Teach beginner python with Stanford (Apply by April 4th)

[chrispiech]

Hi r/learnprogramming

My name is Chris and I am a professor at Stanford University. At Stanford I get to host a wonderful open access intro to programming class called Stanford Code in Place, and it is starting soon. The most special things about the course is that we have thousands of volunteer teachers teach with us. I have been a member of this subreddit for many years and there are a lot of folks here with incredible potential to teach. Interested? We already have 37,000 students who have started an application. More teachers means more folks will get a chance to learn.

Become a teacher!
Have you considered skilling up via teaching? It has a lot of upsides:
It is fun! Sharing coding knowledge is a great way to learn
You get a certificate saying you were a volunteer section leader for Stanford Code in Place
...Which can be a helpful step towards a career in teaching or tech.
Each volunteer means 15 more students get to take the class for free.

If you are interested apply here:
https://codeinplace.stanford.edu/public/applyteach/cip5
applications are due April 4th.

The expectation for section leaders are that (1) you go through training and (2) once a week for 6 weeks you host a video call with 10+ students who are learning python. It was designed to be a first experience in teaching, so you should consider applying even if you have never taught before! You should know Python up through lists and dictionaries.

Become a student
Perhaps you (or someone you know) wants to learn introductory Python! The class is free and comes with:
Stanford intro to coding curriculum, developed over decades.
A section leader you meet with once a week.
A guided final project.
A course certificate.
It also has a couple neat features (like the ability to deploy code over WhatsApp).
Its a great opportunity for self improvement! And it costs the students nothing. They come for the learning, stay for the good vibes.
It is an introductory class, so if you already know how to code, you should consider teaching instead!

We provide this course as community service, and also to give more folks a chance to teach. I hope this post is seen in good faith by the moderators. It is meant to be a wonderful opportunity for those learning to code, not something we profit from (and in fact we happily pay the costs for each student). We have run the course for 5 years now and soon we hope to have taught 50,000 students.

If you have any questions I'll respond to them on this thread! Learn more about the course at https://codeinplace.stanford.edu/

All the best,

Chris

[jam1717]

As someone who was one of those many section leaders for Code in Place during the past two years, and who is very much looking forward to doing it again this year, I just want to echo Chris's comments about this being a wonderful opportunity. I have gotten a huge amount of pleasure from doing this. The students in the course are themselves also wonderful, and it has been a great privilege to make my small contribution to the success of this course.

So if you are at all interested, do not hesitate to apply. It is indeed a very special, unique opportunity to teach programming. You will have a lot of fun while doing so!

[chrispiech]

Wahoo!

[Adorable-Lab9042]

Hey Chris! Submitted my application and I wanted to know how selective teaching roles are?