Overview
The Tumo Center for Creative Technologies is seeking highly motivated, dynamic and tech-savvy professionals who are comfortable experimenting with new technologies to start a career as Learning Coaches in Alaverdi Tumo Center for Creative Technologies where you will be expected to work 30 hours a week.
Based on the established coaching model the Learning Coaches will work directly with Tumo students to:
- Support their learning process
- Assist them in the design of their personal learning plans
- Offer guidance toward the completion of learning activities
- Provide encouragement and motivation toward harnessing the potential of technologies and self-learning
- Assist in worksÕ°op and project coordination in various technology related areas
- Track student attendance and provide feedback regarding student development, take measures to engage and provide technical inspiration to reluctant students
- Convey a positive and professional image to students
- Promote learning in a collaborative and energized mode
- The Learning Coaches will also provide feedback to TUMO’s content evaluators in the development of new learning activities and the fine-tuning of existing activities
- Excellent people skills and facility in working with teenagers
- Familiarity with and ability to learn technical concepts and tools relevant to at least one of the Tumo focus areas of animation, game development, web development and filmmaking
- Multifaceted aptitudes in technical areas such as graphic design or programming, and artistic skills such as drawing or writing
- Willingness to develop higher order skills such as creativity, analytical thinking and initiative taking, as well as organizational capabilities such as teamwork, communication and research skills
- Experience on the web and in the use of online resources and tools is a plus
- Undergraduate or graduate education in a recognized university
- Excellent communication skills, including written communication, personal interaction, and public presentation in Armenian, knowledge of English is a plus
About Tumo Center for Creative Technologies
Tumo is an after-school learning center where teenagers acquire digital media skills free of charge. Thousands of students attend Tumo on a regular basis and participate in its innovative, self-paced program. Its educational framework is based on a proprietary platform that promotes learning through interactive game-like levels, exposing users to increasingly challenging activities. Tumo's educational methodology is based on a large set of self-instructional activities that each of the Center's students assembles into a personal learning plan in the areas of animation, game development, web development and filmmaking. To learn more about the Tumo Center for Creative Technologies, please visit: www.tumo.org
