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Computer Science Professional Development Specialist
BootUp is a national nonprofit committed to bringing high-quality K–5 computer science (CS)
education to every community across the country. This job is right for you if you love conducting fun, meaningful professional development (PD) experiences that make teachers feel confident and kids feel unstoppable. We’re looking for a passionate, dynamic CS PD Specialist to lead impactful, joyful PD for educators to feel confident in CS (including AI and cybersecurity)—and support district-wide implementation with high impact. View the full job description here!
Computer Science Professional Development Specialist + Curriculum Development and PD Design
BootUp is a national nonprofit committed to bringing high-quality K–5 computer science (CS)
education to every community across the country. This job is right for you if you love designing fun, meaningful learning experiences that make teachers feel confident and kids feel
unstoppable. We’re looking for a dynamic Computer Science PD Specialist with Curriculum
Development and PD Design experience to lead PD, develop innovative and equity-driven CS
resources (including AI and cybersecurity), and support district-wide implementation with high
impact. View the full job description here!
CS Professional Learning Facilitator (Contract)
We are looking for a passionate and highly skilled contract computer science facilitator with expertise in teacher professional learning. This role involves conducting district-wide PD for K-5 teachers, designing equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive curriculum, and creating PD that integrates BootUp’s equity framework (IntersectCS) with foundational CS concepts and
computational thinking skills. View the full job description here!
What to expect during the application process?
BootUp's interview process consists of three interviews, plus a final assignment specific to your designation.
The review process starts once the application closes. Selected candidates will proceed to a brief phone interview. Those candidates who make it to the second round of interviews will have a more in-depth video or phone call with the Hiring Manager and team members. After the second interview, selected candidates will be asked to complete an assignment. After presenting the assignment, the last interview will be conducted with the Hiring Manager.
About BootUp Professional Development
We prepare and empower teachers and implement elementary coding and computer science programs nationwide in order to reach ALL students, creating equitable access to 21st-century skills.
BootUp PD is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has worked with over 80 school districts to implement elementary computer science, supporting over 9,500 teachers and reaching over 950,000 students around the country. Learn more about BootUp's IntersectCS Framework here!
BootUp PD is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment and encourages individuals from historically marginalized communities to apply. BootUp PD is an E-Verify Participant and an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all District and federal laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender expression/identity, or protected veteran or disabled status and will not be discriminated against.
Our Values
Integrity
We strongly value and prioritize being honest and having strong principles for doing what we do. Integrity is consistently one of the first values we want to be known for as an organization and as individuals.
Equitable/Egalitarian
BootUp's successes over the years are a result of our ability to collaborate on a team with diverse backgrounds, expertise, opinions, perspectives and experiences.
Innovative
We are constantly striving for innovative and creative solutions that assist with our overall mission and vision. This includes everything from our approach to professional learning to highly engaging interest-driven, project-based curricula.
Proven
Part of our success is because our approach is not only based on educational research, but from extensive feedback from a variety of sources. We actively seek out feedback that continues to refine what we do.
Flexible and Relevant
We believe that computer science education is not only growing at a rapid pace, but is iteratively changing over time. We try to stay flexible and relevant by keeping up-to-date on the latest research and practices in computer science education.
Inclusive and Welcoming Culture
All of us at BootUp genuinely enjoy not only the work that we do, but who we work with. We come from varied backgrounds and cultures that are shared and embraced among the team.
Engaging and fun!
Not only do we try and make the professional development and curriculum engaging and fun, but our work environment and collaborations, as well.
Simple and Iterative
We don't like to make things overly complicated. By keeping things simple, we are able to focus on fine-tuning our approach over time in order to continuously improve what we do. This iterative process is similar to the Japanese concept of "kaizen ( 改善)," which encourages team members to think through and share opportunities for improvement.
