Internship Reference: CDED19
Company Description:
This start-up school specializes in STEAM Education for youth and young students. They mainly teach programming, app development, web development and robotics to children and teenagers of ages 5-18 in English. English language and Coding are the main focus of the business. They help the youth develop strong logic and programming skills in order for them to be successful later in life and lead the future generation of entrepreneurs.
Number of staff: 4
Internship Position:
Programme Tutor
Internship Description:
This is a unique chance to work with an organization that is committed to improving the educational level of kids. You will be responsible for:
- Teaching young people aged 5-12 block programming (using mainly Scratch and Scratch Junior software)
- Assist teachers in teaching teenagers programming courses such as: Web development (html/CSS/JavaScript) among programming courses
- Another chunk of your time will be allocated to teaching robotics
- Allocate a portion of your time to help develop the teaching curriculum
The team will provide intensive training to make sure you are ready to teach the courses. The programming courses are relatively easy, especially if you have some programming background. Students as young as 6 years old will learn important concepts such as “If..Else”, loops and iterations through games and exercises that we have already prepared.
Requirements:
- Programming knowledge (any coding language is okay as long as the candidate knows the basic concepts of coding)
- Bachelor degree in a scientific program (Math, physics, programming, engineering, pedagogy) or if the candidate is from a non-scientific background then having a scientific mindset is essential. Students who have learnt programming on their own as a hobby and like it is also acceptable.
- Loves to work with kids. Patient and with a very positive attitude and energy.
- Excellent interpersonal and social skills. This is an important trait for this position since the candidate will be a role model of confidence to the students.
