Company:
Mission Bit
Location: San Francisco
Closing Date: 22/11/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
About Mission Bit
Mission Bit is a San Francisco-based nonprofit that inspires youth of color to explore the world of STEM with project-based computer science education that embraces their identities. We offer a variety of hands-on STEM education programs, including biweekly, semester-long introductory coding courses.
The role
As a TA with us, you’ll promote a welcoming and supportive class community, foster productive collaboration, track student progress, and help students realize their potential.
We’re proud to provide training to all instructional staff to prepare them to teach, along with ongoing support throughout the semester!
If you have a passion for community, social justice, and coding, and if you want to uplift Bay Area youth and bridge the tech divide, then this might be the opportunity for you!
This is a seasonal, semester-based, hybrid role based in San Francisco, CA from January 23 to May 16, 2025, with 6+/- hours per week.
Schedule
Instructor Training
Asynchronous training: January 23 - January 30, 2025
In-person live training (for in-person instructors): February 1, 2025 from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Location TBD)
Class Dates
February 10 - May 9, 2025
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Weekly Meetings
Mondays from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, 1 hour a week to meet with the instructional team (virtual)
Additional dates
Demo day: TBD
End-of-semester interview: 30 minutes between May 12, 2024 - May 16, 2024
Hours
6+/- hours per week
Location
Burton High School (400 Mansell St, San Francisco, CA 94134)
What you’ll be doing:
70% Community building, classroom management, and student support
Create an inclusive and community-based classroom culture surrounding the Mission Bit core values of social justice, community, accountability, smart risks, and love
Plan and lead community-building games and activities
Foster individual and meaningful relationships with students
Promote positive, productive collaboration between students
Ensure students receive the support they need throughout the course to effectively and confidently showcase a capstone project at our Demo Day
Effectively manage classroom behavior to foster a productive learning environment for all students
Lead class in the event the lead instructor is out
20% Professional collaboration
Attend weekly staff meetings (to be determined at the start of the semester).
Communicate and collaborate with Lead Instructor and other instructional staff
10% Communication
Communicate course progress to students and their families
Communicate student progress and success throughout the course to the Program Staff so we can collectively support students’ learning
Requirements
We’d love to hear from you if you…
Have experience in HTML/CSS (this may include college, bootcamps, internships, or workforce experience)
Have values aligned with Mission Bit and a passion for supporting youth
Have excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable and compelling in public speaking situations
Have experience working with a diverse group of individuals
Are self-starting with the ability to effectively work autonomously with little oversight
It’s not required, but it’s a nice bonus if you…
Have experience working with youth, especially in an educational setting
Have experience in project-based learning, asset-based teaching, and/or culturally relevant teaching
Are bilingual in Spanish, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Arabic, Tagalog, or Samoan
Benefits
Pay
$22.00 / hour
Mission Bit is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, veteran or military status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
About Mission Bit
Mission Bit is a San Francisco-based nonprofit that inspires youth of color to explore the world of STEM with project-based computer science education that embraces their identities. We offer a variety of hands-on STEM education programs, including biweekly, semester-long introductory coding courses.
The role
As a TA with us, you’ll promote a welcoming and supportive class community, foster productive collaboration, track student progress, and help students realize their potential.
We’re proud to provide training to all instructional staff to prepare them to teach, along with ongoing support throughout the semester!
If you have a passion for community, social justice, and coding, and if you want to uplift Bay Area youth and bridge the tech divide, then this might be the opportunity for you!
This is a seasonal, semester-based, hybrid role based in San Francisco, CA from January 23 to May 16, 2025, with 6+/- hours per week.
Schedule
Instructor Training
Asynchronous training: January 23 - January 30, 2025
In-person live training (for in-person instructors): February 1, 2025 from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Location TBD)
Class Dates
February 10 - May 9, 2025
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Weekly Meetings
Mondays from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, 1 hour a week to meet with the instructional team (virtual)
Additional dates
Demo day: TBD
End-of-semester interview: 30 minutes between May 12, 2024 - May 16, 2024
Hours
6+/- hours per week
Location
Burton High School (400 Mansell St, San Francisco, CA 94134)
What you’ll be doing:
70% Community building, classroom management, and student support
Create an inclusive and community-based classroom culture surrounding the Mission Bit core values of social justice, community, accountability, smart risks, and love
Plan and lead community-building games and activities
Foster individual and meaningful relationships with students
Promote positive, productive collaboration between students
Ensure students receive the support they need throughout the course to effectively and confidently showcase a capstone project at our Demo Day
Effectively manage classroom behavior to foster a productive learning environment for all students
Lead class in the event the lead instructor is out
20% Professional collaboration
Attend weekly staff meetings (to be determined at the start of the semester).
Communicate and collaborate with Lead Instructor and other instructional staff
10% Communication
Communicate course progress to students and their families
Communicate student progress and success throughout the course to the Program Staff so we can collectively support students’ learning
Requirements
We’d love to hear from you if you…
Have experience in HTML/CSS (this may include college, bootcamps, internships, or workforce experience)
Have values aligned with Mission Bit and a passion for supporting youth
Have excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable and compelling in public speaking situations
Have experience working with a diverse group of individuals
Are self-starting with the ability to effectively work autonomously with little oversight
It’s not required, but it’s a nice bonus if you…
Have experience working with youth, especially in an educational setting
Have experience in project-based learning, asset-based teaching, and/or culturally relevant teaching
Are bilingual in Spanish, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Arabic, Tagalog, or Samoan
Benefits
Pay
$22.00 / hour
Mission Bit is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, veteran or military status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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