Hi -A group of us went to present at Castlemont recently and when I mentioned this to the folks at a meeting of the CSTA that I attended, their president introduced me to someone who's looking for help in recruiting a CS teacher for an after school program.
Here are more details - pls email me if you have questions - the program is at Dewey Academy, and the schedule is:
- Monday: 2-3p
- Wednesday: 1230p-110p
- Friday: 2-3p
They are open to a group from Open Oakland attending to check the class out, even if we aren't going to apply for the job. Let me know and I'd love to co-ordinate a visit.
Students receive grades that are decided based 65% on attendance and 35% at the instructor's discretion, once every 6 weeks. Dewey is a continuation high school, so your students don't necessarily stay through the entire 6 weeks, though they have to in order to get a grade. You can decide your curriculum and pace entirely on your own. The current instructor, Seema Sharma, is a math high school teacher, and taught herself Alice, an instructional programming language to teach the kids. She has also used material from CodeHS.com.
The program is run by EBAYC, where the program manager of the after school program is Brooklyn Williams. She'll probably be responsible for hiring. I can also get you in touch with Seema.
Regards,
Sameer.