Track 2 CS10K: Accelerate ECS4ALL

DePaul大学与Loyola大学芝加哥，伊利诺伊大学芝加哥和芝加哥公立学区（CPS）合作，提出了一个项目-加速ECS 4ALL-这将创建一个强大的同伴教练模型，以支持越来越多的新手探索计算机科学（ECS）教师在芝加哥和全国各地。在过去的几年里，在计算项目的品味和CPS的CS4 All倡议下，超过100名教师参加了ECS专业发展，超过60%的CPS高中现在提供ECS课程，每年约有7，000名学生参加该课程。在这些学生中，43%是女性，41%是非洲裔美国人，43%是西班牙裔，这大大增加了传统上代表性不足的人群对CS的接触。现在需要同伴指导来维持这些成功，确保新手教师能够完全接受ECS的引导探究，公平的教学方法，并在课堂上生活。一个教练在发展计划将制定和15-20经验丰富的ECS教师将参加该计划之前，被部署为同侪教练在CPS高中。例如，他们将通过参观和录像观察教室，并与教师一起反思，规划，目标制定和分析学生的工作。该项目还将支持针对教师和管理人员的招聘工作，以促进CS4 ALL中CPS学校的100%入学率。

DePaul University, in partnership with Loyola University Chicago, the University of Illinois Chicago and the Chicago Public School District (CPS), proposes a project -- Accelerate ECS4ALL -- that will create a robust peer-coaching model to support the growing number of novice Exploring Computer Science (ECS) teachers in Chicago and across the country. Over the last few years, under the Taste of Computing project and CPS' CS4All initiative, over 100 teachers have participated in the ECS Professional Development, over 60% of CPS high schools are now offering the ECS curriculum, and approximately 7,000 students are taking the course each year. Of these students, 43% are female, 41% African American, and 43% Hispanic, significantly increasing exposure to CS among traditionally underrepresented populations. Peer coaching is needed now to sustain these successes, ensuring that novice teachers are able to fully embrace the guided-inquiry, equitable pedagogical approach of ECS and live it in their classrooms. A Coach in Development Program will be developed and 15-20 experienced ECS teachers will participate in the program before being deployed as peer coaches in CPS high schools. They will, for example, observe classrooms through visits and video recordings, and work with teachers on reflecting, planning, goal-framing, and analysis of student work. The project will also support recruiting efforts targeted at teachers and administrators to facilitate 100% enrollment of CPS schools in CS4ALL.