Karim Kharbouch Coding Fellowship (KKCF) Tech Instructor

Dates:

• Cohort 11: June 2, 2025 - August 1, 2025
• Cohorts 12 & 13: June 23, 2025 - August 22, 2025

Location: Bronx, NY; Newark NJ; Atlanta, GA; Los Angeles, CA; Washington, DC

• Cohort 11: Atlanta GA or Los Angeles, CA preferred.
• Cohorts 12 & 13: NYC, Newark, or Washington D.C. - Baltimore Area preferred.

Reports to: Teaching and Learning Manager, Youth & Community Development Programs
Employment Type: Temporary part-time position

About TKH
Established in 2014, TKH has provided high-tech training to thousands of students from underserved communities across the country. What began as a humble initiative in the South Bronx has blossomed into a national organization delivering programs in Newark, Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington D.C. Our mission is to build a diverse tech workforce by uplifting individuals from the most underestimated and underserved communities. We envision a future where all communities have equal access to employment opportunities in tech across all sectors. The TKH model offers in-demand tech skills training, coupled with comprehensive wraparound services to support each Fellow's journey to career success.

Role Overview
Reporting to the Teaching and Learning Manager (Youth and Community Development Programs), the KKCF Tech Instructor will be primarily responsible for preparing for and leading a summer coding and design intensive for high school-aged learners. This engagement will include all preparation, teaching, and reporting tasks, associated with the program with the support of two part-time KKCF Tech Teaching Assistants.

The ideal candidate will be an energetic and flexible educator with a strength for organization and a passion for equitable STEM education who possesses the ability to:

• Design and deliver engaging educational content for learners with mixed levels of experience
• Execute exceptional time management to balance timely completion of class resources, class facilitation, and weekly grading deadlines.
• Communicate effectively and openly about program challenges, successes, and needs
• Lead by example in the classroom, fostering an environment of trust, respect, and inclusivity by modeling fairness, high expectations, and unwavering support for all learners to create a learning culture where everyone feels valued, challenged, and empowered to succeed.

TKH adapts to changing circumstances and priorities, making job expectations dynamic. This description outlines essential functions but does not limit the tasks that may be assigned.

Teaching and Classroom Management (60%)

• Lead facilitation of a virtual coding and design summer intensive for teens and young adults, including support via chat, Slack, and in breakout rooms (see schedule details below).
• Model and set a strong culture of high expectations and a growth mindset through consistent and well-prepared classroom management and instructional leadership.
• As needed, delegate facilitation tasks to teaching assistants.
• Meet regularly with TAs assigned to your classroom to ensure shared expectations for class facilitation and support, pedagogy, grading, instructional resource management, and readiness to execute assigned duties.
• Review a high volume of student assignments and provide feedback and scores to students in accordance with the grading schedule and rubrics. In this 6-week program, meeting tight grading deadlines and providing learners with actionable feedback are critical aspects of ensuring student success. Rubrics will be provided for every assignment and must be applied consistently to ensure fair scoring.
• Provide ongoing assessment of individual student needs through monitoring learner progress toward program and learning goals.
• Elevate challenges and solicit support from the Teaching and Learning Manager (and the Senior Manager for KKCF as needed) on classroom resources, management, and learning activities.
• Provide additional support to students outside the classroom during designated office hours via Slack, LMS, and web conferencing.
• Responsively iterate instructional resources and classroom activities based on student and colleague feedback.
• Lead by example as a technology professional, to be an excellent role model for our students.
• Attend professional development and training sessions as needed.

Instructional Material Preparation (30%)

• Review existing KKCF technical instructional resources and elevate opportunities for improvement to Teaching and Learning Manager.
• Update or prepare all instructional resources for your class for high-quality instruction. This may include the development of slide decks, hands-on activities, discussion prompts, group work exercises, individual exercises, reference materials, and more.
• Conduct a weekly review of instructional materials and modify format or content as needed to fit evolving learner needs.
• Ensure that instructional resources (assignments, reference materials, relevant links for class, class recordings) are well-organized and available to learners through the LMS for use before, during, or after class pending use case.
• As needed, delegate instructional material preparation tasks to teaching assistants.
• With support from the Teaching and Learning Manager, develop lesson plans for unique programming requests as needed.

