Track 2 CS10K: Expanding Computer Science Curriculum, Diversity, and Teacher Preparedness in Montana High Schools

密苏拉的蒙大拿大学与博兹曼的蒙大拿州立大学、Butte的蒙大拿理工学院（MTech）和Salish Kootenai部落学院（SKC）合作，将为一项更大的全州倡议开展规划工作，以引入CS高中课程，吸引和留住不同的学生群体，促进和倡导这些课程，并为高中教师提供和维持这些课程做好准备。扩展后的课程将包括最近由该提案的合作机构之一（MSU）创建和试点的“计算机的喜悦与美丽”课程的材料，以及目前由美国国家科学基金会和大学理事会开发的新的AP原则课程。学生将有双学分的机会。此外，课程还将辅以经证明可提高多样性的活动（指导、结对编程、榜样）。高中教师将通过团队教学、课程开发和专业发展（PD）研讨会参与。这项计划拨款将使pi能够在CS10K项目的背景下建立他们的课程，并围绕多样性（特别是吸引和留住美洲原住民学生的策略），课程（在CS10K努力的背景下定位他们的课程设置）和教师专业发展进行初步研究和开发。

The University of Montana in Missoula, in partnership with Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana Tech (MTech) in Butte, and the Salish Kootenai Tribal College (SKC), will undertake a planning effort for a larger statewide initiative to introduce CS high school courses that engage and retain a diverse population of students, promote and advocate for these courses, and prepare high school teachers to offer and sustain them. The expanded curriculum will include material from the Joy and Beauty of Computing course recently created and piloted by one of the collaborating institutions of this proposal (MSU), and the new AP principles course currently being developed by NSF and the College Board. Dual credit opportunities will be available for students. In addition, the curriculum will be supported with activities proven to improve diversity (mentoring, pair programming, role models). High school teachers will participate via team-teaching, curriculum development, and professional development (PD) workshops. This planning grant would enable the PIs to build on their curriculum within the context of the CS10K Project with initial research and development around diversity (in particular, strategies for engaging and retaining Native American students), curriculum (positioning their course offerings in the context of the CS10K effort), and teacher professional development.