Exploring provider perspectives of the STEM club landscape: findings from one Australian state

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Table 1. STEM Club context, focus, and representative.

Provider context	STEM club focus	Provider role
School 1	A lunchtime primary school (5–11 years) club with a focus on delivering thematically organized activities (e.g. flight).	STEM Club coordinator and registered teacher
	A lunchtime primary school club (9–11 years) focused on developing skills associated with robotics in addition to problem-solving skills.	STEM Club coordinator and registered teacher
School 3	A lunchtime secondary school club (12–15 years) centered on activities in the areas of electronics, coding, and engineering.	STEM Club coordinator and registered teacher
School 4	A lunchtime middle school club (12–14 years) developing participant skills in programming.	STEM Club coordinator and registered teacher
Library 1	A program focused on children under five years of age embedded in the traditional ‘story time’ programming.	Education programmer and STEM club educator.
Library 2	An outreach program for children and adolescents (7–12 years) running after school and during school holidays focused on the development of STEM skills and strategies.	STEM Outreach coordinator and STEM club educator
Business 1	A touring STEM Show (6–11 years), which visits schools and works with home schooling families.	Sole owner and facilitator and STEM club educator
Business 2	A school holiday program (Ages: 13–15 years) focusing on developing digital technology skills particularly related to aerospace.	Co-facilitator and STEM club educator
Business 3	A series of after-school and weekend programs (Ages: 6–14 years) that introduce children and young adults to different modern technologies (e.g. coding, game design, video production, etc.).	Co-owner and co-facilitator and STEM club educator

Note: STEM club educator is a term used to describe the person responsible for providing the learning opportunities within the Business and Library STEM clubs. They are not registered teachers.