Team Meetings and Reporting (10%)

• Work with student success specialists to resolve challenges or concerns with KKCF fellows’ behavior or performance.
• Attend weekly meetings to align with the KKCF student success team on cohort progress, challenges, and outcomes.
• Attend scheduled meetings with the Teaching and Learning team to address instructional challenges and opportunities.
• Attend scheduled 1:1’s with the Teaching and Learning Manager.

Schedule Requirements
Candidates must be available for the specific weekly events described below for the duration of the program:
KKCF Class Time & Office Hours:

• Cohort 11: Virtually on Tuesdays - Thursdays from 11:30am - 4:30pm EST (8:30am - 1:30pm PST) for the duration of the 6-week program (June 16 - July 25, 2025).
• Cohorts 12 & 13: Virtually on Tuesdays - Thursdays from 10:00am - 3:00 pm EST for the duration of the 6-week program (July 7 - August 15, 2025).

The remaining weekly hours are flexible, including a balance of standard workday hours between 9:00am - 5:00pm local time for team meetings and training.

Qualifications

• 2 years of professional or academic experience in education, computer science, technology or relevant fields is required.
• 2 years experience being a classroom leader in STEM topics in virtual or in-person environments with teens and/or young adult learners is required.
• Proficiency in the following skills: HTML, CSS, beginner JavaScript, UX/UI, wireframing, web design, graphic design, computational thinking
• Experience with eLearning, learning management systems, computer-enhanced teaching, and blended learning approaches preferred.
• Experience developing lesson plans, hands-on learning activities, and instructional materials.
• Comfort and patience working with beginner-level learners and translating technical instructions and practices across devices (e.g. helping someone understand the steps to use email apps on both their mobile phone and laptop).
• Previous experience working with underprivileged communities is a plus
• Proof of mandated reporter training a plus (training available for completion if needed)
• Experience leading a team or supervising others is a plus
• Strong knowledge of local communities, neighborhoods, and place-based histories
• Computer proficiency, including Google Suite
• Superb written and verbal communication skills;
• Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to conduct and coordinate multiple tasks and projects under pressure and meet deadlines;
• Strong work ethic and commitment to produce high-quality work;
• Able to work in ambiguous and fast-paced environments;
• Analytical skills and strong attention to detail;
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with others, including actively reaching out to colleagues to support or consult on projects and maintaining a collaborative work environment
• Commitment to contributing to positive organizational culture and core values

Compensation

• $27.50/hour for 30 hours/week
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• 10 days of sick time per year

Hybrid Work at TKH
All full-time staff are expected to come into a TKH office or the field (community and industry events, including conferences or travel for work) 1-2 days per week, and the Leadership Team will be encouraged to come into a TKH office at least two times per week. There will be one consistent team day a week that will vary by team. Please note that there are some roles that may require being on-site more based on the job responsibilities.

In addition to the 1 team day, there will be weeks when the expectation is 2 days/week based on required meetings. These may include FAM meetings (the First Friday of the month), department stepbacks, professional development, retreats, events, or other purposeful reasons, as requested by your supervisor or team lead. For convenience, managers are encouraged to schedule department stepbacks and all-team stepbacks during the same week for any staff traveling into NYC.

Part time staff are not required to come into the office, but are always welcome to attend.

How to Apply
Click on “create profile and apply to job” and submit your resume and a brief cover letter (with specific points to address):

• Please indicate all cohorts that you are available for.
• Describe your proficiency in all of the following technologies: HTML/CSS, beginner JavaScript, and web design.
• If you are an alumnus of a TKH program, please indicate which program and the last year you participated. Otherwise, please indicate where you learned about this opportunity.
• Describe your previous classroom leadership or management experience.

It is the policy of The Knowledge House Fellowship, Inc. to promote and provide equal employment opportunities without discrimination based on age, race, creed, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, Veteran status, genetic predisposition, or carrier status.