Code Teachers are our heros. We'd love to help make your time teaching coding in the classroom fun and exciting.
- The best way to start is to run a Coding Intro Session with 3 groups or classes. This will help you measure student enthusiasm and help build your confidence.
- There is super fun and easy way to start which your students will love.
- After "Intro Sessions" you can choose to either encourage Coding Clubs, driven by the learners...
- -- OR -- work with the School Administrator to schedule Coding lessons and Certificates for the next term.
- You may even receive swag, badges or be promoted to a CodeJIKA Ambassador.
What's expected?
- You are willing to learn and facilitate classes, even if you do not know how to code.
- You realize the way you have been taught may not be the best way to teach others.
- You are respectful to the learners and are there to serve.
- You foster peer-to-peer and self-learning and don't attract attention to yourself.
FAQ//:
Freakin' Awesome Questions
A vibrant eco-system of student-run coding clubs in secondary schools.
Operationally it is divided into 3 Pillars;
- Online (platform and partners),
- Awareness (media & advocacy) and
- Hands-on (In-school Clubs & Events)
PRONOUNCED: CODE–GEE-KA
JIKA MEANS “DANCE” OR TURN IN ZULU, A SOUTH AFRICAN LANGUAGE.
You learn how to code, starting with “1‑Hour‑Website” – How to code a simple website using HTML & CSS. Each consecutive project builds on this skill until you can customize and build beautiful business websites for SMEs from scratch – Like a PRO.
Run an event or assist schools or other organizations who are.
Easy. Go to the “How to run an event” page here to get started. There you’ll find the curriculum, suggested format, easy to use curriculum and tools to engage volunteers and even fundraise for the event.
Anyone can run an event. It’s real fun and it’s about learning together and allowing others to have space to grow and someone who believes in them. You should have some desire to learn and work with the kids to find solutions though.
There is no official version for primary schools, but from what we’ve heard the 5th, 6th and 7th graders love the program as well.
Of course. If you’ve already left school you can join the online CodeJIKA program and can help in organizing events and mentoring. The clubs and competitions are only for secondary school learners at this time.
CodeJIKA teaches you how to become a Junior Frontend Web-developer, as fast as possible. It’s about building communites and creating revolutions within the existing educational system, stemming from the student base rather than a teacher-driven approach. CodeJIKA’s projected timeline is 3 years per group. You can go from never touching a PC to learning to hard-code professional websites in 6 months while still in school. Our Belief: Our youth are engines of the new economy and are instinctively infused with a desire to build – Nothing can stop them! We’re here to provide tools. That’s all.
Gallery of Coding Awards
