The Oracle Education Foundation is a nonprofit organization funded by Oracle and staffed by Oracle employees. Its mission is to help young people develop the technical acumen, creative confidence, empathy, and persistence to become outstanding designers of solutions to people’s needs and the world’s problems.
In the Foundation’s program, Oracle Volunteers coach high school students through classes at the intersection of design thinking and science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) disciplines. Students learn coding, electrical engineering, and human-centered design from actual practitioners, and then apply their skills and knowledge to prototyping solutions. The Foundation’s program also organizes internships for high school students.
Oracle employees who participate in the Foundation’s program—whether coaching classes or managing interns—are true “skillanthropists.” They apply their personal and professional skills to positively impacting students’ lives. The program engages employees from a wide range of disciplines, including software development, user experience research, marketing, and corporate citizenship.
In FY20, the Foundation set out to scale its successful program beyond Design Tech High School to other schools, paying special attention to groups of young people underrepresented in STEAM careers. The program now serves students at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, California and the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders in Austin, Texas. Additionally, the Foundation teamed up with Junior Achievement from August to October 2020 to deliver virtual classes for students across Latin America, including Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Argentina. See the Latin America program in action.
Throughout the global pandemic, the Foundation has remained steadfast in its commitment to serving students and their evolving needs. In March 2020, having previously experimented with dispersed learning, the Foundation quickly adapted to delivering classes virtually. It now moves fluidly between delivering in-person and virtual learning opportunities.
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