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

北爱荷华州大学提出了一项规划拨款，以发展研究-实践者伙伴关系(RPP)，以促进整个爱荷华州的计算机科学(CS)教师专业发展(PD)。最近在制定高中CS的课程和标准方面，已经做了大量的跨学科工作。关于在职教师的PD、实践社区、扩大参与的原则和RPP方面的知识已经存在，但有大量机会相互结合来扩大这些领域的经验和专门知识。爱荷华州拟议的RPP包括提供内容的大学人员、课程设计专家和研究人员、本地化和持续支持的爱荷华州地区教育机构(AEA)人员，以及拥有知识从业者的学区。它是设计和测试提供计算机科学PD和持续支持的网络的理想合作伙伴。这一合作关系将首先在爱荷华州九个AEA中的一个试点为高中CS教师建立PD网络。确定的在职教师将在两个暑假和中间的学年完成三门课程：编程入门、CS方法课程和大想法课程。教学将使用爱荷华州专业发展模式进行设计。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响应文化的计算实践。此外，参与者所在学区的地区人员将参加一个关于理解偏见和扩大参与的研讨会，以建立一个更积极的学校环境。完成课程后，学员将会准备好教授一门高质素的编程入门课程或一门AP CS原理课程。提名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。项目完成后，在收集了大量评估数据后，提倡者将准备扩大该计划，以允许来自覆盖整个爱荷华州的学区和AEA的参与者。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.