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I started at NC Connected as a Junior Instructor. As Junior Instructor my responsibilities consisted of the following:
- Support the senior instructor teaching Web Design, HTML and CSS.
- Together we trained at-risk students at technology camps held in collaboration with schools, businesses, and other community partners.
- Assisting with setting up and breaking down temporary computer labs.
- Producing student registration forms, course evaluations, and student certificates.
- Assisting students and helping them understand concepts, complete projects and deliver a limited number of training modules under the supervision of the senior instructor.
After working as a Junior Instructor for 2 years, I became a Senior Instructor. As a Senior Instructor my responsibilities included:
- Delivering instructor-led training to 15 to 30 students in week-long camps held in rural areas of NC.
- Collaborating with site coordinators, registering students, communicating with parents, recruiting and training junior instructors, producing curriculum, tracking student performance, managing classroom dynamics, and arranging the set up and breakdown of the mobile computer lab.
I taught at NC Connected for a total of 7 years. While there, I delivered a 3-hour HTML workshop to girls attending IBM’s summer E.X.I.T.E camp for 2 consecutive years and I taught web design at several nonprofit partner sites and business locations including Cisco and NC State University.
Even though I no longer do web design training and these days I have very little time for web design work due to working full time, I still try to keep up with my web design skills. I will always value my season being a teacher because it taught me how to teach people things. Back then I didn’t know how valuable this knowledge would be but now, I’ve started to realize that teaching is a valuable skill that is needed in pretty much every field. For example, I’ve utilized my training skills at work to offer training to management on our capital request system to ensure that they are able to submit capital requests as needed. Who knew I’d end up providing training later down the line!? Through this experience and others I see that many times your experiences are preparing you for later opportunities where those skills may be needed.