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

北爱荷华大学提出了一项规划拨款，以发展研究-从业者伙伴关系（RPP），以促进爱荷华州计算机科学（CS）教师专业发展（PD）。最近，在制定高中计算机科学课程和标准方面，各学科开展了大量工作。现有关于在职教师PD、实践社区、扩大参与原则和rpp的知识，但有很多机会可以相互结合，扩大这些领域的经验和专业知识。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、负责本地化和持续支持的爱荷华地区教育机构（AEA）人员，以及配备知识实践者的学区。这是一个理想的合作伙伴关系，设计和测试网络，提供计算机科学PD和持续的支持。该合作伙伴关系将首先在爱荷华州的九个aea之一的高中CS教师中试点一个PD网络。确定的在职教师将在两个暑假和中间学年完成三门课程：编程入门，CS方法课程和大创意课程。教学将采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，以建立一个更积极的学校环境。完成PD课程后，参与者将为教授高质量的编程入门课程或AP CS原理课程做好充分准备。提案人已经招募了四个地区加入该伙伴关系，并希望在奖项期间将这一数字增加到20个。在项目完成后，收集了大量的评估数据，提议者将准备扩大该计划，以允许来自整个爱荷华州的学区和aea的参与者。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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.