Collaborative Research: CS4SF: A Scalable Model for Preparing High School Teachers to Provide Rigorous, Inclusive Computer Science Instruction

旧金山州立大学(SFSU)和旧金山联合学区(SFU.S.)提议建立研究实践者伙伴关系(RPP)，以解决高中水平缺乏合格的计算机科学(CS)教师以及高中生在CS课程中缺乏多样性的问题。RPP将开发和实施CS4SF，这是一个创新和可扩展的计划，用于专业发展(PD)和对高中CS教师的持续支持，为他们提供所需的知识和技能，以更严格的方式教授这门热门学科，同时吸引更多的学生。CSfor All将实施一个由三部分组成的计划。首先，为期一周的暑期专业发展课程将使高中教师沉浸在CS知识和基于证据的包容性教学策略中。第二，实践共同体将每月召开会议，为教师提供他们自己的包容性学习社区，全年提供支持，并有机会定期与南加州大学CS教授互动。第三，助教是从旧金山州立大学最有才华的CS本科生中挑选出来的，他们将每周在课堂上协助教师4至5个小时，加深他们自己的CS知识，因为他们收集学生为与文化相关的课堂项目产生的想法。在这项工作中，旧金山州立大学和旧金山大学联合开发了一组初步的研究问题：CS4SF模式是否提高了高中教师对CS概念和教学法的掌握，从而使他们能够在课程之外进行教学，并真正地吸引学生？CS4SF模式是否提高了女性和其他代表不足群体的学生在高中CS课程中的参与度？CS4SF模式的可持续性和可扩展性有多大潜力？确定的策略将引起广泛的兴趣，因为三藩市联合校区今天面临的问题与许多其他学区在努力增加其CS课程时所面临的问题相似。在这笔赠款的过程中，RPP将惠及100名教师、72名助教和5000多名高中生。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。

San Francisco State University (SFSU) and the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) propose a Research Practitioner Partnership (RPP) to address the lack of qualified computer science (CS) teachers at the high school level and the lack of diversity among high school students in CS courses. The RPP will develop and implement CS4SF, an innovative and scalable program for the professional development (PD) and ongoing support of high school CS teachers, supplying them with the knowledge and skills they need to teach this in-demand subject in a more rigorous manner while engaging a broader swath of students.CSforAll will implement a three-part program. Firstly, a one-week summer professional development course will immerse high school teachers in CS knowledge and evidence-based, inclusive pedagogical strategies. Secondly, a Community of Practice will meet monthly to provide teachers with their own inclusive learning community, offering support throughout the year and the opportunity to regularly interact with SFSU CS professors. Thirdly, teaching assistants, selected from the most talented CS undergraduates at SFSU, will assist teachers in the classroom for 4 to 5 hours a week, deepening their own CS knowledge as they collect student-generated ideas for culturally relevant classroom projects. For this work, SFSU and SFUSD have jointly developed an initial set of research questions: Does the CS4SF model improve high school teachers' mastery of CS concepts and pedagogy, so that they can teach beyond the curriculum and truly engage their students? Does the CS4SF model improve the engagement of female and other students from other underrepresented groups in high school CS courses? What is the potential for sustainability and scalability of the CS4SF model? The strategies identified will be of broad interest as the problems that SFUSD faces today are similar to those faced by many other school districts as they try to ramp up their CS offerings. Over the course of this grant, the RPP will reach 100 teachers, 72 teaching assistants, and 5,000+ high school students.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.