Curriculum And Instruction Manager

About AI4ALL

AI4ALL is a national nonprofit that opens doors to the artificial intelligence industry for historically excluded talent through education and mentorship. We nurture a diverse global community of students and emerging leaders who learn AI fundamentals and who then apply those principles to influence AI in a positive direction. AI4ALL has empowered over 10,000 people in all 50 states and globally with AI education through our programs. Eighty-eight percent of alumni are interested in a career in AI after completing an initial AI4ALL program, and many are already making significant impacts in the field, from educating their peers to winning “best paper” at top AI conferences. As of fall 2022, AI4ALL programs run in partnership with 16 universities and colleges around North America.

By telling a new story about who can be a leader in AI, we’re creating tomorrow’s AI leaders and changing technology’s future. AI4ALL has received funding from Melinda Gates/Pivotal Ventures, Prudential Financial, Accenture, General Motors, and SoftBank among others and has been featured in the New York Times, TIME, CNN, The Washington Post, USA Today, and The Atlantic.

About the Opportunity

The Curriculum & Instruction Manager is responsible for ensuring that the curriculum and instructional approaches of AI4ALL programming are implemented with fidelity and are aligned with the organizational goals for our students' learning outcomes. This responsibility includes the overseeing and development of curriculum and the designing of training for instructional staff.

This position reports to the Director of College Pathways. This role is based remotely, however, the team does host bimonthly co-working days where team members based in New York City (and environs) typically attend in person.

What You'll Do

Instruction, Training, Curriculum Development Strategies

• Keep abreast with pedagogical developments that can be incorporated into the curriculum, instruction and training.
• Support Director of College Pathways with the development of scaling strategies for curriculum, instruction and training.
• Develop and monitor processes for successful implementation of the curriculum, instruction and training. This includes processes to support instructional team (teaching assistants, student leaders, instructors, and volunteers).
• Develop and manage the strategy for training the instructional team.
• Support the curriculum team with curriculum development and implementation strategies.
• Develop, refine and monitor processes, metrics and KPIs for evaluating curriculum, instruction and training.
• Develop, refine and manage AI and career readiness curriculum content.

Management and Operations

• Attract, develop, coach, and retain high-performance instructors.
• Manage instructors as well as the curriculum lead and advise them on the daily activities related to AI4ALL programs.
• Oversee the debriefing sessions for the instructional team as needed. This involves close collaboration with the Program Manager and Career Development Manager.
• Collaborate with the University Partnerships Manager and Program Manager to manage teaching assistants provided by university partners.
• Foster a sense of community among the instructors and teaching assistants.
• Collaborate with the Program Manager and Career Development Manager on the training and evaluation of instructors, teaching assistants, student leaders and volunteers.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• The Curriculum & Instruction Manager will supervise 10-15 part-time instructors, as well as the Curriculum Lead.

Who You Are

This hire will bring:

• A demonstrated understanding of the opportunities and challenges associated with developing education programs for college students who have been historically excluded from the Tech and AI sector.
• Flexible and adaptable; thrives in a fast-paced, startup environment.
• Proficiency in data analysis tools and statistical applications.
• A desire to increase diversity and inclusion in technology.
• 3+ years experience teaching and/or designing workshops in the STEM/CS field, with a particular emphasis on hands-on and inclusive pedagogy, ideally at a college level.
• Superb interpersonal skills; aptitude to work collaboratively with internal as well as external stakeholders.
• 1+ years of experience in role recruiting, hiring, training, and managing instructional personnel.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven knowledge of data collection methods.
• Experience with Python and other programming languages used for Machine Learning and/or AI
• Successful at working independently with minimum supervision as well as collaboratively.
• A Computer Science (or related field) degree, or comparable work experience in CS, AI, ML, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.

We’d prefer candidates who:

• Have experience applying active learning methodologies in an online environment/classroom
• Work both independently and collaboratively
• Have experience teaching students within the AI4ALL target student audience
• Thrive in a fast-paced, startup environment

Physical Demands

• Work may be performed sitting or standing
• Work is performed at a computer
• Programs, internal, and external meetings are generally on-camera using Zoom or other video conferencing platform
• Requires almost constant use of a keyboard, mouse or other pointing device

Compensation

Salary range $90,000 to $115,000

Important note: Being authorized to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment. AI4ALL does not sponsor employment visas.