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

科罗拉多矿业学院（CSM）与北科罗拉多大学（UNC）合作，提出了一个项目，以提高现有计算机科学（CS）教师的技能，分享CS教学法的最佳实践，并积极改变科罗拉多州现有和新CS课程学生的多样性。该项目名为C-START（科罗拉多州：集结教师的战略方法），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，使他们能够教授从入门级到AP级CS课程。这些机会将利用最近为K-12 CS PD所做的努力，以及由BPC-A联盟和其他NSF扩大计算机参与项目开发的扩大计算机参与的最佳实践。更具体地说，C-START将：—为北卡罗来纳大学教育与行为科学学院的计算机科学教师颁发两份学术证书；—将计算思维技能纳入北卡罗来纳大学的教育技术要求；—重新激活科罗拉多州唯一的CSTA分会；—在北卡罗来纳大学引入本科服务学习课程，让学生参与K-12计算机科学教育；以及—为教授计算机科学的高中教师制定分层指导计划。C-START方法的有效性将通过教师的成果来衡量：参与C-START是否对高中教师的计算机科学内容知识、他们教授计算机科学的信心、对计算机科学的态度以及让未被充分代表的学生参与计算机科学的知识产生积极影响？最后，C-START将是可持续的，以确保在资助期结束后，为教师提供的PD机会和计划支持将继续。

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.