The Role of CS Departments in The US President’s “CS for All” Initiative: Panel from SIGCSE...

TheRoleofCSDepartmentsinTheUSPresident’s“CSforAll”

InitiativeMarkGuzdial (moderator),

BarbaraEricson,W.Richards(Rick)Adrion,

Megean Garvin

FirstawordfromtheformerUSChiefTechnologyOfficer,MeganSmith

WhatrolecanComputerSciencedepartmentsplayinmeetingthe

challengeofCSforAll?

BarbaraEricsonInfluencingfuturestudents

CSforAllBarbara EricsonGeorgia Techericson@cc.gatech.edu

Overview� Teacher Professional Development

� Lending Library� Advocate for K-12 CS� Ebooks� Competitions

� Alice, Scratch, AP Bowl� PSAT Letters� Rise Up 4 CS� Summer Camps

Teacher Professional Dev� Started in 2004

� Increase the quantity and quality of computing teachers

� Increase the quantity and diversity of students

� Funding� Toyota Foundation� NSF Grants

� Lending Library

Advocate for K-12 CS

� Standards Committee

� CS Endorsement� CS Counts as a

4th Science� 2012

� CS Task Force 0

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# Students Taking the AP CSA Exam in Georgia

http://tinyurl.com/ICE-APData

Free Interactive Ebooks� Teacher and student

ebook for AP CSP� http://tinyurl.com/Te

acherCSP� http://tinyurl.com/St

udentCSP� Student ebook for AP

CSA� http://tinyurl.com/Ja

vaReview

Competitions� Alice� Scratch� AP Bowl

� Practice multiple-choice questions

� Graded with gradecam

� > 250 people� Prizes to top scorers

and raffle off the rest

PSAT Letters� Send letters to the

parents of underrepresented students who do well on the PSAT

� Encourage them to take Advanced Placement CSP or CSA� Virtual High School

� Advocate for CS at their school

http://tinyurl.com/ICE-PSAT

Rise Up 4 CS� Helps underrepresented

students succeed in AP CSA and CSP

� Undergraduate near peer role models

� Remote 1 hour sessions using Google Hangouts on Air

� 3 hour in-person help sessions

� Funding� Google Rise Awards and

Oracle� Sisters Rise Up 4 CS – female

only

Rise Up 4 CS Outcome� Record number of

Black students pass the AP CSA exam in Georgia each year� Spring 2013

� Record number of female students pass the AP CSA exam in Georgia each year� Fall 2014-2015

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One Student’s Story - 2013Project Rise UP 4 CS gave me the direction I wanted to take in life. I had no interest in CS, but taking the program I desired to take a computer related field. The program helped me out because I learned the basic concepts of coding that allowed me to succeed in my coding class.

Computing Summer Camps

� Run computing summer camps� Rising 3rd and up� Led by K-12 teachers� Financially self-sustaining� Majority Minority

� Minority students are less likely to have computing at school

W.Richards(Rick)AdrionProvidingsubjectmatterexpertise

ProvidingSubject-Ma4erExper8se

•  CSfacultycanprovidevaluableinputto:– Highereduca8onadmissionrequirements– K12learningandCSeduca8onresearch– Stateac8onsoneduca8on– Standards– Engagingyourlocalorregionalschools/districts– Licensure/Cer8fica8on– Pre-serviceteachereduca8onprograms

HowcanIcontribute?

•  Highereduca8onadmissionrequirements–  TypicallyAPCS-Acountsforcredit/placement,butnotasanadmissionfactor(aspartofminimumacademicrecord)

–  WhileAPCSPmaycountforcredit-Whatabouttowardsadegree?Asanadmissionfactor?Tosa8sfyaGenEdrequirement?

–  Collegecreditincreasesstudent(andparent)interestinK-12CS•  K12learningandCSeduca8onresearch

–  Lookatrealproblemsofinteresttoschoolsanddistricts,e.g.,NSFCSforAllRPP

•  Offeropinionsonstateac8ons–  Asanexample,makesureCSisinthestateEveryStudentSucceedsAct(ESSA)plan

GetyourcollegetoreporttotheCollegeBoard

WhyshouldyoucareaboutK-12CSstandards?

•  Standardsaffectallschools,notjusthighlyresourceddistricts->cancontributetobroadeningpar8cipa8on,inclusion,andtheschooltocollege/careerpipeline

•  CanhelpbringmoreCS-readystudentsandstudentswithCSknowledgeacrossalldisciplinestocollege

•  SEA/LEAstaff,schoolsstrugglewithunderstandingcomputerscienceandcomputa8onalthinking

•  Standardsarenotfrequentlyrevised,soCSstandardsmustbeforwardlooking

•  Standardshelpdefinelicensure,inturnhighlyqualifiedteachers->moreengagedstudents

Na8onalStandards

•  Par8cipate/Write–  LoriPollockProfessorUniversityofDelaware–  JuliaBell(WaltersStateCC),CaitlinMcMunn

Dooley(GeorgiaState),DianaFranklin(UChicago),DanFrost(UCIrvine),MayaIsrael(UIUC),IreneLee(MIT)

•  Review/Advise/Comment–  MarylandCSMa^ersSteeringCommi^ee,

UniversityofWashingtonCSFaculty–  OwenAstrachan(Duke),KarenBrennan

(Harvard),BrianDorn,(Nebraska-Omaha),PhillipEaglin,KathiFisler(WPI),JeffForbes(Duke),JoannaGoode(Oregon),MarkGuzdial(GeorgiaTech),HelenHu(Westminster),YasminKafai(Penn),FredMar8n(UMassLowell),MegRay(CornellTech),DaveReed(Creighton),BenShapiro(Colorado)(Boulder),UriWilensky(Northwestern),AmanYadav(MichiganState)

