Fixed Term Instructor, Data Science

As a Data Science Instructor, you will be leading a specific group of Data Science students for one or more of our enterprise customers - leading them to rigorous academic success. You will be responsible for lecturing, coordinating key components of a student’s course structure, such as regular one-on-ones, and assessments, and act as their go-to technical resource and inspiration as they work through the program. 

You will work with fellow Flatiron School staff to guide students through the course material, build community within our student body, troubleshoot student issues, and overall create productive and inspired practitioners of a technical craft.

Instructors need to be comfortable guiding students through applied and experiential learning experiences across a breadth of skill areas that are expected of data science professionals. Additionally, you may assist in onboarding new instructors.

Responsibilities:

Work directly with students, elevating them to meet our technical bar:

• Deliver a minimum of 140 lecture hours per cohort.
• Maintain the cadence of the course: Keep students on track, monitor each individual’s progress, and design and implement learning or service interventions when students fall behind.
• Hold regular one-on-one and group coaching sessions with students that serve as tutoring, motivational, or debugging sessions — whatever particular student(s) need(s) that day to keep on track for their goals.
• Help students in real-time, through one-on-one meetings, chat, and live video conversations, tending towards the most high-fidelity experiences.
• Facilitate Education Operations in Flatiron School’s Learning Management System.
• Review coursework by students and provide specific, highly qualitative, and useful feedback.
• Lead project sprints, helping students scope and execute larger technical projects to demonstrate mastery of each content module.
• Monitor and engage in student discussions, jumping in to help with technical challenges and participating in non-technical conversations that develop community.
• Leverage passion as a force for motivation by sharing what you are passionate about with students and working those topics into lesson plans as appropriate.
• Be available, responsive, excited, and kind: A teacher who holds students to high standards, puts people above process, and creates the kind of learning environment that stretches people beyond what they thought they could achieve.

Collaborate thoughtfully and impactfully with colleagues:

• Use feedback from students gathered via class surveys, team members, and students, in order to reflect, adjust, and continually improve your practice; assist colleagues in developing and executing learning interventions that move students forward.
• Collaborate with the Central Data Science Education team and Data Science Lecturers to deliver feedback from students and staff about what resources and improvements would drive the best student experiences.
• Be an exemplar of Flatiron School’s values in your work and your interactions: Make No Little Plans, Strive for Excellence, Be a Lifelong Learner, Work Together, Radiate Positivity, and Nurture Difference.
• Assist in onboarding new instructors.
• Participate in internal and external events.
• May occasionally substitute if needed.

Qualifications:

• BA Degree and/or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of practitioner experience as a data scientist, data analyst or data engineer.
• 2+ years of instructional or training experience.
• Strong Knowledge in Data Science in Python, starting from data manipulation and management to advanced Machine Learning techniques like Deep Learning. 
• Background using cloud tools like S3 from AWS or similar constructs on GCP or Azure.
• Strong working knowledge of Git and Github.
• Strong communication skills, and great judgment about what communications to use in a particular situation or on a particular medium.
• Service orientation: You are delighted to help people succeed, whether that is your colleagues at Flatiron School, or the students you are teaching.
• The ability to work cross-functionally with a variety of colleagues, from curriculum writers to Data Science Lecturers, to engineers and designers.
• The ability to work at different hours of the day, according to the needs of an international group of students.

 Expected Compensation:

• $140K-$150K Annually, Paid bi-weekly for a Fixed Term contract

About Flatiron School

As a leader in the tech industry, Flatiron School believes that education is the best investment you can make in you