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Concerned about the underrepresentation of women and minorities in software? Interested in breaking the cycle of poverty in your community? If these challenges concern you, then June Clarke and Nicole Clague have an interesting proposition – offer your time and share your passion for programming at The League of Amazing Programmers. By giving young students your time and attention today, you can ignite a dream, change lives and make a real impact in your community by nurturing the next generation of programmers to propel us forward into the next ten years of Scrum and Agile.
The League of Amazing Programmers, aka The LEAGUE, is a non-profit school dedicated to unlocking the mysteries of coding for kids in grades 5 through 12. Founded in 2006 by Vic and Diane Wintriss, the mission of The LEAGUE is to offer kids all the advantages they need for the demanding science and technology careers of the 21st century by teaching programing in a fun and engaging manner. The instructors at The LEAGUE do not merely teach kids how to write code, but to think in code. The show that programming a lively process of discovery and a fun activity you do in teams.
Apart from June Clarke, the Lead Teacher at The LEAGUE, this unique school relies entirely on volunteer instructors and teaching assistants to advance the students through a series of eight levels, tackling topics like search algorithms, polymorphism, abstraction, inheritance sand other challenging programming concepts. Participation in all eight levels can earn students college credit and\or industry-recognized professional certifications before they turn seventeen. In addition, students work in teams to complete many of their assignments and use programming practices inspired by Agile software development and the Core Protocols. At The LEAGUE you will definitely see kids as young as thirteen pair programming, refactoring and writing code with test-driven development.
Recently, I visited with June Clarke and Nicole Clague, Development Director at The LEAGUE, at their classroom in the San Diego Public Library. I was curious to see with my own eyes what they had to offer and validate all these happy experience reports from parents. From the interview below, you can really see why they are both passionate about the League of Amazing Programmers and how lucky these kids are to have June and Nicole in their lives.
The LEAGUE is always looking to help, so if you want to volunteer your time to help the students please contact them. If you do not have time to give today, but want to sponsor a student or support the mission of the program (like I did this summer), The LEAGUE is also accepting donations, aka cash.
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