SureStart

Mandarin/English Bilingual Tech Mentor

SureStart

part-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $40 per hour

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • As a Program Mentor you will coach a group of 6 students over the course of the 5 month program, providing guidance and advice.
  • Train, support and encourage a small group of six 6th grade students as they develop knowledge of AI/Gen AI, App development, AI ethics, and AI-driven Innovation and Entrepreneurship, using the provided curriculum.
  • Attend 1 hour lead instructor's virtual teaching session on Monday evening (8:00-9:00pm ET / 5:00-6:00pm PT)
  • Participate in 40-45 minute prep call on Monday evening with mentoring team lead
  • Conduct 1 hour virtual teaching session on Tuesday evening with their student team
  • Hold 15 minutes post-student-session virtual debrief (may be 1 hour in the first week)
  • Allocate 2 hours session prep time (scheduled at your discretion)

Requirements

  • Must speak fluent Mandarin + English to support bilingual students
  • Passionate about teaching and mentoring younger students; especially invested in mentoring students from backgrounds under-represented in science and technology
  • Currently enrolled or recent graduates from Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields
  • Have current/recent experience with middle school STEM teaching
  • Excellent communication, time-management and teamwork skills;
  • Comfortable speaking to small groups in a virtual setting
  • Energetic and enthusiastic
  • Able to commit to 5 hours per week from January 6, 2026 through June 8, 2026
  • Willing and able to commit to 3 hours per day for 6 days in November for training in the SureStart AI curriculum
  • Preferred but not required: Experience with front-end design, app design, and/or UI/UX development; Experience with AppInventor, Scratch or other block-based programming; Familiarity with common GenAI tools like ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, etc.
Benefits
  • You will deepen your technical knowledge (look up 'protege effect')
  • Work on exciting, challenging and rewarding work critical to the future of ethical AI
  • Build up your CV with fantastic leadership and team management experience
  • Have the opportunity to attend technical talks, and professional skills seminars
  • Valuable networking opportunities with industry leaders in tech and academia
  • Be an integral part of a movement to build future AI leaders

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
AIApp developmentAI ethicsAI-driven Innovationfront-end designapp designUI/UX developmentblock-based programmingAppInventorScratch
Soft skills
communicationtime-managementteamworkmentoringenthusiasmpassion for teachingsupporting under-represented studentspublic speakingcoachingguidance