Ada Developers Academy is a new kind of school just for women: six months of intensive training in the Ruby on Rails stack, followed by six months of internship at a local tech company. Students are guided through the intensive 24-week course from the ground up: Databases/SQL, Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, HTML/CSS, JavaScript. They’ll be expected to complete both exercises and full-scale prototype applications and will be assessed regularly via quizzes and pair programming exercises.
We’re looking for an Instructor to assist in curriculum creation, teach in-class lessons, and provide oversight for the inaugural class of Ada Developers Academy. You'll be working alongside others to make this program great.
You should be passionate about teaching and excited to take part in directly addressing the gender imbalance in software. You should be very comfortable programming in Ruby and have advanced knowledge of Ruby on the web. Expertise with JavaScript applications is a major plus. You should have a track record of technical speaking and/or teaching.
- Maintain and contribute to overarching curriculum, from beginning Ruby to advanced Rails and beyond.
- Create daily lesson plans, assignments, and projects.
- Prepare for and communicate with guest speakers and instructors.
- Work one-on-one with students with technical assistance and mentoring.
- Lead class, giving a presentation for between one and three hours per day.
- Maintain audio visual equipment and record daily instruction.
- Actively contribute to Ada Developers Academy blog, open source projects, and the Ruby community through conference talks and other involvement (user groups, etc.)
- Work with volunteer mentors to maximize student learning.
This is a contract position based in Seattle, Washington. Ada Developers Academy is a project of the Technology Alliance. To learn more, visit http://adadevelopersacademy.org.
Please email [email protected] with your background (previous jobs, github, links to presentations/conference talks) and why you're interested.