CS 10K: A Model for Statewide Deployment of CS Principles Courses

阿拉巴马大学(塔斯卡卢萨)建议开发和评估一个模式，以便在全州范围的教师网络中可扩展地部署和可持续地持续开展新的计算机科学原理课程。该模式采用了由国家数学与科学倡议(NMSI)开发的国家高级预修课程(AP)培训计划的成功实践。它将这些实践应用于基于面对面培训和远程学习协作的职业发展计划。它将提供为期一年的专业发展来支持教师，而不是像其他STEM地区的大多数AP培训计划那样，提供为期一周的暑期学校。将探索全州范围内的“教师领袖”模式，那些已经教授更严格的CS课程的人(例如，现有的AP CS A)将在他们在学校建立CS原则时帮助培训新的同龄人。这些群体中的教师将在教学内容和教学经验方面进行合作，由同行领导人培养，并通过阿拉巴马州的NMSI合作伙伴A+College Ready(A+CR)进行促进。A+CR在促进其他STEM地区的AP进步方面取得了成功，特别是在来自代表性不足人群的学生中。教学方法将以基于探究/发现的技术为中心，这些技术将计算机科学作为一系列广泛的主题引入，这些主题由CS原则的大思想中包含的学习目标定义。该模式的制定将通过使用虚拟协作工具(例如Blackboard Collaboration或Access，这是在阿拉巴马州所有学校部署的全州远程学习基础设施)为农村和城市学校教师提供支持。这项由Haynie研究和评估公司领导的评估将揭示拟议模式中最适合建立一个成功和可持续的全国CS原理教师网络的方面。参与者将包括：50名高中教师，他们将接受为期一年的专业发展培训，教授CS原理课程；这些教师的学生，他们将参加夏令营、周末学习会议和全州比赛；以及来自中学教育和计算机科学专业的大学生，他们将协助完成项目任务。合作伙伴包括A+CR和阿拉巴马州教育部，后者已承诺为该项目提供支持和所需的资源(例如，准入)。为了解决可扩展性问题，NMSI将向320多所高中的六个合作伙伴州推荐在该项目中开发的模式(2011-2012年，NMSI资助了75,000名学生)。为了解决可持续性问题，在项目完成后，A+CR将作为NMSI合作伙伴向所有教师提供支持。该项目的成果将提交在期刊上发表，并将创建一个Moodle网站，作为传播该项目成果的储存库，包括编写的课程材料。PI进行了美国大学理事会CS原则的一项试点，并在阿拉巴马州领导了几个K-12扩展和扩大计算活动的参与。

The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) proposes to develop and evaluate a model for the scalable deployment and sustainable persistence of the new CS Principles course across a statewide network of teachers. The model adopts the successful practices of a national Advanced Placement (AP) training program developed by the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI). It applies those practices in a professional development program based on in-person training and distance learning collaboration. It will provide year-long professional development to support teachers, rather than the week-long summer institutes that are typical of most AP training programs in other STEM areas. A statewide "Teacher Leader" model will be explored where those already teaching more rigorous CS courses (e.g., the existing AP CS A) will assist in training new peer cohorts as they establish CS Principles in their schools. Teachers in these cohorts will collaborate together on content and pedagogical learning experiences, fostered by peer leaders and facilitated through A+ College Ready (A+CR), the NMSI partner for Alabama. A+CR has demonstrated success in promoting AP advancement in other STEM areas, especially among students from underrepresented populations. The pedagogical approach will be centered on inquiry/discovery-based techniques that introduce computer science as a broad set of topics as defined by the learning objectives contained in the Big Ideas of CS Principles. The elaboration of the model will support both rural and urban school teachers through use of virtual collaboration tools (e.g., Blackboard Collaborate or ACCESS, which is a statewide distance learning infrastructure deployed in all Alabama schools). The assessment, led by Haynie Research and Evaluation, will uncover the facets of the proposed model that are most suitable for building a successful and sustainable nationwide network of CS Principles teachers. The participants will include: a cohort of 50 high school teachers who will receive year-long professional development training to teach the CS Principles course; students of those teachers, who will participate in summer camps, weekend study sessions, and statewide competitions; and college students from secondary education and computer science majors who will assist with project tasks. Partners include A+CR and the Alabama State Department of Education, which has committed support and needed resources (e.g., ACCESS) to the project. To address scalability, NMSI will recommend the model developed in this project to six partner states across over 320 high schools (in 2011-2012, NMSI supported 75,000 students). To address sustainability, all teachers will be supported after project completion by A+CR under its operations as a NMSI partner. The results of the project will be submitted for publication in journals, and a Moodle website will be created to serve as a repository for disseminating the results of the project, including developed curricular materials. The PI has conducted one of the College Board's CS Principles pilots and leads several K-12 outreach and broadening participation in computing activities in Alabama.