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

蒙大拿大学在密苏拉，与蒙大拿州立大学在博兹曼，蒙大拿理工大学（MTech）在巴特，和萨利希库特奈部落学院（SKC）的合作伙伴关系，将进行一项更大的全州范围内的倡议，引入CS高中课程，吸引和留住不同的学生，促进和倡导这些课程，并准备高中教师提供和维持他们的规划工作。扩展后的课程将包括最近由该提案的合作机构之一（MSU）创建和试点的计算课程的乐趣和美感，以及NSF和大学理事会目前正在开发的新AP原则课程。双学分的机会将提供给学生。此外，该课程将得到证明可以提高多样性的活动的支持（指导，配对编程，角色模型）。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。该规划补助金将使PI能够在CS10K项目的背景下建立他们的课程，围绕多样性（特别是参与和留住美国原住民学生的策略），课程（在CS10K努力的背景下定位他们的课程）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.