STEM & Coding Teaching

Position: STEM & Coding Teaching Opportunities
# STEM & Coding Teaching Opportunities at Concorde Education
** POTENTIAL INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSIGNMENTS
**** Program:
** Coding Teaching Opportunities
** Location**:
On-site at partner schools; varies by assignment
** Teaching Mode**:
In Person
** Grade Levels**:
Elementary, Middle, and High School; varies by assignment
** Schedule**:
Typically 1–4 instructional service hours per week after school
** Program Length:
** Commonly approximately 10 weeks per assignment
** Start Dates:
** Opportunities become available throughout the school year
** Compensation**:
Estimated typical compensation of $50+ per completed instructional service hour, depending on assignment scope, experience, location, schedule, and agreed compensation
** ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
** Concorde Education is seeking independent instructional contractors to provide coding and computer science enrichment services for K–12 students.

This is a potential independent contractor assignment, not an employee position. Contractors may choose whether to apply for, accept, decline, or ignore available opportunities.

Assignments vary by school, grade level, schedule, curriculum, available technology, and program objectives.

Concorde may provide curriculum guidance, lesson-plan suggestions, project ideas, instructional resources, or program objectives. Contractors may use their professional judgment to adapt instruction within the assignment scope and applicable site requirements.
** ASSIGNMENT SCOPE
** Depending on the accepted assignment, contractors may:
• Plan and facilitate engaging, age-appropriate coding and technology sessions;
• Introduce students to foundational programming concepts through project-based learning;
• Adapt activities based on student experience levels, site requirements, available technology, and program objectives;
• Support students in creating coding projects, games, animations, websites, applications, or other final projects, where applicable;
• Maintain a safe, respectful, inclusive, and age-appropriate learning environment;
• Communicate assignment-related needs or significant concerns with Concorde and school staff, as appropriate;
• Complete a brief session completion form after each scheduled session; and
• Follow applicable site safety, visitor, technology, emergency, and student-protection procedures.
** EXAMPLE PROGRAM TOPICS
** Assignments may include topics such as:
• Introductory programming concepts, including sequencing, loops, and conditionals;
• Scratch or Scratch Jr game and animation design;
• Beginner Python programming;
• Web development fundamentals, including HTML, CSS, and introductory JavaScript;
• Computational thinking and debugging;
• Interactive project creation; and
• Collaboration, creativity, and problem-solving.

Specific content, software platforms, and curriculum requirements vary by assignment.
** QUALIFICATIONS
* * Preferred qualifications include:
• At least 60 college credits, where required by the applicable assignment or site;
• Experience with coding, programming, computer science, or related technology subjects;
• Experience teaching, tutoring, coaching, mentoring, or leading activities with school-age students;
• Strong communication, organization, and classroom facilitation skills;
• Availability to provide services for the accepted assignment schedule and communicate schedule issues as soon as reasonably practicable; and
• Familiarity with tools such as Scratch, Python, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Chromebooks, or similar educational technology.

Preferred backgrounds may include educators, tutors, computer science students, software developers, engineers, STEM professionals, coding club leaders, and others with relevant instructional or technical experience.
** MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
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