Teaching Assistants

Thank you so much for signing up to be a volunteer for the Black Codher Bootcamp. Here’s a little guide for how to prepare and get the best out of this opportunity.

As a volunteer, we would like you to teaching assistant the programme by assisting our learners in progressing with their work and finding the right answers. Please help out by doing the following:

• Join our learning sessions and help out in breakout rooms

Before the module

• Ensure you have access to Black Codher Learning
• Review the course material for the module you will be supporting
• Assess all of the course material to make sure you are comfortable supporting the content

Before the session

Before each session please do the following:

• Ensure you have an understanding of the material that you will be supporting
• Ensure you have the Zoom link for the session

During the session

At the beginning

• Remind the Instructor to Run the registration poll if it hasn’t been started
• Remind the Instructor to Record the session to the cloud (recordings to the cloud end up on the Black Codher Learning platform automatically)
• Identify the other teaching assistants and volunteers present during the session
• Please update your name to Full Name (Volunteer) to make it clear to instructors and students.

During the session

• Keep an eye on the chat in case there are any questions
• When you ask ‘Red / Yellow / Green’, ask the students to post their responses in the Zoom chat
  • Red: Go over the content to make it clearer or easier to digest in the chat
  • Yellow: Ask if there are any questions that the students have and answer them
  • Green: Continue

Tasks

• Join a breakout rooms to see how the students are getting on
• Encourage the students to speak and share screen
• Ask them to show you how they’re progressing and to explain concepts to each other

After the session

• Check slack or discord to see if there are any questions
• Identify who will be teaching the next session so they they’re aware of any areas of concern

Full Course Calendar

• The full course calendar is available here: Full Course Calendar
• This shows all cohorts and subjects
• Please filter by clicking Filter and selecting Teaching Assistant 1 or 2, or Instructor or Backup Instructor to view your dates, you can also filter by Cohort and Module.
• You can also view an outline of the course here: Course Outline

Anything else?

• If you’re ill, please request that the instructor and Coding Black Females team know that you are unavailable
• Let a member of the Coding Black Females team know - Charlene, Tanya or Efua
• Email tech@blackcodher.com if you have any questions