STEM Education Management Associate Programme

STEM Teaching Management Associate Programme
At Kodecoon Academy, we take pride in providing top-notch technology education courses to equip every child with programming knowledge and empower them to create change. For the past years, Kodecoon instructors have mentored students from varying coding backgrounds to proficiency and participated in numerous hackathons and competitions. If youre keen to be part of a dynamic team in a fast-growing start-up, join our team to be hands-on from day one and work closely with our founding team.
The Management Associate Programme is a 24-month programme that offers you the opportunity to gain exposure and build knowledge in various aspects of the academy. Using these 24 months to identify the best fit for yourself, you will then be permanently deployed to one of the divisions in Kodecoon Academy to develop in-depth knowledge
This Unique Opportunity Allows You To

• Learn: Deepen your software development and computer science knowledge to integrate students with digital skills and real-world application to solve community problems
• Teach: Shape young minds and inspire students to become change makers with technology
• Build: Be part of a fast-growing startup and be part of an expanding instructional team to create curriculum and expertise in a specific area of support for the academy.

Responsibilities & Duties

Core Role: Teaching

• Adopt Kodecoons pedagogy to best deliver coding classes in the form of regular weekly classes, ad-hoc programs or school programs for local or international students in Singapore
• Guide students through the development of a final project that will be presented and distributed to fellow classmates and parents
• Facilitate a dynamic and collaborative classroom community
• Inspire students to persevere through the challenges their ideas into actual creative products
• Work closely with lead instructors to provide parents with meaningful and prompt feedback on the students progress

Track 1: Curriculum Manager

• Lead research and development initiatives to find out the latest software or hardware edtech teaching tools for curriculum development
• Spearhead curriculum development in different programming languages, not limited to Python, game development, and mobile apps development
• Create curriculum content for students from ages 4 years old onwards with proper lesson plans to be used in Kodecoons ad-hoc workshops, regular term classes and/or holiday camps
• Test out the newly created curriculum in the form of workshops, or hands-on activities with Kodecoons students
• Go through continuous iterations to improve the current curriculum or newly developed curriculum based on feedback received

Track 2: Training & Quality Control Manager

• Spearhead the quality control efforts of Kodecoon Academys teaching team by reviewing the instructors class performance and also curriculum materials to see if there is any potential for improvement
• Lead the training efforts to onboard new or upskill existing instructors and trainers to enhance the teaching quality
• Speak to Kodecoon Academys parents to gather feedback on areas of improvement
• Create a community of trainers open to sharing feedback and constant improvement
• Improve curriculum in the area of content development (for e.g. common content that is misconstrued by students, or simplification of content presentation)

Track 3: Customer Success Manager

• Be a key player in the customer acquisition team to onboard new parents to Kodecoons community
• Maintain customer relationships with the existing parents and provide timely feedback to the parents of the students' performance (Eg, retaining the students)
• Share Kodecoons vision and recommend suitable coding programs for students
• Responsible for handling general administrative duties, e.g. rolling over students, setting up classes
• Responsible for the company sales and acquiring new customers to sign up the courses
• Manage the opening of class schedules and onboarding matters
• Generating new ideas to improve the customer acquisition

Skills & Qualifications

• You are eager to shape the skills and minds of our next generation in equipping them with the right digital skills
• You love to learn and expand knowledge in Computer Science and/or Engineering
• Strong communication and problem solving skills. Open-minded and dynamic
• You have a strong interest in software engineering, from mobile app development, to programming and hardware programming
• You are preferably fluent in one or more programming languages
• You have prior teaching experience, be it tutoring, or team training
• Drive, fast learner, proactive and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Organised, detail-oriented and ability to manage different projects at once
• Get things done attitude