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，以加强和扩大美国高中计算机科学（CS）教育的机会。该项目将利用“在我们的数字世界中蓬勃发展”课程、UTeach成功的STEM教师培养模式、UTeach研究所的独特专业知识（该组织负责确保国家UTeach实施的保真性以及相关STEM教育创新的扩展和可持续性），以及由UTeach研究所推动的由21个州和哥伦比亚特区的44个UTeach合作伙伴项目组成的全国网络。该项目将开发和扩大专业发展（PD），帮助教师为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教师开发和整合CS内容和活动到国家UTeach课程中；(2)促进合作对话，以支持发展和加强与UTeach研究所合作的21个州和哥伦比亚特区的CS教师执照和中学教学途径；(3)开发和试点面对面和在线PD计划，为准备提供基于AP CS原则框架的“在我们的数字世界中茁壮成长”课程的多样化教师队伍提供高质量的培训；(4)招聘和支持300名教师。这个为期三年的分阶段项目时间表与新的AP CS原则考试的推出一致，它将为大约6000名10年级到12年级的学生参加考试做好准备。此外，通过利用UTeach研究所的专业知识来扩展和维持STEM教师准备和PD计划，所有项目组成部分将在资助期结束时完全制度化并通过收费结构维持。

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.