Computer Mentors
As a community we should do more, to ensure students can compete in the job market that demands Computer Science/Information Technology fundamental skills in: computational thinking, collaboration, coding and programming, and software development. These are intentional skills that must be taught for students to learn the skills of today and in the future.
- According to the World Economic Forum (2018) skills that will be in high demand over the next ten to twenty years will be in areas of Computer Science/Information Technology: Big Data, cyber security, and organizational management skills.
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics (2018), states that Computer Science/ Information technology occupations projected to grow 13 percent from 2016 to 2026, at an accelerated jobs rate over other industries in areas of: storage of big data, cloud computing, and information security.
- The trend is expected to continue to rise in both industries with an average salary of $84, 580 and adding close to 557, 100 jobs (Bureau of Labor and Statistics, 2018). Today, median salary is $37, 500.
Young Coders’ Club
Computer Mentors’ introduces Young Coders Club our expanded program that takes both lementary, middle school and high school students through phases of development and readiness for a career
pathway into Computer Science/ S.T.E. A.M industries.
- Additionally, Computer Mentors incorporate Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (S.T.E.A.M) using EV3 as an introduction to robotic science, building a Raspberry PI as physical computing projects all while learning Python software language.
- Additionally, students are taught computational thinking, as they learn to write coding and create student-centered story boarding using virtual environment and gamified platform.
- Student learn to be problem solvers, understand concepts of programming and use those skills as they work through challenges at various levels of the course.
- Young Coders’ Club incorporates session on Internet safety/ cyber security.
- Young Coders Club was especially designed for young and curious minds to engage in deep learning. Young Coders Club is offered, during after school, and out of school time (OST; summer programming).
Our Mission
Computer Mentors’ Young Coders Club uses an online curricula and unplugged methods to teach concepts of cyber security, operating systems, coding and programming.
Alone with curricula online and offline, the mentors are instrumental in transferring the knowledge to students, coaching them through challenging projects and building skills that lead to high confidence and improved self-esteem.
Computational thinking skills
Every job will involve some aspects of programming, students that learn computational thinking skills, will be prepared to understand system thinking in coding and programming, problem solving, understanding logic and algorithms.
Imagination and creativity
Students can explore their imagination and creativity through the essential components of the Young Coders’ Club
system to simplify some of the programming concepts and set the catalyst for stimulating the imagination and creativity that are fundamental pathways to learning Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics
(S.T.E.A.M) studies.