About the Role
As a Teaching Assistant for the Intro to AI class, you will foster a supportive classroom community, track student progress, and collaborate with the Lead Instructor to help students reach their potential while bridging the tech divide for Bay Area youth.
Responsibilities
- Create an inclusive classroom culture based on social justice, community, accountability, smart risks, and love
- Plan and lead community-building games and activities
- Foster individual relationships with students
- Promote positive and productive student collaboration
- Support students in developing and showcasing capstone projects for Demo Day
- Manage classroom behavior to maintain a productive learning environment
- Lead class sessions in the absence of the Lead Instructor
- Attend weekly staff meetings
- Collaborate with the Lead Instructor and instructional staff
- Communicate course and student progress to families and Program Staff
Requirements
- Experience working with youth, preferably in an educational setting
- Values aligned with Mission Bit and a passion for supporting youth
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Comfortable and compelling public speaking abilities
- Experience working with a diverse group of individuals
- Self-starting with the ability to work autonomously
Skills
- Classroom management
- Community building
- Public speaking
- Student support
- Project-based learning
- Asset-based teaching
- Culturally relevant teaching
- AI knowledge
- Coding languages
- Bilingual (Spanish, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Arabic, Tagalog, or Samoan)
Location
- San Francisco, CA
Work Type
- Temporary
- Part-time
- In-person
Salary/Compensations
- $23.00 / hour
Benefits
- Instructional training
- Ongoing support throughout the semester
- Accrued sick time-off
About the Company
- San Francisco-based nonprofit equipping youth with computer science and AI education
- Provides hands-on STEM education programs including coding courses, self-paced learning, and workshops
Equal Opportunity
- Mission Bit is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, veteran or military status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws.
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
