Robotics Coding Teaching

POTENTIAL INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSIGNMENTS

Program: Robotics Coding Instructor 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: Typical compensation of $50+ per completed instructional service hour, depending on assignment scope, experience, location, schedule, and agreed compensation

Concorde Education is seeking independent instructional contractors to provide robotics coding 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 robotics kits, technology resources, and program objectives.

Concorde may provide curriculum guidance, lesson-plan suggestions, coding challenges, instructional resources, or program objectives. Contractors may use their professional judgment to adapt instruction within the assignment scope and applicable site requirements.

Depending On The Accepted Assignment, Contractors May

• Plan and facilitate engaging, age-appropriate robotics coding sessions;
• Introduce students to foundational programming and robotics concepts through project-based, hands-on learning;
• Adapt instruction based on student experience levels, site requirements, available robotics kits, technology resources, and program objectives;
• Guide students through coding, testing, debugging, engineering challenges, and collaborative problem-solving activities;
• 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, equipment, emergency, and student-protection procedures.

Assignments May Include Topics Such As

• Robotics safety, equipment care, and responsible technology use;
• Block-based programming using age-appropriate coding platforms;
• Sequencing, algorithms, and logical problem-solving;
• Loops, conditionals, and introductory programming concepts;
• Debugging techniques and iterative testing;
• Sensors, inputs, outputs, and basic robotics interactions, where applicable;
• Engineering design, prototyping, testing, and continuous improvement;
• Collaborative robotics challenges using LEGO® Education, Sphero, Ozobot, VEX, or similar educational robotics platforms; and
• Creativity, computational thinking, teamwork, and STEM problem-solving.

Specific robotics platforms, coding software, curriculum requirements, and available equipment vary by assignment.

Preferred qualifications include:

• At least 60 college credits, where required by the applicable assignment or site;
• Experience with educational robotics platforms such as LEGO® Education, Sphero, Ozobot, VEX, or similar robotics and coding tools;
• 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 Chromebooks, tablets, web-based coding platforms, educational technology, or related STEM instructional tools.

Preferred backgrounds may include educators, computer science students, engineering students, robotics coaches, STEM instructors, makerspace facilitators, programmers, technology specialists, and others with relevant instructional or technical experience.

Assignments may utilize school-provided robotics kits, Chromebooks, tablets, coding software, educational technology platforms, curriculum resources,…