CS4MS NIC: Growing Teacher Competency and Capacity

密西西比州立大学(MSU)提出了一个研究实践者伙伴关系，称为CS4MS NIC：不断增长的教师能力和能力，旨在建立可持续的专业发展(PD)，以支持密西西比州中学计算机科学教育的长期成功。CS4MS NIC将为在探索计算机科学(ECS)课程中提供指导的教师识别、开发和提供额外的PD。密西西比州的目标是在2023-2024年前在所有K-12学校安置合格的计算机科学教师。作为密西西比州计算机科学试点计划的一部分，该项目团队从目前教授ECS的67名教师那里收集了需求评估，确定了额外的计算机科学内容培训的必要性，以增强正常的ECS PD。这项培训将为教师提供更高水平的自我效能感，使他们能够更自信和熟练地教授ECS课程。此外，NIC将与密西西比州大学教育学院、计算机科学系和密西西比州教育部(MDE)合作，为计算机科学专业的中学教育学位颁发许可证。这些教育工作者还将努力为在职教师建立一条认可途径，并为希望在中学任教的行业专业人员建立一条替代途径。

Mississippi State University (MSU) proposes a research practitioner partnership structured as a network improvement community (NIC), called CS4MS NIC: Growing Teacher Competency and Capacity, which aims to build sustainable professional development (PD) to support the long-term success of secondary computer science education in Mississippi. The CS4MS NIC will identify, develop, and deliver additional PD for teachers who provide instruction in the Exploring Computer Science (ECS) course.Mississippi has a goal of placing qualified computer science teachers in all K-12 schools by 2023-2024. Based on a needs assessment gathered from the 67 teachers currently teaching ECS as part of a Computer Science for Mississippi State pilot program, the project team has identified the need for additional computer science content training to augment the normal ECS PD. This training will provide teachers with an increased level of self-efficacy, enabling them to more confidently and proficiently teach the ECS course. In addition, the NIC will work with MSU's College of Education, Department of Computer Science, and the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) to develop a licensure for a secondary education degree with a concentration in computer science. These educators will also work to establish an endorsement pathway for in-service teachers and an alternate route for industry professionals with a desire to teach at the secondary level.