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Coding Camp Volunteer Training

Mentor kids in code safely — in the lab and over video — with observable sessions, private-data protection, and a welcoming room.

46 min Beginner 7 modules Pass 80%

For: Coding & tech camp mentors, lab instructors, online breakout-room volunteers, and teaching assistants

What you’ll learn

Bring the same duty of care to both in-person labs and online sessions
Keep every online session observable and interruptible — no private DMs or off-platform contact
Protect campers’ personal data, privacy, and images online
Recognize, stop, and report cyberbullying and keep the chat respectful
Run a safe lab — device, electrical, and screen-ergonomics basics
Build an inclusive, encouraging room that welcomes every kid to code
Apply abuse-prevention boundaries and mandatory reporting, in person and online

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Course outline

1
Two settings, one duty of care
A coding camp puts you shoulder-to-shoulder with kids in a lab one hour and face-to-face over video the next.
6 min Quiz Interactive
2
Observable & interruptible: online mentor safety
The single most important rule for online mentoring is the same one that governs a physical camp: keep every interaction observable and interruptible.
8 min Quiz Interactive
3
Protecting campers’ data & privacy online
Coding camps run on accounts, logins, screen shares, and shared projects — every one of which can leak a child’s personal information.
7 min Video Quiz Interactive
4
Cyberbullying & a respectful chat
Put kids in a shared chat, code review, or multiplayer project and some friction is inevitable — teasing over “bad code,” unkind messages, exclusion from a group project.
6 min Quiz Interactive
5
The lab: device, electrical & screen safety
An in-person coding lab is full of laptops, chargers, power strips, and cords — plus hours of screen time.
6 min Quiz Interactive
6
An inclusive, encouraging room
Coding intimidates a lot of kids — especially girls and students who’ve never seen someone “like them” write code.
6 min Quiz Interactive
7
Abuse prevention & mandatory reporting
Everything in this course rolls up to one core duty: preventing abuse and knowing how to report it — in the lab and online.
7 min Quiz Interactive

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