About

The SUCCEED Apprenticeship Program seeks to develop and evaluate activities and support mechanisms that move students from an excitementfor computational science and information technology (IT) to having experience and developing expertise.Students learn one or more areas of computational science and associated use of technologies, techniques, and tools of IT, within the context of STEM.

The program has made significant progress in developing and evaluating a methodology for bridging this excitement-expertise gap for upper-middle and high school students.

Participants

The SUCCEED Apprenticeship Program draws students from diverse backgrounds to STEM fields through its dynamic, hands-on learning experience. Below are some details about our participants:

• They are usually rising 9th-12th graders
• Each apprentice spends approximately 300 hours in the program over the course of one year
• Apprentices are recruited from Shodor SUCCEED Scholars Program Workshop, from other Shodor summer workshops, and some contact us because of word-of-mouth!
• Students are interviewed and admitted based on their interests in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and parents sign a contract committing their support for their student's participation in the project.

Program Structure and Curriculum

School Year

Time Commitment: three Saturdays per month, 9:00am - 2:30pm

Students Must: attend Saturday workshops three times a month to learn new computational science and STEM skills; meet with their mentor once a month

Summer