Low-income American middle school students will have access to after-school technology training.

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After-School Apprenticeships in Technology

Summary

Low-income middle schoolers will work with volunteers from tech firms in CA, MA, NJ & TX, in after-school apprenticeships to build critical academic skills & raise school and career aspirations. read updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $6,693 was raised for this project.

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In communities where Citizen Schools operates, children are caught in a vicious cycle of declining educational and economic opportunity. Among communities we serve, 50% or more of the low-income children who enter public high schools do not graduate. This project will teach educationally at-risk students technology and communications skills that will help propel them toward high school completion, advancement to college and full participation in the civic and economic life of their communities.

Activities

Technology apprenticeships allow students to work alongside real-world experts (volunteer “Citizen Teachers”) to develop new technological skills. Courses culminate in public celebrations of learning where students teach back to their communities.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $6,693

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $6,693. The original project funding goal was $25,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Citizen Schools aims to change the life trajectories of low-income, low-achieving students and propel them toward success in school, college graduation, career opportunities and civic leadership. We also aim to strengthen the after-school sector.

Project Message

My favorite apprenticeship has definitely been computers. We upgraded computers by adding memory and made the school basement into a computer lab. I want to study computers at MIT when I go to college
- Irvel, apprentice, Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Boston

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Jodie Deshmukh,
Grants Manager
Citizen Schools
308 Congress Street, Museum Wharf
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
United States
617-695-2300 x113
Email:

Project Sponsor

Citizen Schools

Organization

Citizen Schools
Citizen Schools
308 Congress Street, Museum Wharf
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
United States
617-695-2300
http://www.citizenschools.org

Learn more about Citizen Schools and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in United States and can also be found under Education.

For more information about United States, read the Human Development Report on United States or the Wikipedia entry for United States.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on September 06, 2007.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 01, 2005.

Latest Update from the Field

Highlights from 2006-07 Academic Year

By Jodie Deshmukh - AFTER-SCHOOL APPRENTICESHIPS IN TECHNOLOGY , September 06, 2007 05:55 PM

In the past year, Citizen Schools has developed and delivered a multitude of outstanding technology apprenticeships as part of our STEM apprenticeship initiative that focused on building analytic and academic skills essential to related domains. Students and adults of diverse backgrounds forged positive relationships and at the same time, students were introduced to new opportunities and innovative information on STEM careers.

With help from a variety of partner organizatinos and supporters, Citizen Schools volunteers led more than 150 STEM apprenticeships in academic year 2006-07 - nearly 20% of the total apprenticeships offered. As we prepare to launch academic year 2007-08, we hope to sustain and exceed this number of STEM apprenticeships at our sites across the country.

One of our most substantial and exciting successes was our partnership with MIT in computer science. Students in technology apprenticeships debuted their learning and products at Kids Online! hosted by the MIT Media Lab. One of the featured apprenticeships was Scratch, a digital, multi-media software program that allows for more intuitive, kid-friendly programming to create music, animation and movies (instead of complex algorithms, the program uses visual blocks students string together). As you can imagine, this process was quite appealing to our young students; not only did they enjoy themselves, but they also learned important mathematical and computational ideas and gained a deeper understanding of the process of design. You can visit our students’ work online at http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/14.

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