Eliza,

Looks like Girl Develop It has a Milwaukee outfit, and even looks like they
already run javascript classes.
http://www.meetup.com/Girl-Develop-It-Milwaukee

I've heard nothing but good things about GDI classes in my neck of the
woods, but obviously can't speak specifically about folks from Milwaukee.
But seems like a decent possibility.

hth,
Chad



On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 11:14 AM Eliza Carrie Bettinger <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hello All,
>
>
> I received a grant from my university to organize a 7-month program for
> academic staff to build their Javascript skills. The idea is all the staff
> who participate will get together 1-2x per month to share their progress on
> individual projects they're developing, and get feedback and
> troubleshooting help from both a peer group AND a paid expert I'm calling a
> "coach." (Full description below.)
>
>
> The problem I'm having is finding anyone who is interested in taking the
> coaching the job. I have not made a public job ad, but I have emailed about
> 10 folks from campus and community, and asked them to notify their networks
> and affiliated lis-servs. For example: the leaders of Milwaukee MeetUp
> groups for tech women, for Javascript programmers, and open data; the web
> development professor at our iSchool; our campus app development lab; the
> leader of a local nonprofit that teaches coding to kids; etc. I've gotten
> positive responses form many of these folks, but I haven't received a
> nibble of interest from a single person in the job itself. I'm continuing
> to identify key people whose networks I can tap, but I'm discouraged by the
> apparent lack of interest I've encountered so far, and scratching my head
> over what I'm doing wrong.
>
>
> So I'm turning to you for advice -- specifically, two questions:
>
> 1) Do you know someone who might know someone in the Milwaukee area who
> might be interested in a gig like this? If so, please feel free to
> circulate this posting
>
> 2) Can you spot anything in the ad itself that I could improve? Anything
> that's a turn-off? Should I include the pay rate in the ad?
>
> (We have a total of about $1100; I figured I would negotiate the hourly
> rate and total number of hours with the person we found. Although I listed
> 6 hours/month, that's only the ideal; we could bring down the total number
> of hours, and pay a higher rate.)
>
> Any other suggestions or ideas? I'd love to get your feedback.
>
>
> Thank you!!
>
> Eliza
>
>
> Javascript Workshop Leader / "Coach"
>
> 6 hours per month, July - December, 2015
>
>
> This summer, the Digital Humanities Lab at UWM will begin a professional
> development series for academic staff from across campus to improve their
> skills in coding for front-end Web development -- specifically, Javascript.
> Workshop participants will be professionals from diverse academic
> backgrounds who each have a real-life work-related project under
> development. They will have completed some basic training in Javascript
> (such as the JavaScript course in Codecademy), but are novice-level
> developers.  In twice-monthly meetings with peers and an expert coach, up
> to 12 participants will meet for collaborative workshop sessions in which
> they present progress on their projects, get help on overcoming obstacles,
> receive short lessons on important topics, and gradually “level up” to
> become more proficient programming problem solvers.  Our goal is to support
> staff who have already learned some basics of coding, but need help to
> start becoming fluent enough to apply those basics in order to design and
> build their desired products.
>
>
> We seek an expert front-end programmer with Javascript expertise who will
> act as coach, mentor, and troubleshooter for this group of learners.
> Overall, the goal of the workshop sessions will be to build a community of
> learners to support one another and provide motivation, camaraderie, and
> practical assistance in overcoming roadblocks. The paid expert will act a
> coach for the group, providing guidance in matters that are opaque to
> novice learners, and sharing strategies from his/her experience. Sessions
> may include short lessons prepared and presented by the coach, but we
> envision workshop sessions in which the focus of the majority of the
> meeting time is on individual participants' projects and questions.
> Participants could also take turns researching and presenting on relevant
> topics, with guidance from the coach.  The exact format of the sessions
> will be designed in part with guidance from the coach, and will be subject
> to revision and changes with input from the group as the project progresses.
>
>
> The person we hire will:
>
> Be an expert developer of front-end interaction applications. Skilled in
> JavaScript, and in adopting specialized JS libraries.
>
> Have some experience (formal or informal) teaching, coaching, or mentoring
> beginner-level programmers.
>
> Have Interest in and competency with a wide range of subject and content
> applications.
>
> Have comfort with and interest in joining a learning environment that is
> flexible, collaborative, and open.
>
>
> To express interest in the position, or to learn more, please contact
> Eliza Bettinger, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> --
> Eliza Bettinger
> Digital Geo-Information Specialist
> American Geographical Society Library
> UW-Milwaukee
> Milwaukee WI USA
> 414-229-6282
>