CS10K: Leveraging the National UTeach Network to Strengthen and Expand Computer Science Principles Education

德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校(UT Austin)提出了一个项目，旨在加强和扩大美国高中接受计算机科学(CS)教育的机会。该项目将利用我们数字世界课程的蓬勃发展，成功的STEM教师培训UTeach模式，UTeach研究所(负责确保国家UTeach实施的保真度以及相关STEM教育创新的扩展和可持续性的组织)的独特专业知识，以及由UTeach Institute推动的全国性网络，该网络包括21个州和哥伦比亚特区的大学的44个UTeach合作伙伴计划。该项目将开发和扩大专业发展(PD)，使教师为2016年秋季正式推出的新AP®CS原理课程做好准备。该项目有四个主要目标：(1)为职前STEM教师开发CS内容和活动并将其整合到国家UTeach课程中；(2)促进协作对话，以支持与UTeach学院合作的21个州和哥伦比亚特区的CS教师资格认证和中学教学途径的发展和加强；(3)开发和试点面对面和在线PD计划，以向准备提供基于AP CS原则框架的数字世界课程蓬勃发展的不同教师团队提供高质量的培训；以及(4)招聘和支持300名教师。为期三年的分阶段项目时间表与新的AP CS原理考试的推出相一致，它将为10年级到12年级的大约6,000名学生准备参加考试。此外，通过利用UTeach研究所的专业知识来扩大和维持STEM教师培训和PD倡议，所有项目组成部分将在赠款期末通过收费结构完全制度化和持续。

The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) proposes a project to strengthen and expand access to computer science (CS) education in U.S. high schools. The project will leverage the Thriving in Our Digital World curriculum, the successful UTeach model for STEM teacher preparation, the unique expertise of the UTeach Institute (the organization charged with ensuring the fidelity of national UTeach implementation and the expansion and the sustainability of related STEM education innovations), and a national network, facilitated by the UTeach Institute, of 44 UTeach partner programs at universities across 21 states and the District of Columbia. The project will develop and scale professional development (PD) that prepares teachers for the new AP® CS Principles course as it becomes officially available in the fall of 2016. The project has four major goals: (1) to develop and integrate CS content and activities into the national UTeach curriculum for pre-service STEM teachers; (2) to facilitate a collaborative dialogue to support the development and strengthening of pathways for CS teacher licensure and secondary instruction in the 21 states and District of Columbia that partner with the UTeach Institute; (3) to develop and pilot in-person and online PD programs to scale high quality training to a diverse corps of teachers preparing to offer the Thriving in Our Digital World curriculum based on the AP CS Principles framework; and (4) to recruit and support 300 teachers. The three-year phased project timeline aligns with the rollout of the new AP CS Principles exam, and it will prepare roughly 6,000 students in Grades 10 through 12 to take the exam. In addition, by leveraging the expertise of the UTeach Institute to scale and sustain STEM teacher preparation and PD initiatives, all project components will be fully institutionalized and sustained through a fee structure by the end of the grant period.