CS 10K: A Model for Statewide Deployment of CS Principles Courses

亚拉巴马大学（塔斯卡卢萨）建议开发和评估一个模型，用于在全州教师网络中可扩展地部署和可持续地坚持新的CS原则课程。该模式采用了国家数学和科学倡议（NMSI）开发的国家高级安置（AP）培训计划的成功实践。它将这些实践应用于基于面对面培训和远程学习协作的专业发展计划中。它将提供为期一年的专业发展，以支持教师，而不是为期一周的暑期学院，这是其他STEM领域大多数AP培训计划的典型。一个全州范围内的“教师领导”模式将被探索，那些已经教授更严格的CS课程（例如，现有的AP CS A）将协助培训新的同龄人，因为他们在他们的学校建立CS原则。这些队列中的教师将在内容和教学学习经验方面进行合作，由同行领导人培养，并通过亚拉巴马的NMSI合作伙伴A+ College Ready（A+CR）提供便利。A+CR在促进AP在其他STEM领域的进步方面取得了成功，特别是在代表性不足的学生中。教学方法将以探究/发现为基础的技术为中心，将计算机科学作为一系列广泛的主题，这些主题由CS原则的大思想中包含的学习目标定义。该模式的制定将通过使用虚拟协作工具（例如，黑板协作或访问，这是一个全州范围的远程学习基础设施，部署在所有亚拉巴马学校）。由Haynie Research and Evaluation领导的评估将揭示拟议模式的各个方面，这些方面最适合建立一个成功和可持续的全国CS原则教师网络。与会者将包括：50名高中教师将接受为期一年的专业发展培训，教授CS原理课程;这些教师的学生将参加夏令营，周末学习课程和全州比赛;以及来自中学教育和计算机科学专业的大学生，他们将协助项目任务。合作伙伴包括A+CR和亚拉巴马州教育部，后者承诺提供支持和所需资源（例如，进入项目。为了解决可扩展性问题，国家MSI将向六个伙伴州的320多所高中推荐该项目开发的模式（2011-2012年，国家MSI支持了75 000名学生）。为了解决可持续性问题，所有教师都将在项目完成后得到A+CR作为NMSI合作伙伴的支持。该项目的成果将提交期刊发表，并将建立一个Moodle网站，作为传播该项目成果的资料库，包括已编制的课程材料。PI已经进行了大学理事会的CS原则试点之一，并导致几个K-12外展和扩大参与计算活动在亚拉巴马。

The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) proposes to develop and evaluate a model for the scalable deployment and sustainable persistence of the new CS Principles course across a statewide network of teachers. The model adopts the successful practices of a national Advanced Placement (AP) training program developed by the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI). It applies those practices in a professional development program based on in-person training and distance learning collaboration. It will provide year-long professional development to support teachers, rather than the week-long summer institutes that are typical of most AP training programs in other STEM areas. A statewide "Teacher Leader" model will be explored where those already teaching more rigorous CS courses (e.g., the existing AP CS A) will assist in training new peer cohorts as they establish CS Principles in their schools. Teachers in these cohorts will collaborate together on content and pedagogical learning experiences, fostered by peer leaders and facilitated through A+ College Ready (A+CR), the NMSI partner for Alabama. A+CR has demonstrated success in promoting AP advancement in other STEM areas, especially among students from underrepresented populations. The pedagogical approach will be centered on inquiry/discovery-based techniques that introduce computer science as a broad set of topics as defined by the learning objectives contained in the Big Ideas of CS Principles. The elaboration of the model will support both rural and urban school teachers through use of virtual collaboration tools (e.g., Blackboard Collaborate or ACCESS, which is a statewide distance learning infrastructure deployed in all Alabama schools). The assessment, led by Haynie Research and Evaluation, will uncover the facets of the proposed model that are most suitable for building a successful and sustainable nationwide network of CS Principles teachers. The participants will include: a cohort of 50 high school teachers who will receive year-long professional development training to teach the CS Principles course; students of those teachers, who will participate in summer camps, weekend study sessions, and statewide competitions; and college students from secondary education and computer science majors who will assist with project tasks. Partners include A+CR and the Alabama State Department of Education, which has committed support and needed resources (e.g., ACCESS) to the project. To address scalability, NMSI will recommend the model developed in this project to six partner states across over 320 high schools (in 2011-2012, NMSI supported 75,000 students). To address sustainability, all teachers will be supported after project completion by A+CR under its operations as a NMSI partner. The results of the project will be submitted for publication in journals, and a Moodle website will be created to serve as a repository for disseminating the results of the project, including developed curricular materials. The PI has conducted one of the College Board's CS Principles pilots and leads several K-12 outreach and broadening participation in computing activities in Alabama.