CS 10K: Leading the Way to CS10K: Assessing a Just-in-Time Professional Development Approach for Teacher Knowledge Growth in Computer Science

普渡大学与 Project Lead the Way (PLTW) 合作，提出了一个名为“Leading the Way to CS10K: Assessing a Just-in-Time Professional Development Approach for Teacher Knowledge Growth in Computer Science”的项目。该项目将 (i) 制定并实施高质量的专业发展方法，将面对面培训与持续的大规模在线即时支持相结合； (ii) 评估专业发展在提高教师教授计算机科学的知识、技能和态度 (KSA) 方面的有效性。 PLTW 是一家非营利组织，已在全美 4,700 多所学校成功实施创新且严格的 STEM 课程，并培训了 10,500 名 STEM 教师。 PLTW 正在推出一门新的计算机科学和软件工程 (CSE) 课程，该课程与 CS 原则框架保持一致。 CSE 课程旨在培养学生的计算思维并引入培养创造力的计算工具。实施这一新课程的庞大学校网络为大量教师（包括几乎没有计算机科学背景的教师）提供了实施和研究专业发展的机会。这个大型项目将建立一个基于证据的专业发展计划，以提高教师教授计算机科学的知识，并将提供经经验验证的最佳实践，为教师，特别是那些计算机科学背景有限的教师提供计算机科学专业发展。

Purdue University, in partnership with Project Lead the Way (PLTW), proposes a project entitled "Leading the Way to CS10K: Assessing a Just-in-Time Professional Development Approach for Teacher Knowledge Growth in Computer Science." The project will (i) develop and implement a high-quality professional development approach that incorporates face-to-face training coupled with continuous online just-in-time support at a large-scale; and (ii) assess the effectiveness of that professional development at improving teachers' Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes (KSAs) for teaching computer science. PLTW is a non-profit organization that has successfully implemented innovative and rigorous STEM curriculum in over 4,700 schools and trained 10,500 STEM teachers across the United States. PLTW is introducing a new Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSE) course, which aligns with the CS Principles framework. The CSE course aims to develop students' computational thinking and introduce computational tools that foster creativity. The large network of schools implementing this new course provides the opportunity to implement and study professional development for a large number of teachers, including teachers with little CS background. This large-scale project will establish an evidence-based professional development program to improve teachers' knowledge to teach computer science, and it will deliver empirically validated best practices for providing computer science professional development to teachers, especially those with limited computer science background.