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

计算已经成为现代科学、技术、工程和数学领域日常实践的一个组成部分。因此，STEM+Computing Partnerships（STEM+C）计划旨在推进新的多学科方法，以及对STEM教学和学习中计算整合的循证理解，以及旨在为K-12计算机科学教学建立证据库的计算学科特定努力，包括在不同人群中。 该项目通过为与大城市学校理事会有关的大城市学区代表召开一次领导会议来完成这一使命。 每个两人小组将包括该地区的首席学术官和一名主要的STEM教育工作者。 为期一天的会议将：a）关注计算机科学教育在城市环境中的重要性; B）使与会者熟悉各种规划工具，以设计和实施计算机科学计划; c）提供当前计算机科学计划的实例;以及d）促进与会者网络，以便在会后进行持续合作。 会议期间，与会者将听取并与主要计算机科学课程工作的代表，大规模STEM教育工作的成功领导者，计算机科学家和计算机科学教师，以及在大型城市学校基于标准的改革工作方面具有专业知识的学者进行互动。 会议的目的是促进增加，有针对性地关注计算机科学教育的质量和数量在大型城市学校与高度多样化的学生人口。计算机科学领导会议将与第60届年度理事会的大城市学校秋季会议一起举行。 参与者团队将从组成理事会的67个学区招募，为700多万不同的学习者提供服务。 会前调查将征求与会者有关当前学区计算机科学的努力和挑战的信息，并将在会议结束时进行调查，以获得有关会议在提高对学校计算机科学计划相关需求，问题，资源和实施策略的认识方面的有效性的反馈。 会议的成功将根据这些调查的结果、会议期间的观察以及对活动期间分发的会议工件的审查进行评估。 收集的数据将用于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）对学区计算机科学改进战略的了解有所增加;及c）愿意在会议后与彼此及其他持份者互动，以促进发展一个广泛的支持学校计算机科学教育的规模基础设施。

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.