Job Title: Web Development Bootcamp - Teaching Assistant
PVN ID: SI-2110-004314
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND

Job Description

General Description

Objective:

The Tech Talent Pipeline is launching the Residency Program, an internship placement program at the College of Staten Island. We seek an experienced teaching assistant for a one-month full-stack coding bootcamp. We will hire one (1) instructor one (1) lead teaching assistant  and six (6) teaching assistants. All must have high-level JavaScript experience, and classroom experience. All will lead project work and facilitate tutorial and project completion with around 60 CUNY computer science majors. This bootcamp will be held entirely online.

 

Timeline: Anticipated timeframe Jan 3rd – Feb 1st, 2021.
Approx. 76 hours needed total.
Hours are expected to be 19 hours per week. 

 

AGENCY DESCRIPTION: 

The New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) helps unlock economic potential and create economic security for all New Yorkers by connecting New Yorkers to good jobs, creating stronger businesses, and building a fairer economy in neighborhoods across the five boroughs. 

 

ABOUT THE WDC: 

The WDC is an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit created by the City of New York (the “City”) specifically for the purpose of assisting the City in developing and funding workforce initiatives. In furtherance of this purpose, the WDC and SBS work in a partnership consisting of, among other things, jointly developing, funding and managing workforce and training initiatives, and resource sharing. 

 

ABOUT THE TECH TALENT PIPELINE: The NYC Tech Talent Pipeline (TTP), an initiative of the WDC, 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

  • Help students to break down the concepts they learned in class and deliver instruction to address individual’s skill gaps
  • Support students with building group projects in class, and completing individual projects
  • Assist students with online tutorials (such as Facebook's tic tac toe React project)
  • Review and grade the assignment worked submitted by the students, including pre/post assessments & capstone projects
  • If needed, help with designing assignment and updating curriculum 

 

Qualifications

REQUIRED SKILLS

  • Mastery of full-stack web (React, Node/Express), Postgres, Sequelize, and mobile technologies
  • Mastery of Git and industry GitHub workflows
  • Experience teaching or learning in an online environment

 

PREFERRED 

  • Familiarity with security, Heroku/Surge, and Docker
  • Prior experience working as a teaching assistant in CUNY or a Bootcamp 

 

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
Part Time
Pay Range
$25.00
Closing Date
Jan 13, 2022 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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