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Volunteer Program Brings Computer Science to Schools
A TEALS volunteers assists AP CS students at Hazen High School in Washington.
Credit: TEALS
When Eric Hatch was in high school, his computer science teacher inspired a passion for the subject that led to a career in the field.
"My high school computer science teacher was the one who sparked my entire career and is the reason why I feel I'm successful personally," says Hatch, now an information technology project manager with Boeing. "So, I wanted to help make a difference in somebody else's life like that."
He thought about mentoring a robotics team at an area school, but then he got an email from one of his colleagues about the Technology Education and Literacy in Schools program. "This came at the perfect time when I was already looking for something," Hatch says.
The program, a national project supported by Microsoft Philanthropies, brings volunteers from the IT and software industry into high school classrooms to teach computer science skills to students and teachers. Technology Education and Literacy in Schools provides the curriculum and lessons to the volunteers.
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