Girls Who Code is seeking enthusiastic Site Leads for our 2022 Virtual Summer Immersion Program. Our curriculum is designed to educate, inspire, and equip high school girls with the skills and resources to pursue academics and careers in the technology and engineering sectors, as well as build bravery and confidence.  Our virtual program is unique in its approach by offering students across the country to participate in a 2-week virtual class that includes synchronous and asynchronous instruction alongside college and career exploration opportunities. In total there will be three rounds of our 2-week programs throughout the summer, with 1-week between rounds for Teaching staff and Site Leads to prepare.

We believe all girls have the interest and ability to code. Our Virtual Summer Immersion Program Site Leads work with our Instructors and Teaching Assistants to encourage, nurture and mentor girls through our program. Site Leads do this by conducting virtual classroom observations, facilitating virtual check-ins with Teaching Teams, providing coaching and support, and acting as a communication liaison between classrooms and GWC central office. In addition, Site Leads will help manage the relationship with Summer Immersion Program partners with guidance from Girls Who Code’s Curriculum and Program Operations teams. Find out more about our Summer Immersion Program on our website or watch A Day in the Life of a SIP Site Lead.

– Regularly observe each virtual classroom and Teaching Team in order to provide feedback and actionable suggestions around instructional practice and classroom culture (on a weekly basis).

– Facilitate weekly virtual check-in meetings with the Teaching Team to review observation feedback, share updates from GWC central office, review student progress and classroom concerns.

– Brainstorm solutions and approaches to classroom management issues.

– Encourage Teaching Teams to implement instructional best practices such as promoting engagement with breakout rooms, constructing structured checks for understanding, scaffolding the lesson, etc.

– Encourage and act as a thought partner with teachers and TAs on ways to adapt lessons to their classroom’s interests and strengths.

– Ensure classroom responsibilities and tasks are divided fairly amongst Teaching Team members.

– Provide coaching for any communication issues within the Teaching Team.

– Work through any challenging projects or concepts with the Teaching Team.

– Communicate about Instructor and TA development, classroom progress, issues or concerns regularly with your manager during weekly check-ins.

– Assist Teaching Teams in maintaining a professional and responsive relationship with the partner/host point-of-contact according to guidance provided by GWC central staff.

– Clarify and remind the teaching staff of details for virtual engagement opportunities throughout the summer.

– Escalate any issues with the partner according to the established GWC reporting process.

– Communicate lesson feedback to the GWC Curriculum Team on a regular basis through weekly surveys, and other communication channels (Slack, email, etc.) as needed.

– Help teachers and TAs address and escalate to GWC central offices of urgent needs, such as illness or absences.

– Follow established escalation procedures for any student or family issues that arise during the program.

Specific Duties:

• • Respond to slack messages, calls, and emails related to the responsibilities listed above in a timely fashion.
  • Conduct virtual weekly classroom observations and provide feedback to the teaching staff and GWC management.
  • Lead virtual weekly check-ins with assigned classroom teaching teams.
  • Report and log any classroom issues related to responsibilities listed above with GWC through the appropriate channels.
  • Participate in a virtual weekly check-in with your manager to communicate learnings and share updates from Teaching Teams.
  • Review and approve timesheets submitted by teachers and TAs.
  • Represent Girls Who Code externally in meetings and engagements with GWC partners.
  • Submit performance feedback for assigned Instructors and TAs once the summer program concludes.

Qualifications:

• • Bachelor’s degree required; Bachelor of Education strongly preferred.
  • 4+ years teaching, administration, or other in-school experience.
  • Experience leading and managing an effective and supportive classroom environment for students.
  • Demonstrated poise, professionalism, and exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Ability to comfortably engage with a variety of program stakeholders ranging from corporate partners, funders, members of the press, and/or technology executives.
  • Consistently maintains a positive attitude and builds strong relationships with the Teaching Teams, students, and partners.
  • Timeliness and dependability in attendance throughout the program, including all training sessions prior to program start and post-program reporting requirements.
  • Commitment to Girls Who Code’s mission.

Preferred Qualifications:

• • Experience teaching in an academically and culturally diverse classroom.
  • Prior experience coaching and developing teachers.
  • Experience with facilitating virtual zoom meetings and navigating online learning platforms.
  • Prior experience with Girls Who Code.

Requirements (Please read carefully)

• • • Must be able to commit to at least two consecutive rounds of teacher support, plus the week of preparation time (“Week Zero”).
    • Ability to work all 3 rounds strongly preferred.
    • All classrooms will be operating on a universal schedule.
    • Synchronous class and partner engagement time is generally from 12:00 PM-4:00 PM EDT, but there are other synchronous duties during the program.
    • Staff should be available for synchronous duties and meetings for a period of 6-7 hours a day. Teaching Teams have some flexibility around scheduling non-student meetings and duties (i.e. team meetings and prep can be scheduled prior to the 12:00 PM Eastern start time).

• • • Round 1 starting Monday, June 13th through Friday, July 1st, 2022
    • Round 2 starting Tuesday, July 5th through Friday, July 22nd, 2022
    • Round 3 starting Monday, July 25th through Friday, August 12th, 2022

• • Summer Program Staff Training: June 10 (in the evening) – June 13th
  • Ability to commit to the following hour requirements:  Week Zero Prep Time ~ 20 hours per week; In Program Work Time ~ 35 hours per week