CS 10K: The Tuskegee Partnership to Establish Computer Science Education in the Alabama Black Belt

塔斯基吉大学正在与奥本大学、阿拉巴马大学、A+College Ready、阿拉巴马州教育部、黑带委员会、探索计算机科学计划、塔斯基吉大学计算机科学顾问委员会以及17个县的19个学区合作实施TU CS10K项目，这些县传统上构成了阿拉巴马州历史悠久的黑带地区。计算几乎影响到我们日常生活的方方面面，重要的是让学生有机会通过正规课程学习计算机科学，以激发他们对计算机科学学习和就业机会的兴趣。然而，阿拉巴马州的绝大多数高中生就读的学校并不提供严格的计算机科学课程。为了解决这一问题，TU CS10K项目旨在开发、实施、研究和评估一个雄心勃勃的项目，在历史悠久的阿拉巴马州黑带的所有43所高中设立探索性计算机科学(ECS)课程。TU-CS 10K项目将利用教师专业发展(PD)的ECS模式，为合作高中的60名在职教师准备ECS教学：为期一周的综合暑期学院，然后在学年期间举行面对面的会议；每月虚拟Google Hangout，一个在线实践社区，以及后续的暑期学院，所有这些都是为了让教师为ECS课程教学做准备，重点放在内容和教学策略上。PD将由认可的ECS PD促进者提供，并由个人助理和CS研究生提供协助；教师专业学习社区将向课堂教师提供实施支助。此外，将开展招募和宣传活动，以激励高中生参加ECS，目的是让1,500名种族和族裔多样化的男女9年级和10年级学生参加。该项目的研究议程将促进高需求环境下的K-12CS教育的知识，一个严格的评估计划将为私人投资机构提供持续的指导，以确保该项目走上实现其目标和目的的轨道。

Tuskegee University is implementing the TU CS10K Project in partnership with Auburn University, the University of Alabama, A+ College Ready, the Alabama State Department of Education, the Black Belt Commission, the Exploring Computer Science Program, the Tuskegee University Computer Science Advisory Board, and 19 school districts in the 17 counties that traditionally constitute the historic Black Belt region of the state of Alabama. Computing impacts almost all aspects of our daily lives and its important that students get the opportunity to study computer science (CS) through formal course work in order to excite them about studies and career opportunities in CS. Yet, the vast majority of high school students in Alabama attend schools that do not offer rigorous CS curriculum. To address this, the TU CS10K Project aims to develop, implement, study and evaluate an ambitious project to establish the Exploring Computer Science (ECS) curricula in all 43 high schools of the historic Alabama Black Belt. The TU-CS 10K Project will prepare 60 in-service teachers for ECS instruction in partnering high schools using the ECS model of teacher professional development (PD): a one-week comprehensive Summer Institute followed by face-to-face meetings during the school year, monthly virtual Google Hangouts, an online community of practice, and a follow-on Summer Institute, all of which are designed to prepare teachers for ECS course instruction, focusing both on content and instructional strategies. The PD will be provided by endorsed ECS PD facilitators and assisted by the PIs and CS graduate students; implementation support will be delivered to classroom teachers by teacher Professional Learning Communities. Additionally, recruitment and awareness activities will be carried-out to motivate high school students to take ECS, with the aim of involving 1,500 racially and ethnically diverse male and female 9th and 10th graders. The project's research agenda will advance knowledge in K-12 CS education in high-needs settings, and a rigorous evaluation plan will provide continuous guidance to the PIs to ensure that the project is on track to meet its goals and objectives.