An HBCU Community of Practice to Prepare and Support Teachers to Teach Rigorous Computer Science Courses in Culturally Diverse School Districts

虽然黑人占美国人口的13%，但他们只占计算机劳动力的7%。更令人不安的是，在众多的计算机职业中，这7%中的大多数都是“计算机支持专家”。HBCU在增加计算劳动力中黑人的数量和比例方面具有得天独厚的优势。在有资格获得联邦支持的100所HBCU中，有11所跻身于为计算机科学和数学专业的黑人学生毕业的前100所大专院校。此外，大学中代表人数不足的学生的教育结果往往取决于他们在高中接受的教育。因此，少数民族优质教育(QEM)网络与L.L.Burge and Associates，LLC合作，将利用HBCU为社会、文化和经济多样化地区的高中CS教师提供一系列专业发展培训。这不仅将增加有资格教授CS课程的高中教师的数量，还将建立一个由教育工作者、HBCU CS部门和包容性CS课程开发人员组成的社区。QEM网络将与L.L.Burge and Associates，LLC合作，为SCED学区的教师计划和开展一系列文化响应的探索计算机科学(ECS)PD培训。该项目建立在之前NSF资助的项目CS 10K：计算机科学高中早期参与伙伴关系(PEECS-HS)计划的基础上：让学生接触华盛顿特区公立学校的计算机科学项目，该项目为哥伦比亚特区公立学校(DCPS)的在职教师提供专业发展。目前的项目将把两所HBCU(佛罗里达纪念大学和肯塔基州立大学)定位为战略的核心，该战略将为培训提供更深入的背景，并促进与邻近学区的长期社区建设。这两所HBCU都有得到认可的计算机科学项目和州认可的教师教育项目。该项目的目标是：(1)将HBCU定位为SCED学区的战略资源，为其高中教师提供高质量的、具有社会意识的CS PD；(2)利用ECS增加SCED学区拥有教授CS课程所需培训和资格证书的高中教师数量，并为高中生通过CS AP考试做准备；以及(3)建立一个实践/变革社区，使SCED地区新获得认证的CS教师可以与来自其地区、HBCU CS部门和ECS网络的其他教育工作者建立长期的互惠关系。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

While Black people comprise 13 percent of the U.S. population, they represent only 7 percent of the computing workforce. Even more unsettling, of the many computational occupations, the majority of that 7 percent are “computer support specialists.” HBCUs are uniquely positioned to increase the number and percentage of Black people in the computing workforce. Of the 100 HBCUs that qualify for federal support, 11 are among the top 100 postsecondary institutions for graduating Black students in Computer Sciences and Math. Moreover, the educational outcomes for underrepresented students in college often depend on the instruction they received in high school. Therefore, the Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network in partnership with L.L. Burge and Associates, LLC will leverage HBCUs to facilitate a series of professional development trainings for high school CS teachers in districts that are diverse socially, culturally, and economically. This will not only increase the number of high school teachers qualified to teach CS courses, but will also build a community of educators, HBCU CS departments, and inclusive CS curriculum developers. The QEM Network in partnership with L.L. Burge and Associates, LLC will plan and conduct a series of culturally responsive Exploring Computer Science (ECS) PD trainings for teachers in SCED school districts. The project builds upon a previous NSF-funded project, CS 10K: The Partnership for Early Engagement in Computer Science High School (PEECS-HS) Program: Exposing Students to Computer Science in Washington, DC Public Schools project, which provided professional development to in-service teachers in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). The current project will position two HBCUs (Florida Memorial University and Kentucky State University) as central to a strategy that will provide a deeper context for the training and contribute to long-term community building with adjacent school districts. The two HBCUs have ABET accredited computer science programs and state accredited teacher education programs. The project goals are to: (1) Position HBCUs as a strategic resource for SCED school districts to receive high quality, socially conscious CS PD for their high school teachers; (2) Use ECS to increase the number of high school teachers in SCED school districts with the training and credentials necessary to teach CS courses and prepare high school students to pass CS AP exams; and (3) Build a community ofpractice/change whereby newly credentialed CS teachers in SCED districts can form long-term reciprocal bonds with other educators from their districts, HBCU CS departments and the ECS network.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.