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）提出了一个加强和扩大美国高中计算机科学（CS）教育的项目。该项目将利用在我们的数字世界中蓬勃发展的课程，成功的UTeach模型为STEM教师准备，UTeach研究所的独特专业知识（该组织负责确保国家UTeach实施的忠实性以及相关STEM教育创新的扩展和可持续性），以及由UTeach研究所促进的国家网络，在21个州和哥伦比亚特区的44所大学开展的UTeach合作项目。该项目将开发和扩展专业发展（PD），为教师准备新的AP® CS原则课程，因为它将于2016年秋季正式推出。该项目有四个主要目标：（1）为职前STEM教师开发并将CS内容和活动纳入全国UTeach课程;（2）促进合作对话，以支持与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的开发和加强;（3）开发和试点面对面和在线PD计划，以扩大高质量的培训，以准备提供基于AP CS原则框架的数字世界课程的多样化教师队伍;以及（4）招聘和支持300名教师。这个为期三年的分阶段项目时间轴与新的AP CS原则考试的推出保持一致，它将为10年级到12年级的大约6,000名学生准备考试。此外，通过利用UTeach Institute的专业知识来扩展和维持STEM教师准备和PD计划，到赠款期结束时，所有项目组成部分都将通过收费结构完全制度化和维持下去。

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.