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    The Youth Astronomy
 Apprenticeship Program
    The Youth Astronomy Apprenticeship program is an out-of-school time (OST) initiative that uses an astronomy apprenticeship model to promote learning in STEM disciplines among urban, underrepresented youth and their communities. YAA is the product of a collaboration among science education centers at MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (MKI) and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), Boston community-based Timothy Smith Network (TSN), and the Institute for Learning Innovation (ILI) as the outside evaluator.  The YAA project aims to develop a portfolio of tools and strategies for implementation of the YAA model, including curricula, training tools, support structure, and collaboration tools for implementation of this model.
 
YAA Model
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 The YAA After-School Program is a 14-week program designed to promote science learning among urban high school youth. Click here for a up-to-date overview of the program
 
    
 
22 graduates from the After-School Program are selected for paid summer apprenticeships, based at MIT, and mentored and supervised by YAA Fellows.
 
 
 
Through the Timothy Smith Network, we are able to bring astronomy to urban audiences in community-based centers.

 
    
After-School professionals from selected after-school centers receive training for implementation of the YAA After-School program.

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