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Welcome

Starting in Spring 2025, the volunteer team will consist of volunteers from different locations in Germany. If you are a continuing volunteer, the course format might be new for you. In this hub, you will find more information on each course, how it is set up, and how to support it. The resulting course offer is the following:

Courses

More Info on all Courses and Tracks:

Full Stack Track:

Data & AI Track

Tech & Design Basics

About ReDI School

We are ReDI

Founded in 2015, ReDI School of Digital Integration is a non-profit tech school providing migrants and marginalized locals free and equitable access to digital education.

We offer our learners high-quality coding and basic computer courses in combination with a unique career and mentorship program, which includes the chance to collaborate with tech companies, startups, and digital industry leaders.

We aim to provide our learners with valuable digital skills, a growth mindset, strengthened career skills, and a strong network of tech professionals to help create new opportunities for all.

Digital Career Program

We provide advanced tech skills training and career support to tech-savvy refugees and people with a forced migration background to accelerate their professional integration in the tech industry. Available in Berlin, Munich, NRW, and Hamburg.

Our Mission

ReDI School offers education to break down barriers and connect the leaders of tomorrow. We use technology to connect human potential with employment opportunities with dignity and humility.

Our Vision

To provide access to free digital education and create pathways to employment in the tech industry.

Our Learners

Our students come from diverse backgrounds and are in different situations. Every semester we get a different batch. Last semester we had:

Students from over 32 different nationalities
On average 31 years old
Backgrounds ranging from Finance to Engineering to Biology. The majority of our students have a bachelor's degree.
Employment status once joining the course:
- Underemployed: Around 40% are underemployed and want to change careers.
- Unemployed: Around 35% are unemployed and actively looking for a job.
- Students: 25% are university students preparing for the job market.

Our students take the course to get a job in the industry.

ReDI Community in Numbers

Career Services

Why offering Career Services?

At ReDI, we believe career success is driven by both skills and connections. That’s why unique Career Services complement our tech training to help learners enhance soft skills and grow their professional networks. Through collaborations with companies in the German tech sector, we create direct pathways for learners to connect with industry professionals, recognizing that career transitions are about both what you know and who you know.

Spring 2025 Offer

Starting this semester Career Services will be divided into two parts:

Career Orientation for starters, versus intermediate and advanced tech classes
Bootcamps Career Project for Bootcamps participants (still in development)

The career services listed above are recommended to students of the courses listed below. However, we leave to our learners the choice and chance to participate in career activities, based on individual needs.

Starter Courses in DCP Online

Int & Adv Courses in DCP Online

HTML / CSS

JavaScript

Python Foundations

Data Analytics

Infrastructure Basics

Machine Learning / AI

Creative Communications

Data & Full-Stack Circles

Resources & Support Systems for Learners

Learning Plans on IBM SkillsBuild Platform
Non-mandatory career support onboarding sessions for learners, with details about career events
Online Open Hour every week to answer questions about career services
Dedicated slack channel #25s_talent_and_career_support

Help

Community Guidelines

ReDI Values

At ReDI, we follow the four values, which give an orientation on our behaviours and actions, both within the community and within ourselves as a team. Here what the ReDI values mean to us:

In the sense of impactful. We are a community moved by the wish to help others grow and are actively oriented towards this goal. Being helpful means trying to generate a real change in the life of others.

This is the most important value and has to do with experimenting in a fun and playful fashion. It refers to trying out new things and, if need be, making mistakes together and learning from them. It also means trying to build the "ideal learning environment" we all wanted to have in our own personal experiences.

Means trustful, in relation to the scope of our actions. We want to deliver the best quality of learning services to our learners because they are themselves relying on us for their education and deserve high-quality training from professionals like you.

We are "partners in crime" for our community to do things they didn’t even think they’d be capable of doing at the beginning. It means empowering others to understand they can cross their own limits, far beyond what they might have originally thought. Change is reflected the students also by the teachers because, through their flexibility and willingness to change, they are leading students to achieve their goals.

Our DEI Statement

Our Code of Conduct

ReDI School aims to be a safe learning environment for all of its community members. The ReDI Code of Conduct sets the standards that allow us to keep our community safe and healthy, both online and offline. It establishes standards necessary to maintain and protect an environment conducive to learning and in keeping with the objectives of the program. The code of conduct is important to:

maintain and protect an environment conducive to learning and in keeping with the objectives of our ReDI School programs
protect our community and ensure that EVERYONE feels safe and comfortable in the online environment

By signing the Volunteer Agreement at the beginning of their teaching experience, volunteers agree to respect the ReDI Code of Conduct during their volunteer experience and interactions with students, other volunteers, as well as with the ReDI team and community.

