The Development of a Statewide Network for Teacher Preparation in Computer Science The University of Northern Iowa Partnership for CS Teacher Preparation

全州计算机科学教师培训网络的发展 北爱荷华大学计算机科学教师培训合作伙伴关系

• 批准号: 1738784
• 负责人: Ben Schafer
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of Northern Iowa
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-05-01 至 2021-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1738784&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Development; Statewide; Network; Teacher; Preparation

The University of Northern Iowa proposes a Planning Grant to develop a research-practitioner partnership (RPP) to facilitate computer science (CS) teacher professional development (PD) across Iowa. There has been substantial discipline-wide work done recently to develop curriculum and standards for high school CS. Knowledge exists regarding PD for in-service teachers, communities of practice, principles for broadening participation, and RPPs, but there are plenty of opportunities to expand experience and expertise in these areas in combination with each other. The proposed RPP for Iowa includes university personnel to supply content, curriculum design experts and researchers, Iowa Area Education Agenices (AEA) personnel for localization and ongoing support, and school districts with knowledge practitioners. It is an ideal partnership to design and test a network for providing computer science PD and ongoing support. The partnership will start by piloting a PD network for high school CS teachers in one of nine AEAs in Iowa. Identified in-service teachers will complete three courses over two summers and the intervening school year: an introduction to programming, a CS methods course, and a big ideas course. Instruction will be designed using the Iowa Professional Development Model. During the PD, participants will become familiar with engagement practices and the culturally responsive computing practices through modelling and explicit instruction. Furthermore, district personnel in the participants' school districts will attend a workshop on understanding biases and broadening participation in order to set a more positive school environment. Upon completion of the PD, participants will be well-prepared to teach a high-quality introduction to programming course or an AP CS Principles course. The proposers have already recruited four districts for inclusion in the partnership and expect to increase that number to 20 over the course of the award. Upon completion of the project, having gathered substantial assessment data, the proposers will be ready to expand this program to allow for participants from school districts and AEAs covering the entire state of Iowa.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

北方爱荷华州的大学提出了一个规划补助金，以发展研究实践者的伙伴关系（RPP），以促进计算机科学（CS）教师专业发展（PD）整个爱荷华州。 最近，在制定高中计算机科学课程和标准方面，已经做了大量的学科范围的工作。 关于在职教师的PD，实践社区，扩大参与的原则和RPP的知识存在，但有很多机会在这些领域相互结合，扩大经验和专业知识。 拟议的爱荷华州区域方案规划包括提供内容的大学人员、课程设计专家和研究人员、负责本地化和持续支持的爱荷华州地区教育顾问（AEA）人员，以及配备知识从业人员的学区。这是设计和测试网络以提供计算机科学PD和持续支持的理想合作伙伴关系。该伙伴关系将首先在爱荷华州的九个AEAs之一为高中CS教师试点PD网络。 确定的在职教师将在两个夏天和中间学年完成三门课程：编程入门，CS方法课程和大思路课程。 教学将使用爱荷华州专业发展模式设计。 在PD期间，参与者将通过建模和明确的指导熟悉参与实践和文化响应计算实践。 此外，参与者所在学区的地区工作人员将参加一个关于了解偏见和扩大参与的讲习班，以创造一个更积极的学校环境。 完成PD后，参与者将做好充分准备，教授高质量的编程课程介绍或AP CS原则课程。 提议者已经招募了四个地区加入伙伴关系，并预计在颁奖过程中将这一数字增加到20个。在项目完成后，收集了大量的评估数据，提案人将准备扩大这一计划，以允许来自学区和AEAs的参与者覆盖整个爱荷华州。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准的支持。