Job Description

The Valiquette Academy Foundation is a Canadian charity whose mission is to support under-privileged and traditionally under-represented children succeed.

Job Overview:
This is not a teaching position as much as it is a managing a class position. We are seeking a cheerful and motivated coding tutor to join our team. As a coding tutor, you will be responsible for managing our weekend coding course to students aged 10 to 16. We have developed a website development programme with HTML, CSS, and Javascript. You will be responsible for making sure students understand the weekly teachings, guide them through the term projects, and communicate student progress with the Foundation and with parents. This is a great opportunity for someone with a passion for coding and problem-solving, a knack for customer service, and is looking for a stable weekend part-time position.

Duties:
- Record student attendance weekly and collect payments at the beginning of the term

- Teach the prepared weekly coding seminars and be prepared to create your own as the term goes on (students will learn at different rates, coding tutor must be prepared to adjust depending on the class)

- Guide students through term-end projects (First term students will create their own simple website, second term students will work in a team or in smaller teams to create a product for a local non-profit)

- Create and assign pop quizzes to check students learning (previous sessions included a test that students could use as a future reference sheet for the end of term projects and playing a game of jeopardy)

- Write monthly check-in reports for the weekday manager to check student progress

Skills:

Note: All positions at our organization are independent contractor positions.

Job Type: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 8 months

Pay: $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

Casual dress
Experience:

Teaching: 1 year (required) Coding: 1 year (preferred)
Language:

English (preferred) French (preferred)
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2025-09-15
Expected start date: 2025-09-06