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Re: Volunteers needed to teach web dev in NYC and Bay Area

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post #18

I am attempting to apply for the SF area. I thought that the url did not include "volunteer" at the end b/c the NYC link did not and it took me to a "daily session landing page" ScriptEd google doc that I could edit. Odd. Y'all should fix that.

we use a lot of bitly links... you found something that we use for our classes!

The NY and SFBay bitly links don't have the same naming convention. This is what you are looking for: bit.ly/ScriptEdSFBAYvolunteer

Re: Volunteers needed to teach web dev in NYC and Bay Area

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post #15

Seems promising! I've been looking for opportunities like this. More information would be helpful, specifically: * What does the time commitment look like? My work won't allow me to spend two full school days out of the office every week, but I can probably get away with teaching in the morning and starting late. * What are your curriculum resources? Teaching scratch/pygame is a different story from trying to ram a C…

I teach twice a week from 8:15 - 9:15 - I'm not even late to work! Curriculum is pretty intro - basic html and css, jquery, then some beginning javascript.

Re: Volunteers needed to teach web dev in NYC and Bay Area

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post #19
post #15

Seems promising! I've been looking for opportunities like this. More information would be helpful, specifically: * What does the time commitment look like? My work won't allow me to spend two full school days out of the office every week, but I can probably get away with teaching in the morning and starting late. * What are your curriculum resources? Teaching scratch/pygame is a different story from trying to ram a C…

Haha, I don't think many employers would be too happy about two full school days out of the office every week. We generally have volunteers teach in the morning or in the afternoon. It depends on school sites, but it's a total of 2-3 hours per week in the classroom. Apply at the link and we can tell you what's available and see if something works! You can check out our curriculum here: https://github.com/ScriptEdcurr…

Thanks for the info! Much appreciated.

Re: Volunteers needed to teach web dev in NYC and Bay Area

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Had my first volunteering session today and it was amazing to see the look on the students' faces when we showed them what anyone can do with a browser inspector! Anyone who knows how to code should volunteer and help train the future workforce!

This is a shill account. Created about the same time as the post and the language and punctuation feel more like marketing copy.

Nice try though

Re: Volunteers needed to teach web dev in NYC and Bay Area

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Is ScriptEd paid / sponsored, or is the company all volunteers? If the former, it's disingenuous of them to ask for volunteers.

I'm not sure that I fully understand the question, but students participate in the class free of charge. It is offered either as an elective or afterschool club. ScriptEd has staff that helps manage logistics and other operational needs, but the volunteers teach the class with support from ScriptEd staff. Hope that answers what you are asking!

Re: Volunteers needed to teach web dev in NYC and Bay Area

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post #28

Is ScriptEd paid / sponsored, or is the company all volunteers? If the former, it's disingenuous of them to ask for volunteers.

I'm not sure that I fully understand the question, but students participate in the class free of charge. It is offered either as an elective or afterschool club. ScriptEd has staff that helps manage logistics and other operational needs, but the volunteers teach the class with support from ScriptEd staff. Hope that answers what you are asking!

How are you making money?

Re: Volunteers needed to teach web dev in NYC and Bay Area

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Had my first volunteering session today and it was amazing to see the look on the students' faces when we showed them what anyone can do with a browser inspector! Anyone who knows how to code should volunteer and help train the future workforce!

This is a shill account. Created about the same time as the post and the language and punctuation feel more like marketing copy. Nice try though

lol Raul is one of our volunteers... We just told everyone that we posted on Hacker News today. He's real and his class just recently started, but glad his comment is so awesome that you think it's fake!
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