Code Outline

The ReDI community comprises students and volunteers united by their participation in and commitment to respectful intellectual exchange. Therefore, ReDI School commits to providing an environment where the rights, safety, dignity and worth of every individual are respected.
The intellectual exchange also implies acting responsibly in a community setting, with respect for the rights of other students and volunteers and for the property, shared resources, and agreements associated with that community.
Since the code is directed toward maintaining the standards of the ReDI community and the local community, ReDI School reserves the right to dismiss students or volunteers whose conduct is objectionable and/or interferes with the educational objectives of the School or another member of the community.

How does ReDI define objectionable conduct?

Objectionable conduct is defined as harassment, unwanted contact, or otherwise objectionable behavior, whether directed at or independent of other ReDI School community members. This includes:

Insults, gestures, or abusive words, in the immediate presence and/or directed to another person that may reasonably cause emotional distress or provoke a violent response. How this applies to an online environment:
- The direct or indirect use of insults, degrading language, or disrespectful comments on the opinions of others during video calls and/or in written instant communication are not tolerated under any circumstances.
- Community members are expected to refer to their colleagues by their preferred names and personal pronouns (such as “he/him,” “she/her,” or “they/them”), as long as they have been communicated. Failure to do so on purpose will be considered abusive behaviour and will not be tolerated under any circumstances.

Lewd or indecent conduct during a ReDI School sponsored activity. This includes, but is not limited to, any unauthorised use of electronic or other devices to make an audio or video record that would be an invasion of privacy. How this applies to an online environment:
- The video recording or taking of screenshots involving other community members during classes, events and any other ReDI activity will only be tolerated with the explicit permission of all the parties involved. Successive use of such media content in different platforms and contexts will require the explicit written permission of all the parties involved. Failure to secure an explicit authorisation will constitute a breach of the Code of Conduct and will not be tolerated under any circumstances.

Other types of prohibited discrimination are discriminatory harassment, nonconsensual personal contact, and sexual harassment as defined by law. How this applies to an online environment:
- Instant messages, emails, voice messages, or video gestures containing discriminating attitudes towards other ReDI community members will not be tolerated under any circumstances, irrespective of whether they take place during a ReDI event or outside of this context.
- Nonconsensual personal contact in an online environment includes unauthorised contact of another community member for sexual and/or romantic purposes or in a way that could reasonably cause emotional distress.

What to do if you experience any of the situations above?

If you experience any of these situations or feel uncomfortable for any reason, ask for support from the ReDI Team safety officers!

What we can do for you:

Just listen if anything at ReDI is making you uncomfortable
Address complaints
Offer conflict coaching

Who to contact:

Pierluigi Delgiudice - Local Head DCP Online - pierluigi@redi-school.org - Slack: @gigi
Tamara Fantinato - Program Manger - tamara@redi-school.org - Slack: @Tamy

I cannot teach

What to do if you cannot teach

First of all, no worries! Let's ask the team for a substitute.

Up to one week before the session, inform your team and ask for a substitute. Use @channel to get visibility.

I am dropping out

Drop Out

We understand that sometimes, due to personal or professional circumstances, a teacher may make the decision to leave the class. We want to express our respect for their choice and appreciate the time and effort they have dedicated so far. We are here to support in the transition and ensure that the process is as smooth as possible for everyone involved.

After that, notify your team; you can mention your reasons
You will be removed from the Course Slack Channel and Google Calendar
Let us know if you need any proof of volunteering

Volunteer Rights

🎖️What's in for you by joining our Mission

Help close the digital divide and empower others through the transformative power of technology
Make a lasting impact on individuals striving to rebuild their lives and embrace new opportunities
Join a vibrant, diverse community of dedicated volunteers—share your experiences, learn from others, and grow together
Develop valuable soft skills that enhance both your personal and professional life, and showcase your growth with a recognized certificate at the end of the course

💌 Know your Rights!

You can ask for a recommendation letter
Always have the right to feel safe and supported, and that your work is respected
You have the right to be trained in teaching skills
You can change, amend and negotiate the class rules with your students
You don’t have to deal with every situation on your own!
Please reach out to us if you need any kind of support, regarding a student in your group who may be falling behind, technical set-up, content ideas... you name it, we are here for you!

Get in Touch for Support

ReDI DCP Online Course Managers Team

This semester, instead of having separate Student and Volunteer Managers following up on students or teachers across different courses, we have Course Managers, each overseeing three to four courses on both volunteers and learners side.

Course Managers will actively monitor course health and suggest improvements to the program management and tech lead based on the information they collect, in order to enhance the learning and volunteering experience for each course. If you have any questions or feedback, or need support, your Course Manager will be your main point of contact.

