After School Clubs

TechREACH clubs are led by teachers and staff after school. Club leaders receive professional development, curriculum, and resources to support students in STEM learning. Professional development focuses on the TechREACH curricula, technology skill training, pedagogical strategies, and resources to support underrepresented students in STEM, culturally competent teaching strategies, developing a supportive club environment, and integrating career-focused learning experiences into the curricula. Clubs typically meet once or twice a week after school for approximately two hours.

“I didn’t know a Latino could be the boss!”
In the first year of the program, an Eastern Washington TechREACH club was learning about apple orchards and the science and technology used in the apple industry. Most of the students’ families worked in the apple orchards as farm laborers so the program aimed to extend their knowledge. Toward the end of the program they took a class trip to the apple orchard and were greeted by the foreman, a Latino man. Shocked, one girl said, “I didn’t know a Latino could be the boss!” The foreman replied that yes, they could and that so could any one of the students. Before the class trip these kids thought working in the fields was their only option. It was an example of how one field trip can absolutely change the perception of the students’ futures.