women in tech - champions for change scholarship program by coder factory
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WOMEN IN TECH Champions for Change Scholarship Program - by Coder Factory
Give motivated women in your organisation the opportunity to become intrapreneurs, while being taught coding, product management and business development.
Ready your organisation for the future. Give your valued employees the opportunity to be educated in emerging technologies, lean startup methodologies and agile development. Empower your people to think big, take risks and make a difference in your company, in their career and in the world.
Top 4 Reasons to be a Champion for Change FRESH IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE OF YOUR COMPANY Tap into the ideas already in the heads of your employees.
IMPROVE DIVERSITY IN TECHNOLOGY ROLES Reward your high potential female employees with an opportunity to give their career a boost.
EMPOWER VALUED EMPLOYEES Invigorate your business by empowering your employees with knowledge of coding and technology.
NEW TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS Stimulate innovation throughout the business with a forward thinking program driven by women.
Outcomes for program graduates. 1. New skills, knowledge and experiences to
supercharge their career.
2. Collaborate with colleagues from different parts of the business.
3. Think like an entrepreneur, looking for business opportunities by solving customer and business problems with technology.
4. Understanding of technology and the ability to build web applications.
5. Confidence and fellowship.
Program details
PROGRAM FORMAT 12 weeks part time. 8 hours of class each week. Ideally, participants will be given one work day off each week to attend class.
TEACHERS & MENTORS Program teachers are experienced coders and specialists in their respective fields. It is expected that senior employees from your company will give some time to mentor students.
IDEAL STUDENTS The ideal student is ambitious, intelligent and driven. Being passionate about technology and the ability to take risks is advantageous.
CHOOSING SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS An application and interview process to enable Coder Factory and stakeholders to choose the best candidates.
Education Plan Week Technology
5-6 hours per weekEntrepreneurship 2-3 hours per week
1 Programming fundamentals Emerging technology in retail and business
2 Web design, internet and databases Lean startup methodology and innovating business models
3 Intro to web application development with Ruby on Rails - part 1
Identifying problems worthy of solving with technology
4 Intro to web application development with Ruby on Rails - part 2
Validation of ideas using customer development techniques
5 Begin building class application Authentication, data relationships
Personas and wireframes
6 Agile development, developer tools Metrics
7 Payment systems APIs
Pitching your idea to stakeholders and potential customers
8 Deployment Infrastructure
Social media strategies, digital marketing, growth hacking
9 Begin building final project Product management. Working with developers
10 Optimisation, search engines Usability testing
11 Introduction to testing. Debugging techniques Pitch preparation
12 The future of technology Final pitch of applications to management
Who is Coder Factory?
Coder Factory is a technology and entrepreneurship college for business owners and professionals.
Participants in our programs come to us from many different backgrounds and careers. They are motivated, driven individuals with ideas to make improvements in their work, the businesses they run (or work for) and solve problems for the communities they live in.
Coder Factory’s experienced educators are passionate about technology and the power it gives those who understand it and can create it.
Suggested sequence of events
1. Workshop with stakeholders
2. Promote scholarship internally and invite
applications
3. Scholarship applicants are interviewed
4. Awardees are chosen and announced
5. Education commences
6. Visits from mentors and specialists
7. Final pitches and graduation event
8. Program review
Your move! Make it happen.
Contact Coder Factory directly to make this happen in your workplace.
Phone: 1300 884 095 (if in Australia). Outside Australia: (+61) 2 9016 5360 Email: [email protected] Website: https://coderfactory.com