Scaling K-12 Computer Science In Large Urban Districts: A Leadership Conference

在现代科学、技术、工程和数学领域，计算已经成为日常实践中不可或缺的一部分。因此，STEM+计算伙伴关系(STEM+C)计划寻求推动新的多学科方法和对计算在STEM教与学中的整合的基于证据的理解，以及特定学科在计算方面的努力，旨在为K-12阶段的计算机科学教学和学习建立一个证据基础，包括在不同的人群中。该项目通过为与大城市学校理事会有关的大城市学区的代表召开一次领导会议来实现这一使命。每个两人小组将包括该地区的首席学术官员和一名STEM首席教育者。为期一天的会议将：a)侧重于计算机科学教育在城市环境中的重要性；b)使与会者熟悉设计和实施计算机科学计划的各种规划工具；c)提供当前计算机科学倡议的实例；d)促进与会者网络，以促进会议后的持续合作。在会议期间，与会者将听取主要计算机科学课程努力的代表、大规模STEM教育努力的成功领导者、计算机科学家和计算机科学教师以及在大型城市学校进行基于标准的改革努力的专家的意见并与之互动。会议的目的是促进更多、有针对性地关注学生人口高度多样化的大型城市学校的计算机科学教育的质量和数量。计算机科学领导力会议将与第60届大城市学校理事会秋季年会同时举行。参赛队伍将从组成理事会的67个学区招募，为700多万不同的学习者提供服务。会议前的调查将征求与会者关于当前学区计算机科学努力和挑战的信息，并将在会议结束时进行调查，以获得关于会议在提高对与学校计算机科学项目相关的需求、问题、资源和实施战略的认识方面的有效性的反馈。将根据这些调查的结果、会议期间的观察结果以及对活动期间分发的会议物品的审查来评估会议的成功。收集到的数据将被用来评估与会者在多大程度上表明：a)对K-12学校计算机科学教育计划的现状有了更好的认识；b)增加了对学区计算机科学改进战略的了解；c)愿意在会议结束后与彼此和其他利益攸关方互动，以促进发展支持学校计算机科学教育的大规模基础设施。

Computing has become an integral part of everyday practice within modern fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. As a result, the STEM+Computing Partnerships (STEM+C) program seeks to advance new multidisciplinary approaches to, and evidence-based understanding of, the integration of computing in STEM teaching and learning, and discipline-specific efforts in computing designed to build an evidence base for teaching and learning of computer science in K-12, including within diverse populations. This project addresses that mission by convening a leadership conference for representatives of large urban school districts associated with the Council of Great City Schools. Each two-person team will include the district's Chief Academic Officer and a lead STEM educator. The one-day conference will: a) focus on the importance of computer science education in urban contexts; b) familiarize participants with a variety of planning tools to design and implement computer science programs; c) provide examples of current computer science initiatives; and d) promote participant networks to enable ongoing collaboration after the conference. During the conference, attendees will hear from and interact with representatives of major computer science curriculum efforts, successful leaders of large-scale STEM education efforts, computer scientists and computer science teachers, and scholars with expertise in standards-based reform efforts in large urban schools. The intent of the conference is to promote increased, targeted attention to the quality and quantity of computer science education within large urban schools with highly diverse student populations.The computer science leadership conference will be held in conjunction with the 60th Annual Council of Great City Schools Fall Conference. Participant teams will be recruited from the 67 school districts comprising the Council and serving over 7 million diverse learners. A pre-conference survey will solicit participant information regarding current school district computer science efforts and challenges, and a survey will be administered at the conclusion of the conference to gain feedback about the effectiveness of the conference in raising awareness of needs, issues, resources, and implementation strategies related to school computer science programs. The success of the conference will be evaluated on the basis of results from these surveys, observations during conference sessions, and a review of conference artifacts distributed during the event. The collected data will be used to assess the extent to which conference participants indicate: a) a greater awareness of the current state of computer science education programs in K-12 schools; b) an increased knowledge of computer science improvement strategies for school districts; and c) willingness to interact with each other and other stakeholders after the conference to facilitate the development of a wide-scale infrastructure supporting computer science education in schools.