Hatch has multiple shifts which have more to do with explaining our program, than actually teaching it. Ex. Assemblies, school fairs, class talks, etc.
To be elgible for these shifts, this checklist must be completed with all answers filled out to the best of your ability.
Have fun!
Hatch Canada makes coding fun for everyone. To be ambassadors of that vision, we must carry on by being fun - and inclusive! We trust you - our coaches - the ‘soldiers on the ground’ to not just understand our vision, but to convey that vision to our students, customers, parents, administrators, teachers, counsellors, etc. This guide is simply an addendum to your already amazing work at Hatch!
Hatch’s brand can be summed up with a few key items of what we are:
Most competitors in our space focus on:
Coding can mean a lot of things.
At Hatch, we may be cutting-edge in some ways, but we’re old-school when it comes to how we define coding. The Hatchvantage includes many great things, but we think that one of its standout elements is the fact that our students become fluent in computer languages.
There’s no drag and drop block programming here.
So - JavaScript? Python? We’re teaching our students, 7-17, the major computer languages and we have native proficiency results. Who needs a translator?
As educators we understand that methodology is an important contributor to success. We've built a proprietary learning platform that hosts 600+ projects for our students to build and customize - that’s how our students learn computer languages. Every project teaches skills within the fundamentals of computer science. Students can then transfer these skills to their own, independently, created projects.
Our students continue to have access to our learning platform even after they’ve finished their Hatch sessions.
Access also includes ongoing project feedback and evaluation from Hatch instructors - even after they’re no longer officially Hatch students.
One of our missions, from the outset, has been to have a 50-50 split between boys and girls enrolled in our programs. The same is true for our instructors. As a result, we have had an equal number of women and men working as Hatch instructors from Day 1.
And because our students have men and women as role models, already 40% of our students are girls in what has come to be a male dominated field. At Hatch, parity is around the corner.
In addition, we make a conscious effort to have a culturally diverse workforce because we think that kids of all backgrounds need to believe that they can grow up to do amazing things.
For a downloadable version of the above - visit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16AhWX-iKgRXGE4XIG3UuOeIAhbmfvsm_DycsVcNziYA/edit#
Try going to https://hatchcanada.com/about/faq
Try going to https://hatchcanada.com/programs/classes
Call your program coordinator
School Assemblies are usually 5 minute presentations to a large student body of 50-100 students. Coaches must be loud, excited and engaging! They are looking for a memorable experience, not a lesson in code! Don’t be forgettable.
Login with [email protected] - password: hatch123 to use the projects in the attached script.
Script Intro:
One last things - instead of choosing a colour - what if we chose Minecraft as the background.
Open additional projects if you have x time left
Class talks are an enrollment tool to inform students at a participating school that a Hatch program is open for registration. Coaches are asked to go around to classes and give a 5 minute talk on Hatch and to hand out registration forms.
There are four steps to attracting prospects to Hatch and keeping them engaged. Having a 30 second to 3 minute interaction is the most that you can expect. Most people will not stay longer than that at a busy event. Here’s how Starbucks does it:
Step 1 - Anticipate Are they in a rush? Do they have kids with them? etc.
Step 2 - Connect - Make a moment of connection (even a genuine smile will do)
Step 3 - Personalize - Don’t have a pitch ready - personalize your approach, learn their name
Step 4 - Own - Ending the interaction in the booth with a follow up already in place
To “say” this How should you do this?