ReDI DCP Online Safety Officers

Safety Officers play a crucial role in protecting the community and ensuring that everyone feels safe, respected, and comfortable in the online environment. If you experience any situations where you feel like our community guidelines or code of conduct have been breached, or you feel uncomfortable for any reason, ask for support from the ReDI Team safety officers!

What they can do for you or our students:

Just listen if anything at ReDI is making you uncomfortable
Address complaints
Offer conflict coaching

Who to contact:

Pierluigi Delgiudice - Local Head DCP Online
Tamara Fantinato - Program Manger

Timeline

Planning Session

The Planning Session is the first meeting where the volunteer teaching team comes together as a group for the first time.

It is recommended to come to the session having reviewed:

The lesson content
The course structure
The roles and their responsibilities
The available tools

This will help clarify any doubts or questions that may arise from the beginning.

Before the session, it’s important to share your availability in advance, as this meeting is where we’ll assign the roles each person will take on throughout the semester. Role distribution will be based on your interest, experience, and availability in relation to the content.

The goal is to ensure that everyone understands their role — in the classroom, in the course, and as part of the team — and can collaborate effectively to provide students with the best learning experience possible throughout the semester.

Student Interviews

The student interview is the final step in the application process to become a ReDI student.

Student Admission Process:

Prework
Application
Interview
Acceptance

As part of your volunteer teacher experience, we invite you to support this process by helping us interview prospective students.

Why do we conduct interviews?

The goal of the interview is to:

Get to know the applicants personally
Ensure they have enough time to commit to the course
Check their understanding of the course content
Understand their motivation to join ReDI

Why should you, as a teacher, take part?

You help select students who are genuinely motivated and aligned with the course goals
Your involvement increases the likelihood of having committed and engaged students, which leads to a more dynamic and rewarding class experience
You gain early insight into your students' backgrounds, goals, and needs
You support ReDI’s mission to provide equal access to tech education by helping ensure a fair and thoughtful selection process

Our goal

We aim to ensure the best match between the students’ skills and motivation and the course level. Based on your evaluation, we may recommend:

The course you’re teaching
A more basic or more advanced course
A different track if it suits the student better

Tone and values

These interviews are not exams and not professional job interviews. They are informal conversations designed to get to know the students better. We aim for a relaxed and welcoming environment while keeping a professional tone.

The interviews should reflect ReDI’s values of inclusivity, collaboration, and empowerment. Keep the conversation natural and friendly to help applicants feel comfortable and open to sharing.

Ask about their motivation and previous experience in a way that shows empathy and genuine interest. This first contact sets the tone for their ReDI experience — let’s make it a positive one.

Support from ReDI

You won’t be doing this alone. ReDI will provide:

A guideline for the interview process
A set of questions you can use as a structure
Support in case you have doubts or special situations

We want to make the process smooth and meaningful for both you and the students.

Teacher Trainings

Here you’ll find materials generously shared by our trainers, who have offered their time pro bono to support the ReDI volunteer community. These resources have been thoughtfully designed and adapted to support you in your role as a teacher. We hope you find them helpful. If you're interested in exploring specific topics or would like to connect with a trainer for future semesters, feel free to reach out to us at dcp-volunteering@redi-school.org.

Building Inclusive Learning Spaces

This engaging session covers essential topics such as teamwork, leadership, inclusion, and practical techniques to turn classroom diversity into a strength.

It will equip you with valuable skills for leading groups effectively, fostering collaboration, and creating safe spaces for open discussion. You’ll learn strategies to enhance communication and promote shared responsibility within your classroom.

Additionally, you'll explore how to build trust, motivate your team, and use tools to strengthen group cohesion. Through empathy-driven approaches, you’ll gain insights on how to support both yourself and your students, fostering a more inclusive and compassionate learning environment.

Finally, the session offers techniques to appreciate and leverage the diversity of perspectives in your classroom, helping you lead inclusive sessions that inspire active participation, mutual respect, and a strong sense of belonging.

Reduce Teacher Talking Time

This training covers strategies to reduce Teacher Talking Time (TTT) and create learner-centered classrooms, focusing on student engagement, maximizing participation, and effectively using silence.

Throughout this interactive session, you will discover practical strategies and hands-on activities to develop a classroom focused on student learning. You’ll learn how to design lessons that promote participation and assess comprehension without over-explaining. We will also cover when teacher input is most valuable and how to use intentional silence to give students time to think, process, and respond meaningfully.

Ultimately, the goal is to empower you to create an environment where students become more engaged and independent, resulting in a dynamic and inclusive classroom.

Feedback that Works

This session, designed for ReDI’s volunteer teachers, you'll explore effective strategies for giving and receiving feedback and creating a constructive feedback culture.

Through real scenarios from your own experiences, you'll learn how to deliver clear, supportive, and effective feedback. You'll also develop skills to receive feedback openly, process it constructively, and turn it into meaningful improvements—feedback that truly works!

Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance collaboration, improve communication, and create a more supportive and productive environment!

Kick-Off

🚧 Under Construction 🚧

Teacher Touchpoints

The Teacher Touchpoint is a mid-semester session designed to bring the teaching team together in a collaborative and reflective space.

Feedback session about the semester During this session, we’ll review student feedback and take a moment to reflect on your teaching experience so far. It's also a valuable space to share your thoughts on your volunteering journey — including suggestions to improve the content, enhance classroom dynamics, strengthen team collaboration, or identify ways the ReDI Team can better support you, whether this semester or in the future. It’s a great opportunity to celebrate what’s working well, exchange ideas, and contribute to creating an even better learning experience for everyone involved.

Presentations for Demo Day We’ll also discuss the format of the final presentations for Demo Day. In some courses, if needed, we will also define the expected topics or key concepts that should be reflected in the final project outcomes.

Availability for the second half of the semester Additionally, we’ll check availability for the second half of the semester and assign roles for the upcoming sessions.

Demo Day

🚧 Under Construction 🚧

Full Stack Track

HTML / CSS

Get Started

Most important Resources

Course Material

Teaching Roles Overview

Weekly Class Schedule

About ReDI

Help

Reach out to Sevval, your Course Manager, for help via Slack.

❤️ Thank you for supporting the ReDI students ❤️

Get Started

Welcome to the HTML / CSS Course! 👋

Welcome to our teaching team! We're excited to have you join us in supporting ReDI students on their journey in tech. The HTML / CSS course is an 14-week journey where students build realistic projects while learning modern web development skills.

As a teacher, your first step is to complete the self-onboarding process:

This hub contains everything you need to start and support your teaching journey. If you have any questions along the way, don't hesitate to contact our team on Slack.

Course Overview

Welcome to ReDI School! We really appreciate that you are part of our community. In this page, you'll find an overview of the course. By volunteering, you contribute to our main goal: help our students gain the necessary skills to find a job in tech. ReDI School has now helped over 17.000 people advance their tech skills. This is only possible with the support of our volunteers <3

ReDI Students

Our student community brings together people from over 138 countries. Your course won't be different. Your students will come from a wide range of countries. They also come from diverse professional backgrounds - some are currently unemployed or underemployed, while others are students looking to prepare for their careers. With an average age of 32, many of our students hold a university degree and have several years of work experience. What unites all students is their passion for technology and their aim to build a career in the tech industry.

Sessions

Roles

On-site Activities

Two sessions during the course will take place on a hybrid format - students in Hamburg will have a session on site, while the other students a parallel session online. We are organizing on-site activities in our three main locations. Find out more below.

We invite you to four on-site community events throughout the semester if you are located in Berlin and the surrounding. The Onboarding will also take place in person in Berlin. You are more than welcome to join!

We invite you to four on-site community events throughout the semester if you are located in Berlin and surrounding. The Onboarding and Demo Day will also take place in person in Düsseldorf. You are more than welcome to join!

Four in-person sessions are taking place in Hamburg: Onboarding, two regular course sessions, and Demo Day. If you are based in Hamburg, it would be fantastic if you could support the course in one or more of these sessions.

Conclusion

Timeline

Preparation Phase

Teachers Onboarding & Planning Sessions

⏰ Feb 12th - 20th, 2 meetings per course

A ReDI volunteer journey starts with a welcome to the ReDI community! During teachers onboarding & planning sessions, we:

Welcome new & returning volunteer teachers to the community
Share semester mission, goals & timeline
Plan / review the outline of the coursw
Align on teaching roles & processes
Prepare for students selection process and course kick off

Students Screening / Interviews

⏰ Feb 24th - 28th, 1 session, 2 hours, optional briefing 30 min before event

The interview is the last step to become a ReDI students, after completing a prework and submitting an official application. We interview in order to:

Get to know the students
Ensure their time availability
Check their understanding of course content
Understand their motivation to join

We interview every candidate who is not a returning students who passed with achievement in the past semester. *For Circles & Bootcamps we will interview both new & returning students.

We recommend the candidate a course if motivation, understanding of the content and time commitment fit. Based on your decision, we recommend your course, a lower or more advanced one.

Interview Preparation

You will receive the information on this page, as well as the interview form for your course along with your calendar invite for the interviews. Please accept or decline the invitation by February 19th to confirm your attendance so we can plan accordingly.
A non mandatory 30-minute briefing will also be held on interview day to review the process and address any questions before we start.

On Interview day

Join the Zoom call from your calendar invite.
The ReDI Team will welcome you and assign you to a breakout room.
A max of 6 students will be sent to you one at a time for 1:1 interviews (20 minutes total):
- 15 minutes conversation
- 5 minutes for notes and recommendation
A dedicated Slack channel will be set up for real-time communication throughout the interviews and breakout sessions. Once you complete an interview, notify the team on Slack, and the next student will be sent your way.

Teachers Training

⏰ March 3rd-12th, non mandatory We'll offer trainings to our wonderful volunteer teachers to make sure they feel confident sharing their knowledge in the classroom. Training plan and additional information will be presented during onboarding & planning meetings.

Kick Off Preparation

⏰ Courses kick off on March 17th or 18th

During our teachers / students kick-off day, you welcome the students to the class. The session is facilitated by each teaching team as a collaborative effort. You find the materials for the kick off session in your course sheet. You need to sign up for a role by adding your name to the meeting agenda. You prepare for the event by finalising the materials needed for your role. The main goals of the meetings are:

Getting to know each other, create a welcoming class atmosphere
Introducing the teaching team to the students
Presenting the course & class tools

Teaching Phase

Mid-Semester Students Feedback Session - ReDI Led

⏰ May 5th - 7th, 1 session per class, 2 hours Exact date available in your course sheet LINK

The ReDI team will meet with the students to collect feedback on the course as well as suggestions from the students. The session is moderate entirely by the ReDI team and results are brought to the teaching team at the teachers touch point one week later.

Teachers Touch Points

⏰ May 12th - 14th, 1 session per team, 2 hours Exact date available in your course sheet LINK We meet at mid semester with the teaching team to:

hear feedback from the students and ideate solutions,
celebrate our achievements and
plan the rest of the semester.

Teachers touch points happen while students are attending ReDI's career week.

Career Week

The Career Week at ReDI School is a week of training webinars designed to help students connect with industry professionals, improve job-related skills, explore career opportunities and boost their job readiness. More LINK CAREER SERVICES ✅ Students need to attend 2 career events during the semester (within or outside the career week) in order to graduate. Students choose topics most interesting to them. ✅ Other career events during the semester might include: company visits, networking opportunities, mentoring matching events.

During career week, classes are on hold. We use this time to organize teaching team touch points.

Project Phase

⏰ Last 2 or 3 weeks of classes are dedicated to project Exact dates available in your course sheet LINK The Project Phase at ReDI School is the part of the course where learners apply what they've learned by working on a real-world projects. It is also a way to boost students confidence and improve job readiness. It usually happens towards the end of the program and is designed to help building practical experience and a strong portfolio. For learners, this is a chance to foster:

🔹 Team Collaboration – Work in teams with other students, just like in a real job. 🔹 Hands-on Learning – Apply coding, design, or data skills to solve real problems. 🔹 Mentor Support – Get guidance from teachers on real case scenarios. 🔹 Final Presentation – Showcase their project to classmates, mentors, and sometimes even company representatives.

Community Events

Local Community Events at ReDI School are gatherings where students, alumni, mentors, and industry professionals come together to network informally and share some quality time. These events help you connect with the tech community in your city (Berlin, Hamburg, or NRW). We'll organize 2 community events per each location this semester.

Essential Tools

Here's an overview of the key tools we use for teaching and communication. Please set up these tools now to ensure effective collaboration with your team and students.

Slack

This is our main communication tool, both with teachers and with the students. You'll have access by default to your teaching team channel and the students' channel. Additionally, you can join our community channels in Berlin, NRW, and Hamburg to learn about local events. Please check Slack regularly during the semester and communicate with your teaching team via Slack if you cannot make it to class.

Action

Create a Profile. Use your real name. So that we know who you are.
Say hello 👋 in your teacher channel to introduce yourself.

Google Calendar

We use Google Calendar to send semester meeting appointments to teachers and students.

Actions

Please review Google Calendar invites you received from ReDI via Email and RSPV, so that we can plan very efficient meetings

Zoom

Our online sessions are running on Zoom. We highly recommend installing and updating the Zoom app on your device, as the online version doesn't cover all functionalities. Please note: The class Zoom link is the same for the entire semester.

Actions

Download the Zoom application

Google Classroom

We use Google Classroom to share material with the students and to collect and give feedback to projects and homework.

Actions

Accept the invitation to Google Classroom that you received via Email

Complete your Self-Onboarding

Thank you very much for going through your Self-Onboarding! This ensures a smooth onboarding into your volunteer experience. Please complete the following typeform to finish the self-onboarding. If you face any problems, you can indicate them in the typeform.

That's it! Thanks for completing your self-onboarding. Feel free to browse around the teacher hub. See you soon!

Tools & Platforms

Course Sheet

Link: The link to your Course Sheet is pinned in Slack.
Course Management: We use the Course Sheet to organize the course.
Availability & Ownership: Volunteers assign themselves to the session. They show when they are available to teach.
Feedback: The coursesheet has a feedback tab where we collect feedback about the session.

Not available anymore?

Mark it in the Course Sheet so that others can see it!

Zoom

Zoom? It is our video conferencing tool for the classes.
Zoom Link: You find it pinned in Slack. The Zoom link is the same for the whole semester.
Recordings: We record the session. More: Recordings
Claim Host: Credentials are pinned in Slack. How to Join Zoom & Claim Host
Join early? The Zoom call opens 45 min ahead of time. Feel free to join early.

How to Join Zoom & Claim Host

Find the link to the class meeting either in your calendar invite for the session or pinned in the teachers slack channel. Join with one click
Go to the participants list and “Claim host”. Sign in with the host key to become the host. You can find the host key (a series of 6 numbers) pinned in the teacher Slack channel.

Please make your co-teachers for the sessions co-hosts by right-clicking on their name from the participants list.
Please do not forget to record the class. We record only Input and Q&A Sessions.

Recordings

Recordings automatically save into a drive students have access to as viewers. This Drive is pinned to the students slack channel. Recordings are available for whole semester. Break out rooms cannot be recorded.

Default Zoom Settings

When starting the meeting, audio is off, your video is off and recording is off.
Hosts are allowed to add co-hosts.
Possibility to send files via meeting chat.

Attendance Tracker

Who: The teaching assistant tracks attendance
When: Every regular class (usually 20 minutes into the session)
Access: Credentials are pinned in your teaching teams' Slack channel

Why track attendance?

We ask learners to join at least 80% of the sessions to obtain a certificate. We believe students can only learn if they attend. That's why attendance tracking is essential. ReDI follows up regularly with students with low attendance to offer support.

Attendance Status per Session

100% – Present: Arrive on time, actively participate, and keep the camera on.

50% – Excused: Notify in advance if unable to attend

50% – Late: Arrival more than 15 minutes late. Please mark as "Excused". If no excuse is known, select "Other." No explanation from students is required.

50% – Early Leave: Leaving before the break. Please mark as "Excused". If no excuse is known, select "Other." No explanation from students is required.

0% – Absent: No prior communication of absence

Camera on Policy

Students will only be marked as "present", if they join the class with their camera on.

If a student should experience internet connection problems during the class, they should either write it in the chat or unmute themselves to inform teachers and fellow students. If this is not possible, students should inform the class through a message in their students slack channel.

How to track Attendance?

Course Content

Key Resources

Prior Material? If you taught in the past semester at ReDI, you might have existing material you would like to reuse. That is fantastic! Add it to our Google Drive.

Homework?

How do I create more engagement in class?

Best practices for teaching?

Class Engagement

We provide additional tools that you can use to engage students more in your sessions! At ReDI, we like to use the following tools and icebreakers:

Mentimeter (Interactive Polls)

Create live polls, word clouds, and Q&A
Perfect for:
- Icebreakers: Ask students about their expectations or background knowledge.
- Quick polls: Check understanding of a topic in real-time.
- Exit tickets: Gather feedback at the end of a session.
Login credentials in teachers' Slack channel

Kahoot (Learning Games)

Quiz-based learning with competitive elements
Perfect for Revision & Recaps - You create a quiz, and students participate live in class via browser or cell phone.
Login credentials in teachers' Slack channel

Icebreaker Ideas

You can use quick icebreakers at the start of your sessions to energize participants, build connections, and create an engaging and interactive learning environment. Here is a list of icebreakers. They shouldn't take more than 5 minutes to run.

1. Two Truths and a Lie

Description: Participants share three statements about themselves—two true and one false. The group has to guess which one is the lie.
How to Run: Use breakout rooms for smaller groups or let everyone participate in the main room.
Objective: Participants get to know each other in a fun way.

2. Virtual Scavenger Hunt

Description: Give participants a list of items to find in their home within 1-2 minutes (e.g., something red, something that makes noise).
How to Run: Ask them to bring the items back to the camera and share a quick story about one of them.
Objective: The activity is an energizer.

3. Emoji Reactions

Description: Pose a question or statement (e.g., "How are you feeling about today’s session?") and ask participants to respond using emojis only.
How to Run: Use the chat in Zoom.
Objective: It is an easy way for participants to share how they are doing.

More Resources

Final Project

🌟 Final Project Phase – Spring 2025

The Final Project is the highlight of the semester and an essential part of the learning journey at ReDI. During this phase, learners apply the skills they’ve developed to create a personal or team project that showcases their knowledge in HTML & CSS.

🚀 About the Project Phase

The project phase begins after the core curriculum is completed.

Learners will:

Work individually or in small groups (up to 3 people)
Choose their own project topic with teacher guidance
Build a working website or feature relevant to the course

💡 Goal: Apply the concepts learned in class in a hands-on, creative project

🧑‍💻 Project Requirements

Each project must include:

A code-based solution using HTML & CSS
A presentation and a live demo (showing a working website)

Students choose their own project topic with teacher guidance. Project types may include:

A personal website
A thematic landing page
A community-focused mini project
Anything aligned with the course content and realistic for the timeframe

📅 Timeline (Spring 2025)

📌 Attendance and presentation in the Class Demo Day are required for students to receive a certificate.

🗣️ Presentation Guidelines

To help learners prepare their pitch, here’s a suggested format:

Length: Max. 5 minutes
Mode: Slides or Live Demonstration
Proposed Structure:
1. Intro – What’s the project, and what problem does it solve?
2. Demo – Show the live website
3. Challenges & Learning – What went well? What was hard? What did you learn?

🧑‍🏫 Encourage learners to rehearse and help each other practice!

🧾 Certification Requirements

To receive a ReDI certificate, learners must:

Attend at least 80% of the course
Participate in 2 Career Workshops
Complete and present a Final Project
Attend the Internal Demo Day
Complete 2 IBM SkillsBuild Courses

🤝 Class Culture & Support

💬 “We grow by doing, and by helping each other.”

Encourage a supportive, collaborative learning environment.
Foster confidence through feedback.
Use class time for project work, check-ins, and guidance.

Project Phase Guidelines

Project Session Tips

Teaching Team

Session Assist

Overview

As a session assistant, you provide technical and administrative support during Regular Classes. You open the Zoom call, track attendance, help answer questions, and provide support in break-out rooms.

Key Responsibilities

Technical setup and support
Student attendance tracking
Question moderation
Breakout room management

Session Checklist

Before Class:

Coordinate with the session owner
Review class content

During Class:

Join Zoom Call (link pinned in Slack and Google Calendar)
Claim the host (host key pinned in Slack)
Make the Session Owner co-host on Zoom (safety measure)
Start cloud recording
Monitor student questions
Support breakout activities
Track attendance

After Class:

Share feedback on the class and student engagement in the Slack handover bot for team visibility

Important Links

All essential links (attendance tracker, Zoom) are bookmarked in Slack.

FAQ

I can't find the attendance tracker

The link to the attendance tracker is pinned in Slack

I can't find the Zoom link

Backup Teacher

Overview

Backup teachers provide emergency coverage when teachers cannot attend class. No session attendance is required unless called upon.

Substitution Process

Absent teacher posts in #teachers Slack channel and tags @backup teacher
Backup teacher confirms availability
Role assignment:
- If assistant is absent: Backup becomes assistant
- If lead is absent: Assistant becomes lead, backup becomes assistant

Regular Class

Purpose

Weekly class where students learn new concepts and get introduced to their next project milestone.

Session Details

When: Thursdays, 19:00 - 21:00
Where: Zoom (link in Slack)
Team: Session Owner leads the session and Session Assist supports

Class Structure

Review previous content
Introduce weekly milestone
Present new concepts
Guided practice ("We Do")
Group practice in breakout rooms ("You Do")

Essential Tools

Here's an overview of the key tools we use for teaching and communication. Please set up these tools now to ensure effective collaboration with your team and students.

Slack

Action

Create a Profile. Use your real name. So that we know who you are.
Say hello 👋 in your teacher channel to introduce yourself.

Google Calendar

We use Google Calendar to send semester meeting appointments to teachers and students.

Actions

Please review Google Calendar invites you received from ReDI via Email and RSPV, so that we can plan very efficient meetings

Zoom

Actions

Download the Zoom application

Google Classroom

We use Google Classroom to share material with the students and to collect and give feedback to projects and homework.

Actions

Accept the invitation to Google Classroom that you received via Email

Complete your Self-Onboarding

That's it! Thanks for completing your self-onboarding. Feel free to browse around the teacher hub. See you soon!

