Teaching Assistant - Foundations of Web Development

Job Description

Foundations of Web Development, Teaching AssistantGalvanize campuses are not simply places to work; they are environments of active engagement, learning, and growth. Our campus are filled with members who are transforming their lives, from entrepreneurs scaling up to software engineering and data science students accelerating their careers. About this role:Foundations of Web Development @Stripe is a program for non-technical employees of Stripe, taught by Galvanize. During this program, we introduce students to fundamental web development skills including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and version control/git. We also help Stripe employees build empathy and understanding of some of the issues that their technical team members encounter on a day-to-day basis.
Students train 2 hours a day, two afternoons a week in a remote classroom environment for a total of six weeks. Galvanize employees enjoy a fun, collegial startup environment genuinely committed to employee health and wellness, and filled with talented, hard-working and fun people. You will be surrounded by friendly, brilliant, and mission-driven professionals who work hard to provide the best student experience of its kind in the world. Teaching Assistants assist our instructors with training Stripe employees in Javascript fundamentals and engineering best practices. This role is a part time, temporary contract.
As the right hand people to the instructor, Teaching Assistants are the support center of the Stripe cohorts. They help students technically and mentally as they navigate new material, help set and manage classroom expectations and culture, and get people excited to learn. The day-to-day duties include:

• Communicate with instructors to ensure that students are progressing and getting the assistance they need
• Give feedback on code patterns and help students debug
• Provide mentorship on best practices for language and environment concepts
• Manage the Slack team
• Moderate the virtual classroom chat
• Generate community spirit

What We're Looking For

• Software engineer experience, particularly regarding Javascript knowledge
• Passion for education and service
• Skilled and engaging facilitator/lecturer
• Outstanding time and task management
• Ability to deliver precisely in the face of high ambiguity
• Can-do attitude and a sense of humor
• Willing, humble, pleasant and talented teammate
• Displays outstanding leadership and follower-ship, and good judgment at all times

Galvanize provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability.