Teaching Python at Stanford’s Code in Place
For two years, I served as a Section Leader with Stanford’s Code in Place, where I guided a cohort of 10–15 students through the first half of the renowned CS106A Python curriculum. Each week, I facilitated live small-group sessions focused on control flow, loops, conditionals, console programs, graphics, lists, and dictionaries, helping students build computational thinking through hands-on, creative assignments :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}.
This role emphasized human-centered learning at scale—paired with weekly interactive discussions, community support, and Stanford’s high-quality lecture videos, I helped learners globally engage with programming fundamentals more deeply :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}.
Course Highlights
- 🐍 Taught core Python concepts: variables, conditionals, loops, console I/O, list/dictionary data structures.
- 🎨 Guided students through creative mini-projects in graphics and console programs.
- 💬 Held live weekly sections—personalized spaces where students could ask questions and collaborate.
- 🌍 Contributed to a global, inclusive learning community with a 1:10 leader-to-student ratio :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}.
By the end of the course, students progressed from zero coding experience to confidently writing Python programs, thinking algorithmically, and solving problems creatively—all within a supportive, interactive setting.