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IT Automation - Python Lab Leader

Digital Ready
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Are you looking for a fulfilling and challenging job through the academic year? Are you interested in a hands-on, in-person teaching and mentoring experience to activate future innovators in the city of Boston? If so, apply to be a Computer Science Lab Leader at Digital Ready! 
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OUR MISSION
Digital Ready activates the creative potential of high school students, especially Black and Latinx youth, to build tangible pathways to economic opportunities in Boston’s innovation economy.

Being Digital Ready means being ready for the complexity of a constantly evolving economy and society. It requires students to weave together ethnography, engineering, design, and code to solve incredibly gnarly 21st-century problems. At Digital Ready, we utilize the city as a lab for learning striving to make the boundaries between school and the world less strict and more permeable. Our mission is to create tangible economic pathways for students that are driven by students’ interests, local employer needs, and the community’s unique assets. Our students learn by doing. In our studio, students practice habits of creative problem-solving in a safe and supportive environment, where they can take risks to learn, ask difficult questions, and develop themselves as creative leaders. 

OUR VALUES 
  • We actively fight against the status quo that allows injustices to be perpetuated without accountability; 
  • We use our political power, social capital, and networks to create access to high-quality education opportunities for students; 
  • We value diverse perspectives, which we believe leads to more identity-affirming and innovative learning experiences for students; 
  • We are committed to being an anti-racist organization that prioritizes the voices of students and communities of color;
  • We intentionally support the redesign of policies and structures or systemic racism that continues to exclude and harm communities of color;
  • We actively interrogate schools' curricula, industries' hiring practices, and other institutional practices that limit who has access to Boston's innovation economy.

SPRING STUDIO 2023
This Spring, Digital Ready will offer a rigorous computer science course for high school students to gain early college credits in computer science I  in partnership with Outlier and the opportunity to earn an industry-recognized IT certificate from   Google. Lab Leaders will assist in facilitating the latter half of Outlier’s Computer Science 1 course, which students begin on March 27, 2023, and continue through June 23, 2023. Upon completing Outlier’s Computer Science 1 course, students will enroll in Google’s IT Automation with Python Professional Certificate Certificate, which can take up to 6 months to complete.  Lab Leaders will also assist in the operations of hackathons throughout the semester, where students will spend the morning and afternoon working on a larger-scale programming project. Lab Leaders will be primarily responsible for leading, advising, supporting, and supervising a pod of up to 10 students over the course of the semester. Our goal is to have 100% of our students earn their certificate, as well as get a head start to building a  career in Boston’s innovation economy. Lab Leaders will gain hands-on instructional experience and fulfillment by serving as role models and mentors to young students from the Boston area.

Lab Leaders will start on Monday, March 27th, 2023 with the opportunity to continue through the summer.  All applicants must be willing to work in person for the duration of the semester, ending on June 23rd, 2023. 

Shared Goals
100% of students will pass their computer science I course with a C or better.

Responsibilities
  • Facilitate three weekly active learning labs with up to 10 students, where students complete tasks to deepen conceptual understanding of fundamental computer science concepts; 
  • Review the course materials from Outlier to predict where student misconceptions might exist; 
  • Understand the scope of Google’s IT Certificate and assist students in intermediate Python tasks; 
  • Coach students to improve computational thinking and deepen conceptual computer science fluency; 
  • Incorporate Learning Styles Theory to ensure that all students can be successful;
  • Attend training to refine teaching skills and confidence in the Outlier and Google materials
  • Attend weekly virtual planning meetings with the team for up to 90 minutes; 
  • Identify academic barriers that prohibit students from reaching their full potential and work with the Director of Student Success and Student Success Coaches to ensure that students complete the studio and earn high school and college credit;  
  • Maintain records of student attendance and studio performance and report any concerns therein to the Director of Student Success; 
  • Encourage students to work collaboratively to support each other in the courses and work together on difficult content; 
  • Develop supportive relationships with students that promote self-confidence and self-discipline. 
If you are interested in computer science education, enjoy collaboration, and want to hone your leadership skills, this program is an excellent opportunity!

Requirements
  • All Digital Ready staff must be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus by their first day of employment;
  • Must be available to work in person in the afternoons starting on March 27, 2023, with the potential to continue through the Spring into the summer; Experience in computer science, especially python;
  • Fluency in Spanish, Haitian Creole, or Somalian is preferred.

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