Amazon funding Amazon Future Engineer Robotics
grants – including access to computer science education, FIRST
robotics program registrations to start a robotics team, and a tour
of a local Amazon robotics fulfillment center for up to 30 Seattle
Public Schools
Beginning this fall, Seattle Public Schools
join 100 schools across 22 states set to benefit and support the
future generation of innovators
Amazon Future Engineer is a four-part,
childhood-to-career program that works to inspire and educate 10
million children and young adults each year from underrepresented
and underserved communities to pursue careers in the fast-growing
field of computer science and coding
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Seattle Public Schools today announced
a new partnership to bring computer science and robotics to up to
30 Title 1 Seattle Public Schools as part of the Amazon Future
Engineer program. Amazon is providing each of the schools with an
Amazon Future Engineer Robotics grant to inspire the next
generation of computer scientists, with a focus on students from
underrepresented and underserved communities. Each of the schools
will receive support to launch FIRST robotics teams, including
teacher professional development to learn about robotics, support
from Amazon to expand access to computer science education in their
school, and a private tour of an Amazon robotics fulfillment center
in Kent, Washington.
The mission of FIRST, curriculum provider for Amazon Future
Engineer Robotics grants, is to inspire young people to be science
and technology leaders and innovators by engaging them in exciting
mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and
technology skills to students in grades K-12. Data from a 5-year
longitudinal study of FIRST by Brandeis University shows
competitive FIRST robotics programs works for all youth. Across all
demographic groups (gender, race, economic status and geography),
FIRST students show significant gains in STEM knowledge, STEM
interest, STEM career interest, STEM identity, and STEM activity
compared to their peers who don’t participate. FIRST students are
more likely to major in tech-focused science fields in college; by
their second year of college, over 50 percent declare majors in
engineering or technology. The impact on young women in FIRST is
particularly profound. By their first year of college, female
alumnae of FIRST are 3.6 times more likely to take an engineering
course, and 1.9 times more likely to take a computer science course
than female comparison students.
Seattle Public Schools is committed to creating opportunities
for students who have historically been the furthest from
educational justice; these students have also been underrepresented
in STEM careers. They recognize the positive impact the partnership
will have on educators, teachers and coaches to learn new skills
and new ways of applying standards-based teaching in a new
environment.
“This partnership with Amazon will give our students of color
the opportunity to see engineers who look like them – which
provides a huge benefit and creates a quicker course to students
imagining a future in a STEM field,” said Seattle Public Schools
Superintendent Denise Juneau. “Creating educational journeys like
these help ensure our students are prepared for college, career,
and life.”
“Seattle is our hometown, and it’s very important to us to make
sure more students in our city, especially those from underserved
and underrepresented communities have access to an exciting and
rewarding computer science education,” said Beth Galetti, Amazon
Senior Vice President of Human Resources. “We are excited to help
Seattle Public Schools students become the innovators of the
future, and we’re confident that this hands-on experience provided
by Amazon Future Engineer will be both fun and informative.”
"Amazon is helping FIRST in our goal to make robotics teams and
programs available in every school,” said Dean Kamen, founder of
FIRST and president of DEKA Research & Development. “In FIRST,
every kid on every team can go pro. They gain a hands-on learning
pathway in technology, computer science and engineering that
propels them forward and inspires innovation."
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 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. Computer science is the fastest-growing profession
within the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) field,
but only 8% of STEM graduates earn a computer science degree, with
a tiny minority from underprivileged backgrounds. Students from
underprivileged backgrounds are 8 to 10 times more likely to pursue
college degrees in computer science if they have taken AP computer
science in high school.
More locally, the Washington Business Roundtable has reported
that a large number of hundreds of thousands new jobs being
generated in the Seattle area will be STEM-related. Moreover, the
Puget Sound Business Journal stated in their January 6, 2016
edition that Washington isn’t producing enough qualified workers to
supply talent-starved tech companies.
Launched in November, 2018, Amazon Future Engineer is a
four-part childhood-to-career program intended to inspire, educate,
and prepare children and young adults from underrepresented and
underserved communities to pursue careers in the fast-growing field
of computer science. Each year, Amazon Future Engineer aims to
inspire more than 10 million kids to explore computer science;
provide over 100,000 young people in over 2,000 high schools access
to Intro or AP Computer Science courses; award 100 students with
four-year $10,000 scholarships, as well as offer guaranteed and
paid Amazon internships to gain work experience. Amazon Future
Engineer is part of Amazon’s $50 million investment in computer
science/STEM education. In addition, Amazon Future Engineer has
donated more than $10 million to organizations that promote
computer science/STEM education across the country.
Schools currently confirmed to participate are as follows:
High schools – Rainier Beach High School
Middle schools – Denny Middle School, Washington Middle
School
K-8 schools – Broadview Thomson K-8 School, Licton Springs K-8
School, South Shore PreK-8 School
Elementary schools – Bailey Gatzert Elementary School, Beacon
Hill International Elementary School, Captain Stephen E. Sanislo
Elementary School, Concord International Elementary School,
Dearborn Park International Elementary School, Dunlap Elementary
School, Emerson Elementary School, Hawthorne Elementary School,
Highland Park Elementary School, John Muir Elementary School,
Kimball Elementary School, Leschi Elementary School, Lowell
Elementary School, Madrona Elementary School, Martin Luther King
Jr. Elementary School, Olympic Hills Elementary School, Sand Point
Elementary School, Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, Van Asselt
Elementary School, West Seattle Elementary School, Wing Luke
Elementary School
About Amazon in the Community
Amazon is committed to helping all children and young adults,
especially those from underrepresented and underserved communities,
have the resources and skills they need to build their best future.
Amazon focuses on building long-term, innovative, and high impact
programs that leverage Amazon’s unique assets and culture.
Initiatives include Amazon Future Engineer, designed to inspire and
excite 10 million children and young adults from underrepresented
communities each year to pursue an education in computer science,
as well as programs that support immediate needs, including
fighting childhood hunger by providing access to millions of
breakfasts through its nationwide Rise and Smile program,
addressing family homelessness through donations and housing a
homeless shelter in its Seattle headquarters, and global relief
efforts for people in need following natural disasters.
About Seattle Public Schools
Seattle Public Schools is committed to eliminating opportunity
gaps for students furthest from educational justice and providing a
high-quality, world-class education for each of the nearly 53,000
students served. As part of its 2019-24 district strategic plan,
the district is committed to building out new career and technical
education (CTE) course pathways in STEM-related areas as a way of
helping these students develop college and career readiness.
About FIRST
Accomplished inventor Dean Kamen founded FIRST (For Inspiration
and Recognition of Science and Technology) in 1989 to inspire an
appreciation of science and technology in young people. Based in
Manchester, N.H., FIRST designs accessible, innovative programs to
build self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills while motivating
young people to pursue opportunities in science, technology, and
engineering. With support from over 200 of the Fortune 500
companies and more than $80 million in college scholarships, the
not-for-profit organization hosts the FIRST Robotics Competition
for students in Grades 9-12; FIRST Tech Challenge for Grades 7-12;
FIRST LEGO League for Grades 4-8; and FIRST LEGO League Jr. for
Grades K-4. Gracious Professionalism is a way of doing things that
encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and
respects individuals and the community. To learn more about FIRST
and FIRST Washington, the state non-profit that runs the programs
and supports team, go to firstwa.org.
About Amazon
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than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to
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