Access Point Program
From Here to Career in Less than a Year
- Students apply to join the Access Point program Spring Semester Junior Year or Fall Semester Senior Year
- Students begin programming classes (2) Spring Semester Senior Year
- Summer after Senior Year student completed targeted professional training
- Fall after Senior Year students begin a paid apprenticeship program
- Once students complete the internship program, they are placed in a full-time software engineering position with an Access Point company starting at least at $55,000 with full benefits and tuition reimbursement
Access Point guides you to your first job as a software developer and to a software engineering career track by teaching participants how to:
- Build solutions to real-world challenges at area companies with Java and other platforms
- Hone your ability to create highly useful applications
- Design fun games as a path to learning
- Load, transform, and write data from current systems
- Shape user interfaces that are intuitive and innovative
- Construct cutting edge APIs
- Test applications using the latest technologies
- Drive data management with modern approaches to processing large amounts of data
What Makes Access Point Different
- Commitments from area corporations: pre-identified entry level jobs that drive the entire program
- Accelerated path to those jobs: curriculum, mentoring and apprenticeship tailored to the job
- Quickly providing financial stability: support that addresses education costs and financial needs
- Clear path to a college degree: all training carries college credit on a path to a Bachelor’s degree allowing career growth with your chosen employer
Have Questions?
Email your school's Access Point Coordinator, Mrs. Herrion or Ms. Pyatt at MOVA and Ms. Perrine at MODA or reach out to Access Point directly at kelly.metcalf@accesspointprogram.org.
MOVA: cherrion@missouriva.org or jpyatt@missouriva.org
MODA: cperrine@missourida.org