Job Title: Lead Teaching Assistant
PVN ID: SI-2303-005530
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND

Job Description

General Description

Lead Teaching Assistant, Web Development Bootcamp

Objective: The Tech Talent Pipeline Residency Program, a software internship placement program at the College of Staten Island, is seeking a Lead Teaching Assistant for a 10-week full stack coding bootcamp.  This bootcamp will be delivered by the instructor virtually with the teaching assistants and students in person in a HyFlex classroom.

The bootcamp team is comprised of one (1) Instructor, five (5) Teaching Assistants, and one (1) Lead Teaching Assistant. All team members must have high-level of JavaScript and classroom experience. Team members will support approximately 40 CUNY computer science majors, lead project work, facilitate tutorials and project completion.

Reports To:  Program Manager, TTP Residency at the College of Staten Island

Timeline:  Anticipated timeframe June 5 – August 25, 2023.            
Approx. 424 total programmatic hours.  
Weekly work schedule is 35 hours per week.

Salary Range:  $30/hour

ABOUT THE TECH TALENT PIPELINE: The NYC Tech Talent Pipeline (TTP), is the City of New York’s tech industry partnership, launched in 2014 by Mayor Bill de Blasio to support the inclusive growth of the NYC tech sector and prepare New Yorkers for 21st century jobs. The NYC Tech Talent Pipeline works with 385+ companies, 17 local colleges, and additional public and private partners to define employer needs, develop training and education models to meet these needs, and scale solutions throughout the city, delivering quality talent for the city’s businesses and quality jobs for New Yorkers.

Other Duties

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Assist and support the lead instructor during live web development instruction
  • Teach sections of the course if the lead instructor is absent
  • Help the lead instructor with assigning and managing daily learning breakout groups
  • Understand student group and individual needs and assign tutors accordingly
  • Manage and answer daily help tickets during learning sessions and project sessions
  • Track student academic performance and engage with students to help them successfully complete their training
  • Work with the TAs to assign additional tutoring or modify the support hours to meet students’ needs
  • Support students with building group projects in class and completing individual projects
  • Review and grade the assignments submitted by the students, including pre/post assessments & capstone projects
  • Assist the lead instructor with curriculum updates and designing assignments

Qualifications

REQUIRED SKILLS

  • Mastery of full stack web development (React, Node/Express), PostgreSQL, Sequelize, and mobile technologies
  • Mastery of Git and industry GitHub workflows
  • Experience teaching or learning in a hybrid environment

PREFERRED

  • Familiarity with security, and AWS
  • Prior experience working as a teaching assistant in CUNY or a Bootcamp

NOTE: Only those candidates under consideration will be contacted.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Status
Full Time
Pay Range
$30.00-$30.00
Closing Date
May 15, 2023 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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