CS10K: C-START: Colorado - STrategic Approach to Rally Teachers

矿业（CSM）的科罗拉多学校，与北方科罗拉多大学（北）的合作伙伴关系，提出了一个项目，以提高现有的计算机科学（CS）教师的技能，分享CS教学法的最佳实践，并积极改变学生的多样性在现有的和新的CS课程在科罗拉多。 该项目名为C-START（科罗拉多：拉力赛教师的战略方法），将创造高质量的专业发展（PD）机会，授权和支持50多名高中教师，使他们能够教授CS课程的进展，从入门级到Advanced Placement®（AP）CS。这些机会将利用K-12 CS PD和最佳实践的最新努力，以扩大BPC-A联盟和其他NSF扩大参与计算项目开发的计算参与。具体而言，裁武条约将：--在科罗拉多州的教育和行为科学学院为CS教师创建两个学术证书，--将计算思维技能纳入科罗拉多州的教育技术要求，--重新激活科罗拉多唯一的CSTA分会，--在CSM引入本科服务学习课程，让学生参与K-12 CS教育，和--开发一个分层的指导计划，高中教师教CS。C-START的方法的有效性将衡量教师的成果：从事C-START有积极的影响，高中教师的CS内容的知识，信心，他们可以教CS，对CS的态度，并在从事CS代表性不足的学生的知识？ 最后，C-START将是可持续的，以确保在赠款期结束后继续为教师提供PD机会和计划的支持。

The Colorado School of Mines (CSM), in partnership with the University of Northern Colorado (UNC), proposes a project to improve the skills of existing computer science (CS) teachers, share best practices in CS pedagogy, and positively change the diversity of students in existing and new CS courses in Colorado. The project -- called C-START (Colorado: STrategic Approach to Rally Teachers) -- will create high-quality professional development (PD) opportunities, empower, and support more than 50 high school teachers, enabling them to teach a progression of CS courses, from the introductory level through Advanced Placement® (AP) CS. These opportunities will leverage recent efforts for K-12 CS PD and best practices in broadening participation in computing developed by the BPC-A Alliances and other NSF Broadening Participation in Computing projects. More specifically, C-START will: -- Create two academic certificates for CS teachers at the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences at UNC,-- Incorporate computational thinking skills into the educational technologies requirement at UNC, -- Re-energize the only CSTA Chapter in Colorado, -- Introduce an undergraduate Service Learning course at CSM that will engage students in K-12 CS education, and -- Develop a tiered mentoring program for high school teachers who teach CS.The effectiveness of C-START's approach will be measured by teacher outcomes: Does engaging in C-START have a positive impact on high school teachers' CS content knowledge, confidence that they can teach CS, attitudes toward CS, and knowledge in engaging underrepresented students in CS? Lastly, C-START will be sustainable, in order to ensure the PD opportunities and planned support for teachers will continue after the grant period ends.