AI Program Mentor

SureStart

part-time

Posted on: 9/10/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $40 per hour

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About the role

Coach a group of 6 Grade 6 students over a 5-month program teaching AI, Gen AI, app development, AI ethics, innovation and entrepreneurship using provided curriculum
Attend lead instructor virtual session and mentor prep/debriefs per weekly schedule (Monday and Tuesday evening sessions, prep time, async communication)
Provide guidance, support and encouragement as students develop projects using AppInventor and other tools
Participate in mentor training (November) and follow provided curricula
Collaborate with mentoring team lead and attend prep calls and debriefs
Schedule and conduct 1:1 or small group mentoring sessions and asynchronous communication with 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
Mandarin fluency very useful to support bilingual students (preferred but not required)
Experience with front-end design, app design, and/or UI/UX development (preferred)
Experience with AppInventor, Scratch or other block-based programming (preferred)
Familiarity with common GenAI tools like ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, etc. (preferred)
Willingness to complete a background check enabling you to work with minors