Teaching Assistant - Jr. Full Stack Java Developer

 

ABOUT GENERATION 

Generation is a nonprofit that transforms education to employment systems to prepare, place, and support people into life-changing careers that would otherwise be inaccessible. The global pandemic has led to an unprecedented surge in unemployment. Even before the pandemic, more than 75 million young adults were out of work globally, and three times as many were underemployed—and 375 million workers of all ages needed to learn new skills by 2030. At the same time, certain jobs remain in high-demand, and 40 percent of employers say a skills shortage leaves them with entry-level vacancies. To date, more than 77,000 people have graduated from Generation programs, which prepare them for meaningful careers in 14 countries. Generation works with more than 3,900 employer partners and many implementation partners and funders.

Generation USA is dedicated to creating an organization where staff and learners of all backgrounds and identities can achieve their full potential, in class and at work. We envision an organization that dismantles barriers to success for our learners, enables staff to fearlessly be themselves at work, and advances equity in the education and employment systems that we live within. 

POSITION OVERVIEW 

We are seeking a talented Teaching Assistant to assist teaching the curriculum designed by the Generation team while also supporting participants throughout the length of the program. The TA will work daily with the Generation Master Instructor - Jr. Web Developer. They will report to the Lead Instructional Coach assigned to their content area. 

You are knowledgeable about industry trends in web development and able to share your own personal insight with students You love to inspire diverse groups of learners and genuinely want to help groups of learners acquire technical skills, behavioral skills, mindsets and employment coaching that will make them valuable employees in the tech sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES:   

• Deliver online small group sessions to a diverse group of learners and guiding them in their learning under the supervision of the lead instructor.
• Adapt your communication style to reflect and connect with the diverse experiences of participants.
• Support Generation’s data-driven model by tracking and inputting (in Salesforce/ Canvas) participant attendance and performance in class and on assessments. 
• Ensure you are bringing the learning experience to life, building community and enhancing relevance through drawing on your own industry experience.
• Provide relevant and timely feedback to students on formative and summative assessment and on client projects.
• Increase participant engagement using different facilitation tactics.
• Explain complex topics in a non-technical way.
• Coach and guide students to be as employable as possible and support them to develop industry standard portfolios. 
• Commit to and empathize with young/mid-career people and disconnected populations.
• Provide differentiated and one-on-one support to motivate and support participants to persevere through challenges.
• Be available to co-lead class, host office hours, provide individualized student support, and complete data entry from 10am-6pm EST,  (9am-5pm CST) , Monday-Friday.
• Engage in professional development and training.
• Substitute for trainers in case of absence/attrition.
• Act professionally at all times, meeting Generation and college expectations and policies.

Specific requirements include, but are not limited to:

• Passion for inspiring diverse groups of learners and genuinely want to help your group of learners acquire technical skills, behavioral skills, mindsets and employment coaching that will make them valuable employees in the tech sector.
• Familiarity with the following technical skills: Object-oriented language (eg C #); Fundamentals of JAVA Language; Git, Git Flow and Git Hub; Project Management (SCRUM preferable); Relational database - (Preferable - MySQL); JAVA and Spring Boot; Deploy (Preferably Docker); Bootstrap; Basics of Software Quality and Testing; Fundamentals of Web Development (HTML 5, CSS 3 and JavaScript)
• Preferred, but not required: 1-2 year industry experience and/or educational experience in Full Stack Web Development.
• Prior experience as a trainer not required but must be dedicated to developing skills for excellence in instruction and motivated to support learners 
• Comfortable with communicating to large and small groups of people and have a desire to coach and guide learners in an empathetic manner.