Workshop Series on Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) Plans for Departments

计算研究协会将扩大BPCnet资源的工作，举办一系列的四个讲习班，让更多的部门参与制定有意义的扩大参与计算（BPC）计划。这些研讨会使参与者能够制定部门BPC计划，同时从BPC专家那里获得真实的反馈。 这些研讨会将采用内容交付，动手计划开发和实时反馈的组合。每次研讨会结束后，与会者将有机会收到进一步的反馈意见，以完善他们在研讨会期间制定的计划。将对每个讲习班进行评价，以评估其效果。该项目汇集了在扩大参与和教师方面拥有丰富经验的专家，以帮助教师制定计划，这将对增加计算多样性产生有意义的影响。有了这些计划，各系和教师将能够实施各种活动，为各种各样的学生提供通往计算机职业的途径。为了支持计算机系和教师扩大参与的努力，这个项目将举办一系列关于制定系BPC计划的四个研讨会。这些互动研讨会将汇集在一个部门内的各级学术教师，了解CISE对BPC的要求，并给他们空间来制定他们的部门BPC计划。这些讲习班将被专业记录，并将作为资源提供给更广泛的社区。将使用后续调查对参加这些讲习班的部门进行跟踪，以促进部门BPC计划的持续发展和实施。一个BPC计划顾问网络将在研讨会之外的计划制定过程中为各部门和教师提供支持。与各部门（或个人PI）合作的顾问将提供持续的支持。经顾问完善和审查的部门BPC计划将由顾问和BPC计划研讨会指导委员会批准，以便最终上传到BPCnet.org，这是一个支持这一举措的资源门户网站。通过将讲习班和咨询活动与BPCnet门户网站的资源生成相结合，该项目将能够在该奖项的期限之后产生持久的影响。研讨会的有效性将通过使用反馈和后续调查从教师收集的数据进行评估，以及旨在衡量制定有意义的BPC计划所取得的进展的焦点小组。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得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来支持。

The Computing Research Association will extend the work of the BPCnet resource to conduct a series of four workshops to involve more departments in the development of meaningful Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) plans. These workshops enable participants to develop departmental BPC plans while receiving real time feedback from BPC experts. These workshops will employ a combination of content delivery, hands-on plan development, and realtime feedback. Once each workshop concludes, participants will have the opportunity to receive additional feedback for refinement of their plans developed during the workshop. Each workshop will be evaluated to assess their efficacy. This project brings together experts who have extensive experience in broadening participation and faculty to help the faculty create plans that will have a meaningful impact on increasing diversity in computing. With the resulting plans, departments and faculty will be able to implement activities that will facilitate pathways for a diverse range of students to careers in computing.To support computing departments and faculty’s efforts for broadening participation, this project will run a series of four workshops on developing Departmental BPC Plans. These interactive workshops will bring together academic faculty at various levels within a department to learn about the CISE requirements for BPC and give them the space to develop their Departmental BPC Plan. These workshops will be recorded professionally and will be provided as a resource to the broader community. Attending departments of these workshops will be tracked over time using follow-up surveys in an effort to facilitate the continued development and implementation of the Departmental BPC Plans. A network of BPC plan consultants will be available to support the departments and faculty during the plan development process outside of the workshops. Consultants working with departments (or individual PIs) will provide a sustained connection for continued support. Departmental BPC Plans that have been refined and reviewed with a consultant will be approved by the consultant and the BPC Plan Workshops Steering Committee for final upload to BPCnet.org, a resource portal supporting this initiative. By combining the workshops and consultancy activities with the generation of resources for the BPCnet portal, the project will be able to have lasting impact beyond the duration of this award. Effectiveness of the workshops will be evaluated through data collected from the faculty using feedback and follow-up surveys as well as focus groups aimed at measuring the progress made towards creating meaningful BPC plans.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.