On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) < ross.gard...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Cool, thanks Chris. Keep an eye on this list. I'll keep you informed here > (and may ping you privately if there is something specific I think you can > help with). > > In the meantime, do you have any experience already? > > I've done some tutoring, but nothing like this. (Also, friendly note: I prefer "Christopher" :) ) I'll keep an eye on the list. > Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. > A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher [mailto:ctubb...@apache.org] > Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 1:22 PM > To: dev@community.apache.org > Subject: Re: Volunteering in schools > > I might be interested in volunteering (though, I won't be in Austin). > > > -- > Christopher L Tubbs II > http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) < > ross.gard...@microsoft.com> wrote: > > > I know we have a bunch of people who already volunteer to teach in > > schools. I know that this has a great deal of impact at many levels. > > I'm looking for volunteers to help with a potential new initiative. > > > > In the run-up to ApacheCon Sally will be running a campaign around the > > 15th Anniversary of the foundation. It will look at the legacy of the > > ASF and to the future. It will focus on the ASF as being a place of > > innovation and excitement. > > > > I've recently had confirmation that a representative of TEALS, an > > organization that trains volunteers to teach in high schools in 20 > states. > > These students take a rigorous college level CS class (UC Berkeley > > CS10 or UW CSE142/143 AP) in schools that might otherwise have no IT > > component at all. > > > > 40% of the schools are Title 1 schools (as a Brit I had to look this > > up, in short it's about improving academic achievements of the > > disadvantaged > > [1]) and a dozen or so are in very rural areas. Furthermore, 25% of > > their students are girls and 25% are from minority groups (in other > > words this has an impact on diversity). > > > > My ask of the ComDev PMC is for us to run a BOF at ApacheCon to figure > > out how we might enable ASF community members to assist with the work > > that TEALS (and similar) organizations do. I'm happy to help drive > > this, but ideally there will be a couple of volunteers here who are > > interested enough to take ownership. > > > > I'm working with Sally to find other valuable folks to participate and > > hope to have more than just TEALS represented. What I would like to > > do, in a perfect world, is announce a partnership at ApacheCon. > > Failing that I would like to develop the outline of a partnership at > ApacheCon itself. > > > > So, please step forward if you are interested in volunteering (there's > > no need for you to be present in Austin, though that would be great). > > > > Ross > > > > > > [1] http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg1.html > > > > Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. > > A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation > > > > >
