2025 Pathways Advisor

Girls Who Code is seeking enthusiastic instructional Advisors for our 2025 Pathways Program. Our program is designed to educate, inspire, and equip high school girls and non-binary students with the skills and resources to pursue academics and careers in the technology and engineering sectors, as well as build bravery and confidence. The Pathways Program is a free, flexible six-week opportunity for current 9th-12th grade girls and non-binary students to explore beginner to advanced courses at their own pace. Pathways offers three different computer science tracks: Web Development, Cybersecurity, and Data Science + AI. Each track has two or more courses that introduce key computer science concepts and guide participants through video tutorials to build a project. Courses in each track also contain GWC Tech Spotlights showcasing women and non-binary professionals working in tech and encouraging participants to imagine themselves as leaders in tech. Pathways participants can follow Girls Who Code’s recommended learning pathways or choose their own. Pathways participants receive a certificate for each course they complete. In addition to the asynchronous opportunities, students also have optional opportunities to engage synchronously during the program. These opportunities include: • Connecting with other students and Advisors in the Girls Who Code reputed company server • Attending synchronous events where students have a chance to build community with community-building activities, learn new skills with our content-driven programming challenges, and connect with Industry Partners who provide valuable insights into the tech industry and help students explore potential career paths • Attending Student Hours where students receive additional synchronous support while also allowing students to complete projects in a collaborative virtual co-working space We believe all girls and non-binary students have the interest and ability to code. Our Pathways Program Advisors encourage, nurture, and mentor students through our program. Each Advisor will support one cohort of around 250 students over the course of 6 weeks toward success. Advisors will be responsible for attending 8 hours of synchronous calls each week including leading Advisor Events, supporting Partners in their Partner Events, facilitating Student Hours, meetings with their Advisor Team and Instruction Manager, and occasional Roundtables. Applicants must be a rising senior in college (or equivalent level of experience) at the start of the program. Responsibilities • Advise and support one cohort of around 250 high school girls and non-binary students through completion of the Pathways Program by maintaining an exciting, engaging, and accessible virtual environment. • Meet weekly with your Advisor Team to share notes/observations, plan/debrief events, and review student feedback. • Meet weekly with your Instruction Manager to review feedback and check in on student progress or concerns. • Engage with and support students in reputed company, both informally, and by posting community and discussion questions in our Girls Who Code Pathways Program reputed company server. • Facilitate weekly Advisor Events with your Advisor Team. The materials for these events are created by Girls Who Code. Your role is to review and lightly adapt the materials to effectively facilitate your events. • Facilitate Student Hours with other Advisors to troubleshoot students’ questions, review misconceptions, and provide debugging tips based on projects. • Review student project submissions and provide them with supportive and constructive feedback so they can earn certificates. • Reply to student questions and inbound through email. This includes sending personal messages to students to encourage course completion during the program. • Support in the completion of administrative duties including tracking student progress, administering programmatic surveys to students, and completing weekly and end of program surveys in a timely fashion. • Communicate regularly and effectively with all Girls Who Code staff to support seamless delivery and execution of tasks and activities. • Understand and follow all escalation procedures for any student issues that arise during the program. • Always act with maturity and appropriate discretion when interacting with students, other Advisors, family members/guardians, and corporate partner contacts. • Attend Roundtable presentations for continuous professional development throughout the program. • Represent Girls Who Code externally in meetings and engagements with GWC partners. Qualifications • Enrolled in their final year, or have already received a BA or BS in computer science or a related field by the start of the program. • Experience with at least one programming language, Python preferred. Our curriculum teaches HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python. While you will not be delivering all of the curriculum to students, you will be leading event

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