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EDUCATION
Inspiring children and young
adults to try computer science
Math, science, history
and ... coding?
For today’s
students, learning how
to code is becoming just
as important as learning
how to read.
The Bureau of Labor
Statistics says computer
science is the fastest
growing profession
within the science, technology,
engineering and
math (STEM) fi eld. They
also project that, by 2020,
there will be 1.4 million
computer science-related
jobs available and only
400,000 computer science
graduates with the skills
to apply for those jobs.
Historically, access
to computer science education
and skills training
has been absent in
the curriculum for many
underrepresented and
underserved communities,
despite research
showing that exposure to
these subjects at a young
age makes students more
likely to pursue computer
science in college.
The new childhoodto
career program, Amazon
Future Engineer, is
working to change that
in a four-step process to
ensure access for all students
and inspire more
than 10 million kids to explore
computer science.
K-8
Amazon Future Engineer
recognizes that it’s
never too early to introduce
computer science to
students and begin fostering
an interest in the
fi eld. The program has
after-school computer
science workshops, coding
camps hosted at
schools and various locations,
and online computer
science courses
like Coding with Kids
and Code.org’s Hour of
Code: Dance Party - all
designed to encourage
students to explore computer
science.
“Without Amazon Future
Engineer funding
this coding camp, my son
would not have had such
a wonderful opportunity
because I simply could
not afford it,” explained
Kelly Garcia, whose son
Pierce attended a Coding
with Kids camp in Seattle,
Washington.
High school
The vast majority of
public elementary and
high schools, particularly
in low-income communities,
do not offer
computer science classes.
Each year, Amazon Future
Engineer provides
2,000 schools across the
country (totaling about
100,000 students) with Intro
to Computer Science
and AP Computer Science
classes through trusted
curriculum providers.
All students participating
in this program
also receive a free membership
to AWS Educate,
which provides them
with free access to computing
power in the AWS
Cloud for their coding
projects, and content to
learn about cloud computing.
College
scholarship
As students head off to
college, Amazon Future
Engineer continues to offer
new resources to support
their continued education
in the fi eld. The
program provides 100 students
from underrepresented
and underserved
communities committed
to studying computer
science in college with a
$40,000 college scholarship
- $10,000 per year.
For many students,
this fi nancial aid is the
catalyst that allows them
to pursue post-secondary
education and a career in
computer science.
Internship
Amazon Future Engineer
also offers the 100
scholarship recipients a
guaranteed, paid summer
internship after
their fi rst year of college.
Interns partner closely
with a technical mentor
and manager, as well as
their fellow interns, to innovate
and create on behalf
of Amazon customers.
“As an Amazon Future
Engineer intern, I
not only witnessed but
was immersed in what
it’s like to be a software
development engineer,”
explained Nari Johnson,
a sophomore at Harvard
University studying computer
science. “I left my
internship feeling more
confi dent in my ability to
transform a vision for a
service or product into reality.
As a woman in computer
science, Amazon’s
commitment to diversity
and early computer science
education has been
especially meaningful to
me.”
Students, teachers,
school administrators,
and parents can learn
more and apply at www.
amazonfutureengineer.
com. — BPT
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