Backup Teacher

Overview

Backup teachers provide emergency coverage when teachers cannot attend class. No session attendance is required unless called upon.

Substitution Process

Absent teacher posts in #teachers Slack channel and tags @backup teacher
Backup teacher confirms availability
Role assignment:
- If assistant is absent: Backup becomes assistant
- If lead is absent: Assistant becomes lead, backup becomes assistant

Backup Teacher

Overview

Backup teachers provide emergency coverage when teachers cannot attend class. No session attendance is required unless called upon.

Substitution Process

Absent teacher posts in #teachers Slack channel and tags @backup teacher
Backup teacher confirms availability
Role assignment:
- If assistant is absent: Backup becomes assistant
- If lead is absent: Assistant becomes lead, backup becomes assistant

Course Overview

ReDI Students

About the Circle

The Full Stack Circle is a 14-week advanced program designed for students with solid HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and basic React skills who want to gain development experience by working on team-based projects. Each cohort consists of 25 students who collaborate in small teams to build a full-stack application, simulating a professional software development environment.

Course Purpose & Philosophy

Primary goal: Employability through hands-on experience
Focus on real-world project work rather than traditional lectures
Emphasis on production-quality code and team experience
Encourages self-learning and independent problem-solving

Course Structure

One main project for the entire semester
The class operates like a development team
Students are divided into feature teams
3-week sprint cycles
Gradual transition from teacher-led to student-led project organization

Curriculum Goals

Soft Skills: Teamwork, Task management, Project communication, Self-learning
Technical Skills: React, Frontend/Backend development, Testing, Git, Clean code practices, Debugging, Documentation

Projects

The students choose at the beginning of the semester a platform they like to clone. The previous project was an AirBnb Clone.

Semester Outline

Weeks 1 - 3: Tools configuration, development environment setup, project management process overview
Remaining weeks: Split into 3-week sprints. Each sprint contains a focus topic according to the project type that needs to be completed. Milestones will break down the project into smaller deliverables. Expect weekly homework (project work) during this period.
Demo Day: At the end of the semester, each team will present their projects to the audience of ReDI course community members.

Sprint Outline

Sprint Phase

Duration

Key Activities

Sprint Kickoff

Day 1

Sprint Planning, Refinement, Work Time

Sprint

Weeks 1-3

Standups, Work Time, Optional Lessons

Sprint Conclusion

Week 3 Day 2

Demo, Retrospective, Next Sprint Brainstorming

Activities Description

Work Time

This is where the students are working on their projects in class and the teachers are available to help.
We can encourage them to be investigating their tickets so that they can already start finding any unknowns that we can instruct them on, or to inform us what the next lesson should be about.
Pair with students, answer their questions
We do code reviews, look at their work, and see how we can be helping them improve as mentors.
Prepare the upcoming tickets for the next classes.

Standup

The PM of each team walks them through standup:

Check the status of the tasks on the board: Any updates, anything blocked or anyone need help?
Keep it brief - standups are about exchanging important information and connecting with people who can solve your problems, not about solving them there or showing off.

Planning

Roughly figuring out who will work on what for the rest of the week. Mainly looking for:
Does every student have meaningful work available to them?
Will anyone be blocked by others, and can we avoid that?

Demo

Give the students a chance in front of everyone to showcase what they’ve been working on and made, what they’re proud of.

Retro

At the end of every sprint, we’ll have a retrospective where we address two main points:

Likes: What did we like (about anything - the tasks, the project, the code, the course, other people?)
Wishes: What do we wish for, how could we make things better (about the tasks, or the project, the code, or the course).

Sprint Brainstorming

A large gathering of the entire class where everyone is participating in coming up with ideas for what the next sprint projects could be, and finding out who is interested in them (to form which teams).

Lesson

When we see students needing help on a specific topic (or they request a specific one), then the Instructor prepares a short (20m-1h) lesson on the topic. This should be a bit of a lecture with some slides or other visual materials, and ideally some examples and practice code/session for the students. We will record these lessons.

Sessions

Day

Session

Description

Roles

Tuesday 19:00 - 21:00

We meet for two weekly online sessions to support the students work step-by-step on the project. Agenda: General stand ups, updates in main room, then breakout rooms

Thursday 19:00 - 21:00

Agenda: General stand ups, updates in main room, then breakout rooms

Guides

The volunteers (guides) take on the head of basically two roles:

Product Manager: Runs meetings (standups, planning, refinement), Prepares and prioritizes tasks
Mentor: Performs code reviews, Provides one-on-one guidance, Answers student questions

As a guide, you are both a PM and a Mentor within the sessions :)

On-Site Activities

We are organizing on-site activities in our three main locations. Find out more below.