: You are inspired by kids and love spending time with them. You are patient to get your ideas through to students, and motivated to see them succeed
• Passion for Technology: You have a desire to learn about computer science. You frequently read up on news in the field, and light up when talking about new technology. Bonus: You either studied, or have worked (or both) in Computer Science / Engineering / Science / Mathematics field. Applicants with no programming background may be eligible for Teaching Assistant roles
• Maker's Mindset: You like to build things. Whether it is a weekend side project or an open source project, you are always tinkering and actively exploring new ideas
• Communications Skills: Instructors are responsible for communicating often complex and abstract programming concepts to young students. You are fluent in English and are good at communicating your ideas verbally, through analogies and repetition if necessary. At the same time you are able to adjust your presentation depending on the audience
• Part-time Commitment: You care about the learning progress of our students like we do. You can commit for a minimum of one-year period and a minimum of 3 hours per Saturday. Also, you can devote time to participate in all sessions of the training program

• A chance to be proficient in Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, mobile and web development
• Join us in revolutionizing the concept of education in Asia
• Shape the direction of First Code Academy and be part of it from day 1
• Be a part of a compassionate team that treats you like family and emphasizes open communication
• Be part of the fun - our Summer 2017 video :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cQeogscVtk
• Participate in our CSR initiatives such as the Google CS First program, where we link up with local community and teach underprivileged or ethnic minority kids coding
• Join our monthly TGIFCS (Thank God It’s First Code Saturday) and mingle with our friends in the coding education community
• Get involved in large scale events such as AppJamming Summit (http://appjammingsummit.org/), a regional app competition for kids from age 8 to 16 to showcase their app creation. We host Semi-Finals in Hong Kong and Singapore and a Final in Hong Kong with students joining us from all over Asia
• Take part in our Ninjas Coding Series where we get together and talk about coding and work on exercises to brush up our coding skills