Instructor, Finance and Investment Management and Fintech (Houston)
About The Position
Circuit Stream is seeking finance, investment, or fintech practitioners, educators, and graduate students to teach teenagers at the University of Houston. The role focuses on helping students ages 13–17 build practical financial literacy and understand traditional investing and emerging financial technology. Depending on the cohort, the instructor may teach Finance & Investment Management, Financial Technology & Investing, or both. Circuit Stream provides the curriculum, lesson resources, and activities. The instructor makes these materials engaging and accessible, leads hands-on learning, and helps students meet course objectives. Instruction is in person. The listed Finance and Investment Management teaching dates are June 21–July 2, 2027, and July 12–23, 2027, with daily hours of 8:45 a.m.–4:45 p.m. Required instructor training and onboarding take place when hired, with an additional 2–3 hours in June before courses begin. A background check is required before working with youth learners.
Requirements
- Genuine enjoyment of working with teenagers and ability to keep a group engaged, participating, and excited to learn.
- Professional, academic, or substantial project experience in finance, investment management, financial technology, banking, wealth management, or a related field.
- A completed degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Financial Technology, or a related discipline; a Master's or PhD in progress, or equivalent professional experience, is also considered.
- Strong understanding of investment fundamentals, portfolio construction, market data, diversification, and risk.
- Comfort with tools such as TradingView, Yahoo Finance, paper-trading platforms, CoinMarketCap, Coinbase, or Etherscan, or ability to learn provided tools quickly.
- Availability to teach on weekdays during all listed course dates.
- Ability to actively facilitate learning, explain financial risk and complex market concepts without hype or jargon, and maintain a focused and safe learning environment.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of fintech and cryptocurrency.
- Teaching, tutoring, mentoring, coaching, camp, or youth-program experience.
Responsibilities
- Deliver the provided Finance & Investment Management and/or Financial Technology & Investing curriculum with energy, clarity, and strong classroom facilitation.
- Guide students through market analysis, portfolio simulations, investment decision-making, fintech tools, and group activities, ensuring learners work toward course learning objectives.
- Help students interpret market data, question hype-driven claims, understand risk, and recognize misinformation, scams, and responsible approaches to financial and crypto research.
- Create an inclusive, positive classroom environment and use appropriate behavior-management techniques to reinforce expectations, rules, responsible technology use, and safety requirements.
- Supervise students during scheduled indoor and outdoor activities outside classroom instruction each day.
- Monitor learner progress and communicate concerns or support needs to the Circuit Stream team.
Benefits
- Compensation of USD 1,650 per week.
- Complete curriculum, lesson resources, activities, instructor training, and support from Circuit Stream’s Education team.
- Opportunity to help teenagers build financial literacy and explore careers in finance, investment, and fintech.
- Community of instructors and educators to connect with and learn from.
- Opportunity to strengthen teaching and mentorship skills while making a visible impact on students.
