K12 CS Pathways for Rural and Tribal Communities

圣斯科拉斯蒂卡学院国家计算机科学教育中心、赫尔曼敦社区学校、Fond du Lac Ojibwe学校、圣路易斯县公立学校和德卢斯公立学校之间的这一合作伙伴关系将建设明尼苏达州的计算机科学教育和教育工作者的能力，以增加获得和参与计算机科学教育的机会。根据《2022年国家计算机科学教育报告》，明尼苏达州目前在K-12计算机科学教育方面排在全国最后一位，只有21%的高中提供基础计算机科学课程。CS途径将包括小学和中学的早期经验，帮助学生建立基础CS知识和技能，并激发历史上处于边缘地位的学生对计算的兴趣，然后为感兴趣的学生提供参加高中CS选修课的机会。参与该项目的地区为明尼苏达州约15,000名学生和1,000名课堂教师提供服务。鉴于地理位置，这是一个以农村为主的地区，是北美人口最多的土著群体阿尼希纳贝格七个部落的家园，两个具体成果是为CS概念和实践开发Ojibwe语言，以便可以在Ojibwe教授CS课程，并开发包括Ojibwe语言和文化的CS课程。这是圣斯科拉斯蒂卡学院国家CS教育中心、Hermantown社区学校、Fond du Lac Ojibwe学校、圣路易斯县公立学校和德卢斯公立学校之间的大型Path Strways研究-实践者合作伙伴关系。为支持参与的学区解决儿童学习途径，拟议项目将：1)为农村或部落社区的8个学区创建专业学习网络(PLN)；2)与农村和部落教育工作者合作，编制符合明尼苏达州教育部标准的兼容并包的K-8儿童语言综合课程教材；3)扩大奥吉布韦语言和文化与儿童服务之间的联系并开发支持资源；以及4)支持地区创建可持续的K12儿童学习途径。本项目将回答以下研究问题：1)其他明尼苏达州学区如何建设和实施K12 CS路径？2)对于项目区，为美洲原住民学生和具有特殊教育资格的学生解决CS公平性的条件是什么？3)项目地区建立和实施K12 CS路径后，可持续性的条件是什么？该项目将开发CS模型，其他明尼苏达州学区可以用来开发K-12 CS路径。特别是，这些模型将以农村和部落社区为重点，这可能会为其他州这些社区的CS路径的发展提供信息。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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。

This partnership between the National Center for CS Education at the College of Saint Scholastica, Hermantown Community School, Fond du Lac Ojibwe School, St. Louis County Public schools and Duluth Public schools will build Minnesota district and educator capacity in CS education in order to increase access to and participation in computer science education. Minnesota is currently last in the nation for K-12 CS education with only 21% of high schools offering a foundational CS course according to the 2022 State of Computer Science Education report. CS pathways will include early experiences in elementary and middle school that will help students establish foundational CS knowledge and skills as well as spark the interest of students historically marginalized in computing, followed by the opportunity for interested students to take high school CS electives. Districts participating in the project serve approximately 15,000 students and 1,000 classroom teachers in Minnesota. Given the geographic location, a largely rural area which is the homeland of seven tribes of Anishinaabeg, the most populous Indigenous group in North America, two specific outcomes are to develop Ojibwe language for CS concepts and practices so that CS lessons can be taught in Ojibwe and develop CS lessons that include Ojibwe language and culture.This is a large, Pathways strand research-practitioner partnership between the National Center for CS Education at the College of Saint Scholastica, Hermantown Community School, Fond du Lac Ojibwe School, St. Louis County Public schools and Duluth Public schools. To support participating school districts in addressing the CS pathways, the proposed project will: 1) Create a professional learning network (PLN) for 8 school districts in rural or tribal communities; 2) Collaborate with rural and tribal educators to develop inclusive K-8 CS-integrated curricular materials aligned to Minnesota Department of Education standards; 3) Expand connections between Ojibwe language and culture and CS and develop supporting resources; and 4) Support districts in creating sustainable K12 CS pathways. This project will answer the following research questions: 1) How have other Minnesota districts built and implemented a K12 CS Pathway?; 2) For project districts, what are the conditions for addressing equity in CS for Native American students and students with a special education designation?; and 3) After project districts have built and implemented a K12 CS Pathway, what are the conditions for sustainability? The project will develop CS models that other Minnesota districts could use for developing K-12 CS pathways. In particular, the models will have a rural and tribal communities focus, which may inform the development of CS pathways in these communities in other states.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.