BPC-LSA: The Computer Science Collaboration Project

普吉特湾教学、学习和技术中心提出了计算机科学合作（CSC）项目，该项目将在K-12课程中建立旨在增加计算多样性的能力。许多K-12组织和活动旨在解决残疾人、妇女和某些种族/少数民族在计算机领域的持续代表性不足的问题。然而，我们看到这些群体的代表性几乎没有增加。这至少部分是由于外联组织与外界隔绝，它们获取和实施最佳做法的能力参差不齐。CSC项目旨在通过在现有项目之间建立合作和联系来改变这种状况。它将利用“全国女童合作项目”中最成功的元素，与已经成为BPC社区一部分的联盟和K-12外展组织合作，特别侧重于向残疾人、非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲印第安人、阿拉斯加原住民、夏威夷原住民、太平洋岛民和妇女提供外展服务。CSC项目旨在通过培训和传播分享最佳实践研究和项目模型、成果和产品，最大限度地利用在计算领域代表性不足的青年中服务的组织（公共和私营）内的共享资源，加强他们的能力。通过这种方式，该项目希望创建一个转折点，创建一个由项目、计划和利益相关者组成的社区，致力于通过公平的参与来改变计算劳动力。

The Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology proposes the Computer Science Collaboration (CSC) Project, which will build capacity among K-12 programs that aim to increase diversity in computing. Many K-12 organizations and activities are designed to address the continuing underrepresentation in computing among people with disabilities, women, and certain racial/ethnic minorities. Yet we have seen few gains in representation among these groups. This is, at least in part, due to the isolation of outreach organizations and their inconsistent capacity to access and implement best practices. The CSC Project aims to change this by building collaborations and connections between existing programs. It will use the most successful elements of the National Girls Collaborative Project to work with the Alliances and K-12 outreach organizations that are already part of the BPC community, specifically focusing on outreach to persons with disabilities, African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and women. The CSC Project aims to maximize access to shared resources within organizations (public and private) serving underrepresented youth in computing, strengthening their capacity by sharing best practice research and program models, outcomes, and products through training and dissemination. In this way, the project hopes to create the tipping point, creating a community of projects, initiatives, and stakeholders dedicated to transforming the computing workforce with equitable participation.