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

计算已经成为现代科学、技术、工程和数学领域中日常实践中不可或缺的一部分。因此，STEM+计算伙伴关系（STEM+C）计划寻求推进新的多学科方法和基于证据的理解，将计算整合到STEM教学和学习中，并在计算领域做出具体学科的努力，旨在为K-12的计算机科学教学建立一个证据基础，包括在不同的人群中。该项目通过召集与大城市学校理事会相关的大型城市学区代表的领导会议来履行这一使命。每个两人小组将包括学区的首席学术官和一名STEM教育负责人。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)让参与者熟悉设计和实施计算机科学项目的各种规划工具；C)提供当前计算机科学计划的例子；d)促进参与者网络，使会议后的持续合作成为可能。在会议期间，与会者将听取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的意见并与他们进行互动。会议的目的是促进对学生群体高度多样化的大型城市学校计算机科学教育的质量和数量的增加，有针对性的关注。计算机科学领导会议将与第60届大城市学校理事会秋季会议同时举行。参与小组将从组成委员会的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关于当前学区计算机科学努力和挑战的信息，会议结束时将进行调查，以获得关于会议在提高对学校计算机科学项目的需求、问题、资源和实施策略的认识方面的有效性的反馈。会议的成功与否将根据这些调查的结果、会议期间的观察以及对会议期间分发的会议工件的回顾来评估。收集的数据将用于评估会议参与者表明的程度：a)对K-12学校计算机科学教育计划的现状有更大的认识；B)增加对学区计算机科学改进策略的了解；c)愿意在会议后与彼此和其他利益相关者进行互动，以促进大规模基础设施的发展，支持学校的计算机科学教育。

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.