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by ewong 8y ago
ScriptEd employee here too... AND I'm also volunteering to teach a class because our students are so great. If you are unable to volunteer, you can support our work by volunteering here: https://www.scripted.org/give&#x
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by ewong 8y ago
Love that!
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by ewong 8y ago
You're the best - thanks for sharing!
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NYC and SF devs needed to teach coding in high schools
28 points by ewong 8y ago|4 comments
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by ewong 9y ago
We're a nonprofit, so our goal isn't really to make money. But we apply for grants and receive donations like most nonprofits!
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by ewong 9y ago
lol Raul is one of our volunteers... We just told everyone that we posted on Hacker News today. He's real and his class just recently started, but glad his comment is so awesome that you think it's fake!
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by ewong 9y ago
I'm not sure that I fully understand the question, but students participate in the class free of charge. It is offered either as an elective or afterschool club. ScriptEd has staff that helps manage logistics and other operational need
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by ewong 9y ago
we use a lot of bitly links... you found something that we use for our classes! The NY and SFBay bitly links don't have the same naming convention. This is what you are looking for: bit.ly/ScriptEdSFBAYvolunteer
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by ewong 9y ago
Haha, I don't think many employers would be too happy about two full school days out of the office every week. We generally have volunteers teach in the morning or in the afternoon. It depends on school sites, but it's a total of
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by ewong 9y ago
We agree that Mission Bit does great work too! But yeah, we also work directly with SF and Oakland public schools, just not the same ones. Another thing that makes us different is that we focus on preparing our students for paid internships
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by ewong 9y ago
We love to hear this! Hope your school year goes really well!
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Volunteers needed to teach web dev in NYC and Bay Area
61 points by ewong 9y ago|43 comments
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by ewong 10y ago
come work with us! need awesome devs that care about the future of tech!