Kkcf Career Junior Instructor - Bronx, United States - The Knowledge House

The Knowledge House

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Bronx, United States

3 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Start Date:

June 2024

Employment Type:

This is a part-time 9-week position. A flexible schedule including occasional weekend hours is required.

Location:

Bronx, NY; Atlanta, GA; Newark, NJ; Los Angeles, CA

Reports to:

Senior Career Success Strategist; KKCF Program Manager

TKH General Overview

The Knowledge House's mission is to empower and sustain a talent pipeline of technologists, entrepreneurs, and digital leaders, who will lift their communities out of poverty.

The Knowledge House (TKH) approach is to (1) close gaps in the education-to-employment pipeline in underserved communities in the Bronx NY, Newark NJ, Atlanta GA, and Los Angeles CA, neighborhoods by teaching young adults aged 16-24 skills to launch careers or ventures in technology, and (2) support links between local youth, tech innovation, and business development that bring positive community impact.

Headquartered in the South Bronx, the poorest congressional district, TKH has served more than 1,900 students since 2014.

Current core programs include our Innovation Fellowship focused on software engineering, cybersecurity, and digital design for adult job trainees, and our Karim Kharbouch Coding Fellowship for high school students learning computational thinking and web design.

Benefits of working at The Knowledge House:

Be part of a fastmoving and techenabled organization that's building the next generation of tech entrepreneurs, technologists, and innovators
Join a startup where every team member is expected to contribute to strategy, create solutions and improve organizational culture
Flexible schedule hours within required evening class times and team meeting requirements; ability to work from home for part of the workweek

Role Overview:

Reporting to the Senior Career Success Strategist and KKCF Program Manager, the Career Junior Instructor will be responsible for leading tasks related to career class instruction and fellow support including class facilitation, assignment review and grading, curricular development support, and holding office hours with fellows.

Establish and maintain a supportive learning environment that prioritizes high accountability and respect for individual learning needs.
Support learners of diverse backgrounds and perspectives
Manage a high volume of assignment review through superlative time management skills
Facilitate workshops based on a provided curriculum with guidance from the Senior Career Success Strategist.

As a growing organization, we expect that the specific needs and job description will shift over time and other duties may be assigned by the Senior Career Success Strategist and KKCF Program Manager.

Key Areas of Responsibility
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Curricular Refinement and Lesson Preparation
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With guidance from the Senior Career Success Strategist, review existing curricula and identify opportunities for improvement
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Make modifications to existing instructional materials to align with any updated best practices, new instructional resources, or individualized knowledge of your cohort
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Prepare daily facilitation plans to be reviewed by the Senior Career Success Strategist
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Orient Career TAs to daily lessons, activities, and facilitation plans ahead of each class.
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Lead Classroom Instruction & Grading
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Conduct 1 weekly four-hour virtual course to a large cohort of KKCF fellows between the hours of 10:00am - 3:30pm during June, July and August (day of week and exact hours TBD)
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Be the classroom leader and model to Career TAs, setting expectations and upholding best practices in classroom management and instructional strategy
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Direct and delegate classroom management tasks, grading, and student support duties among yourself and Career TAs
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Contribute to management tasks including drafting and posting assignments in the LMS, uploading resources and class recordings to LMS, taking attendance, support of instruction, and implementation of both guided and unguided labs via Zoom
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Participate in Demo Day, a culminating session where fellows present their core projects
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Review student feedback and troubleshoot class issues during team meetings
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In partnership with Career TAs, review career assignments and provide timely and thorough feedback and grades according to rubrics and instructor guidance.
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Student Support
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Facilitate weekly office hours sessions with fellows who need extra support:

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Provide asynchronous support to fellows via Slack:

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Provide guidance and mentorship to orient student learning toward the target industries
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Work with College & Career Specialists to resolve problems with students' class behavior or performance.
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Class Reporting Duties and Deliverables
- ** Delegate to and support TAs with administrative and reporting tasks including compilation of all student attendance, incident reports, lab submission rates