The Authentic Inclusion of Community Colleges in National Efforts to Broaden Participation in Computing: A Workshop Proposal

圣达菲学院提议举办一个研讨会，将社区学院的声音和观点纳入关于扩大参与和计算机教育（BPC）的全国对话。作为第一个由社区学院推动的BPC教育活动，它将汇集理论和实践者的观点，相互倾听，并使用包容性，更全面的观点来推动社区学院社区参与BPC运动努力的下一步。社区学院（CC）服务于比四年制机构更多样化的人口，因此它们是增加多样性的自然但经常被忽视的场所。该研讨会由一个多机构领导委员会领导，其中包括来自三所社区学院，一所研究型大学和两个教育研究组织的代表，他们都积极参与CS BP研究和干预措施-将开发一个概念模型，以增加CC在BPC计划中的参与，利用现有的CC合作和投资，包括国家妇女和信息技术中心（NCWIT）社区学院外展组，以及2017年CISE BP社区会议的与会者。目前大多数以BPC CC为重点的研究或干预措施所缺少的是对CC本身想要知道什么以及他们希望如何参与研究和干预项目的理解。本次会议的对话提示将包括：1。目前对与CC计算学科的公平和包容有关的问题的知识状况。已知问题的一些例子是师资短缺，专业发展，缺乏一致的衔接/转移指导方针，缺乏学生支持（例如，财政、补救）和不明确或不连贯的课程途径。查明机会，使国家协调员能够更充分地参与扩大参与计算的国家运动。这将包括需要到位的组织结构（例如，行政支持）、有效干预（例如，文化上敏感和性别平等的教学做法），相关伙伴（例如，大学、工业、K-12）;以及激励行动的激励措施。CC参与的后续步骤。

Santa Fe College proposes a workshop to bring the voices and perspectives of Community Colleges into the national conversation about broadening participation and education in computing (BPC). As a first Community College-driven BPC education event, it will bring together theoretical and practitioner perspectives to listen to each other and use an inclusive, more holistic perspective to drive next steps for engaging the Community College community in the BPC movement effort.Community Colleges (CC) serve a more diverse population than 4-year institutions, so they are a natural but often overlooked venue for increasing diversity. This workshop -- led by a multi-institutional leadership committee with representatives from three community colleges, one research university, and two education research organizations, all of whom are active in CS BP research and interventions -- will develop a conceptual model for increasing the participation of CC in BPC initiatives that leverages existing CC collaborations and investments, including the National Center for Women and Information Technology's (NCWIT) Community College Outreach group, and attendees of the 2017 CISE BP Community Meeting. What is missing from most current BPC CC-focused research or interventions is an understanding of what CC themselves want to know and how they would like to be involved in research and intervention projects. The conversational prompts for this meeting will include:1. The current state of knowledge on issues that relate to equity and inclusion in computing disciplines at CCs. Some examples of known issues are faculty shortages, professional development, lack of consistent articulation/transfer guidelines, lack of student supports (e.g., financial, remediation) and unclear or disconnected curricular pathways.2. Identification of opportunities to enable CCs to more fully engage in the national movement to broaden participation in computing. This will include organizational constructs that need to be in place (e.g., administrative buy-in), effective interventions (e.g., culturally responsive and gender equitable teaching practices), relevant partners (e.g., university, industry, K-12) across geographies; and incentives to spur action.3. Next steps for CC engagement.