What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cyber Security & Networking Teaching Assistant position at The Knowledge House?
Start Date: Immediately
Employment Type: This is a part-time position
Location: New York City preferred, Atlanta, Newark
Reports to: Cyber Security Lead Instructor
TKH General Overview
The Knowledge House’s mission is to empower and sustain a talent pipeline of technologists, entrepreneurs, and digital leaders, who will uplift their communities out of poverty.
The Knowledge House (TKH) approach is to (1) close gaps in the education-to-employment pipeline in underserved Bronx neighborhoods by teaching young adults aged 16-24 skills to launch careers or ventures in technology, and (2) support links between local youth, tech innovation, and business development that bring positive community impact. Headquartered in the South Bronx, the poorest congressional district, TKH has served more than 1,900 students. Current core programs include our Innovation Fellowship focused on software engineering, cyber security, and web design for adult job trainees, and our Karim Kharbouch Coding Fellowship for high school students learning computational thinking and web design.
Benefits of working at The Knowledge House:
Job Summary
The TKH Cyber Security & Networking Teaching Assistant will be primarily responsible for the following activities for the Innovation Fellowship Cyber Security Cohort. These include, but are not limited to the following:
Schedule Requirements:
Candidates must be available for the specific weekly events described below:
Qualifications:
Skills & Approach to Work
The compensation for this part-time role is $28.38/hour for an expected ~25-hour workweek.
It is the policy of The Knowledge House, Inc. to promote and provide equal employment opportunity without discrimination based on age, race, creed, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic predisposition, or carrier status.
Employment Type: This is a part-time position
Location: New York City preferred, Atlanta, Newark
Reports to: Cyber Security Lead Instructor
TKH General Overview
The Knowledge House’s mission is to empower and sustain a talent pipeline of technologists, entrepreneurs, and digital leaders, who will uplift their communities out of poverty.
The Knowledge House (TKH) approach is to (1) close gaps in the education-to-employment pipeline in underserved Bronx neighborhoods by teaching young adults aged 16-24 skills to launch careers or ventures in technology, and (2) support links between local youth, tech innovation, and business development that bring positive community impact. Headquartered in the South Bronx, the poorest congressional district, TKH has served more than 1,900 students. Current core programs include our Innovation Fellowship focused on software engineering, cyber security, and web design for adult job trainees, and our Karim Kharbouch Coding Fellowship for high school students learning computational thinking and web design.
Benefits of working at The Knowledge House:
- Apply your teaching and learning expertise to address the knowledge and skills gap to low income and underrepresented communities nationwide (we are rapidly expanding in NYC, Newark, Atlanta, and LA)
- Be part of a fast-moving and tech-enabled organization that’s building the next generation of tech entrepreneurs, technologists, and innovators
- Join a startup where every team member is expected to contribute to strategy, create solutions and improve organizational culture
- Flexible schedule hours within required evening class times and team meeting requirements; ability to work from home for part of the workweek
Job Summary
The TKH Cyber Security & Networking Teaching Assistant will be primarily responsible for the following activities for the Innovation Fellowship Cyber Security Cohort. These include, but are not limited to the following:
- Assisting Instruction and Course Delivery - 60%
- Assist in delivering weekly technical curricula Monday-Wednesday during the hours of 5:30pm-9:30pm.
- Assist in all classroom management tasks, instruction, and implementation of both guided and unguided labs via Zoom.
- Manage a calendar/booking system for student office hours, 4 hours a week or as needed via email, phone, web conferencing, and/or in-person tutoring and meetings.
- Review Student Weekly Feedback and provide insight on areas that need to be either reimagined or where students need additional support
- Attend weekly Teacher Meeting
- Student Support & Evaluation - 30%
- Grade student assignments, labs, and assessments
- Meeting weekly deadlines and updating GPAs before the new week
- Compile all student attendance, incident reports, lab submission rates and grades, weekly assignment submission rates and grades, and project deliverable submission rates and grades
- Attend weekly Cohort Check-in and review student attendance reports, grades, and classroom feedback
- Attend monthly review session/Q&A with class
- Support students who have entered the pre-training program by monitoring and answering questions via Slack and occasionally providing 1-1 help sessions via web conferencing and/or in-person
- Curriculum Tasks- 10%
- Create unit plans, lesson plans, and presentation slides, to be prepared for class at least 4 weeks in advance
- Support in creating and maintaining instructional materials including lectures, readings, assignments, exams, labs, projects, etc. for use during in-person and/or virtual settings
- Assist the recruitment and student success team with vetting applicant's baseline technical knowledge to inform selection needed
Schedule Requirements:
Candidates must be available for the specific weekly events described below:
- Weekly class times (Innovation Fellowship): Monday-Wednesday 5:30-9:30pm EST, September - June
- Weekly department meeting: Tuesdays 4:00-5:00pm EST (strongly preferred)
- Office hours with fellows: Friday & weekend (time of day is flexible)
Qualifications:
- Familiarity with such topics likeLAN/WAN/WLAN/Cloud Network Environments, Data Security, SIEM, IAM, O365, Active Directory and Azure Services, Pen Testing Knowledge using Kali Linux, and other Open-Source tools for educational purposes
- Industry certifications related to Networking and Security preferred (AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, CompTIA Security , CEH )
- Skilled at problem-solving and algorithmic thinking
- Experience working in classroom environments
- Excellent time management
- Strong communications, and people skills
- Experience teaching, mentoring, or tutoring is a plus
- Excellent writing skills for content creation activities
- LMS understanding (Classrooms, Attendance, Grades, etc..)
Skills & Approach to Work
- Computer proficiency, including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Drive, Google Suite, Google Classroom and other Learning Management Systems
- Excellent interpersonal communication and persuasive communication skills, including public speaking abilities.
- Exceptional organizational skills and ability to balance multiple priorities and deadlines in a constantly changing and fast-paced environment.
- Ability to independently produce high quality work, delegate, problem-solve, and ask for help when needed.
- A passion and love for our students and their genius. A tenacious desire to smash all barriers in the way of our students accessing rewarding, high-paying careers in technology.
- Ability to train others and create curricula for diverse groups
- Coachable, open to feedback, and eager to develop their current skills
- Teamwork, including actively reaching out to colleagues to support or consult on projects and maintains a collaborative work environment
- Commitment to contributing to positive organizational culture and core values.
The compensation for this part-time role is $28.38/hour for an expected ~25-hour workweek.
It is the policy of The Knowledge House, Inc. to promote and provide equal employment opportunity without discrimination based on age, race, creed, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic predisposition, or carrier status.
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