Instructor, Game Development Art, Game Development - Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada - Pursuit

    Pursuit
    Pursuit Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada

    1 month ago

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    Part time
    Description
    Pursuit is a social impact organization that creates economic transformation for high-need, high-potential individuals through our technical training programs. We are not just another coding boot camp.

    We are a mission-driven organization that goes beyond technical instruction to offer coaching, career development, and employer partnerships that help our Fellows secure high-paying software engineering jobs and thrive in their new careers.


    We work with employer partners that love hiring our Fellows because they are so well prepared, ranging from big financial firms to scrappy startups, and everything in between.

    We also activate and engage hundreds of volunteers who come from all areas of the tech industry.

    These experts and professionals help keep our curriculum fresh and our standards for achievement high by participating in our admissions process, as well as program-specific activities such as interview training, DemoDays, Hackathons, and Capstone projects.

    Please be sure to review our company values, posted on our website, which will help provide further context on additional concepts that impact how we work here at Pursuit.


    We are expanding our programs to reach even more individuals from low-income backgrounds, and we need more Technical Coaches ( Instructors) to train them.

    Our instructional staff plays a vital role in Pursuit's mission by teaching our Fellows the technical and coding skills necessary for their future as software engineers.

    But beyond that, our instructors are truly instrumental in helping our fellows change their lives, by instilling the confidence and reenforcing the persistence they will need to embark on this new career path.

    As a Technical Coach / Instructor you will:


    Share your knowledge and love of technology with a class of adult learners by leading technical instruction via lectures, activity-based learning workshops, code reviews, and projects.

    Instructors at Pursuit are encouraged to contribute feedback, ideas, improvements, activities, and assets to our curriculum.
    Create a positive and professional learning environment, fostering a community that goes beyond the classroom.
    Participate in weekly meetings with the larger program team to track cohort progress through our technical curriculum.

    Empower Fellows to learn how to create websites and software, leveraging different technologies and coding languages, and instilling a love of learning new tech stacks, which they will need to continue doing in their careers.


    A deep-rooted and sincere passion for technology, with a desire to help diversify engineering teams and provide further accessibility to tech-oriented careers
    AS or BS in Computer Science is preferred but not required
    Minimum 2 years in software engineering
    Experience teaching web development, either in a formal instructor role or as a manager or lead for other engineers
    Solid tech skills and professional experience working with front- and back-end JavaScript, for example, , React/Redux, and Postgres-expect that knowledge to be tested throughout the interview process
    Experience teaching adult learners or coaching/mentoring junior engineers is highly preferred
    In-office, in our Long Island City HQ office, full-time.

    Monday - Friday from 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM EST
    Data-driven curriculum and teaching methods that we always strive to improve
    Full-time employment with a program structure designed to give Instructors much-needed time off in between cohorts
    Managers who are trained engineers and educators, and who understand what technical instructors need to grow and thrive
    Unlimited PTO and an all-Pursuit week-long holiday the last week of December

    Pursuit Values Diversity


    Our team has a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, and we value the richness that diversity brings to our organization.

    We welcome new perspectives and affirm that all employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, age, familial or marital status, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.