Gaming Development Teacher JN

You will teach middle school students (grades 6–8) to design and build mobile games in Unity and C#. A curriculum will be provided for you, you will be expected to come up with some daily lessons and mini-games to teach concepts provided in the curriuclum.

• Teach in-person, in-school Unity and C# game development classes to middle schoolers with little to no prior coding experience.
• Design fun activities to break down complex subjects (ex: human obstacle course to teach Vectors)
• Guide students through building and deploying playable games
• Differentiate instruction so both fast finishers and struggling students stay engaged and supported.
• Manage a hands-on classroom of adolescents, setting expectations and keeping students on-task.
• Track and report student progress, including direct grade entry.
• Collaborate with staff and the partner school on scheduling, logistics, and program goals.

• Proficient in Unity and C#, with experience building and deploying mobile games.
• Able to explain technical concepts to 11–14 year-olds without losing them, and patient when a student is stuck or frustrated.
• Experienced teaching, tutoring, coaching, or mentoring youth (formal classroom experience is a plus but not required).
• Skilled at classroom management in a hands-on, screens-in-the-room environment.
• Organized and self-directed enough to build curriculum from the ground up.
• Comfortable working on-site and clearing a background check to work with minors.

• Prior game titles shipped, personal or professional.
• Experience with the Unity animation
• Familiarity with project-based or backward-design curriculum approaches.

$65,000 - $75,000,