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 instructional staff You’ll notice that prior teaching experience isn’t a prerequisite to being a teaching assistant. 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 6:30 -9:30 PM BST

Saturday Office Hours 10-12 PM BST

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

$70,000 — $120,000/year