•  Promoteinyourstate

Statelevelstandards

InProgress:California,Colorado,Idaho,SouthCarolina,Virginia,WestVirginia

Source:code.org

StateStandards

Varia8on:GradeSpans,includedinScience,withLiteracy,TeacherExpecta8ons

Massachuse4sDLCSFrameworkknowledge,reasoning,andskillsareessen8altopreparestudentsforpersonalandcivicefficacyinthetwenty-firstcentury

Prac8cestoapplyinreasoning,crea8on,andproblemsolving

4Strands,4gradespans

FrameworkwillincludecrosswalkstoELA,Math,ST/E,Health

TheMADESEDLCSstandards

•  WhyDigitalLiteracyandComputerScience?–  Replaceexis8ngTechnologyLiteracyStandard

•  TheDESEDLCSPanel–  FormedbyDept.ElementaryandSecondaryEduca8onincoopera8onwithMassCAN,MassCUE

–  Teachers,Administrators,SchoolBoardMembers(Falmouth,Boston,Williamsburg,Montachuse^,Concord,CambridgeRindge&La8n,Dracut,Mashpee,Ashland,Winchester,SomervilleSTEAMAcademy,Salem,Andover,CodmanAcademyCharter,Newton,Millis,NewtonSouth)

–  Faculty,Researchers,ProgramManagers(MIT,UMassLowell,MassBayCC,UMassAmherst,UMassBoston,FraminghamState,WorcesterPolytechnicIns8tute,BroadIns8tute,MuseumofScience,ConcordConsor8um,EDC)

–  Technologists(ParagusStrategicIT,MITRE,Google,AbIni8o,PTCInc.)

TheMADESEDLCSstandards

•  Howdidwedefine?–  Lookedat2011CSTAK-12Standards,2008MATechnologyLiteracyStandards,2007AASLStandards,2007ISTEStandards,2013UKCompu8ngatSchoolIni8a8ve,CollegeBoardComputerSciencePrinciples

– Metmonthlyforalmostyear,DESE/EDC/MassCANedited

•  ApprovedJune2016•  Whatnow?–  Getdistrictstoadopt,developcurricula,–  Expandin-serviceteacherPD–  Developteacherlicensure,pre-serviceteacherprograms

DL CSDL&CS

Challenges

•  Engagedistrictstoadopt,developcurricula– MAis“localcontrol”state

•  Needmodels:IntegrateinK-5,?6-8?CStrack9-12•  Curricula

– Teachers/Administratorsdon’tknowwhatCSis– Expandin-serviceteacherPD

•  Districts,notstatefundPD•  Needsustainableprograms

•  Helpdesignpre-serviceteacherprograms

RecognizefacultyforK-12educa8onandoutreach!

Megean GarvinProvidingleadership

Maryland Computing Education

Megean E. Garvin, Ph.D.UMBCCS Matters in MDmgarvin@umbc.edu

CS Matters in Maryland

Co-PI Jan Plane (UMCP)

Co-PI Marie desJardins(UMBC)

Dianne O’Grady-CunniffLaPlata H.S.,

Charles County

Joe GreenawaltNorth Point H.S., Charles County

Jennifer SmithDigital Harbor H.S.,

Baltimore City

Lead Teachers

CS Matters in Maryland

� Accomplishments:§ Developed the Collaborative

Curriculum Creation System (C3S) to create the CS Matters in MD AP CSP course

§ Trained 75 CS Teachers in MD and created state-wide Community of Practice

§ Provided 240+ teachers (nationally and internationally) with access to curriculum

§ Reviewed by the College Board for endorsement

CS Matters in Maryland

� Partnership networks: § Steering committee members

(35+ from MSDE, school systems, universities, industry, and nonprofits)

§ Maryland Chapter of Computer Science Teachers Association (hundreds)

§ Summit and other event attendees (hundreds)

§ State CS Education Contact Database (over 1,000)

Teachers with Access to CS Matters in MD AP CSP Curriculum

CS Matters in Maryland

� Students reached across MD and beyond (thousands)

� National visibility through Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance, public presentations, published articles, press coverage, social media...

Maryland Computing Education

� “CS Counts” as a technology education or 4th mathematics credit for H.S. graduation requirements.

� MD has the highest per capita AP CS test taking and passing rate in the country.

� Maryland representatives from MSDE and public high school teachers participated in the national CS framework and standards design and is moving towards adoption of statewide standards.

� Hundreds of secondary teachers have been trained through quality CS PD by multiple providers in MD (CS Matters, Code.org, PLTW, etc.).

Maryland Center for Computing Education

Mission: Expand access to high-quality K-12 computing education in Maryland for all students through teacher preparation, coalition building, and advocacy � Established in February 2017.� USM leadership: Nancy Shapiro, Dewayne Morgan � Carry out innovative pedagogical research and training � Increase awareness of CS education issues among

students, parents, teachers, administrators, and the general public

� Coordinate with CS education initiatives nationally� Assess progress and leverage the Maryland Longitudinal

Data System Center

Yourturn!SuggestedQuestions

• Doyouseethe"CSforAll"effortchangingunderPresidentTrump'sadministration?• SomeUniversitiesarestartingCSteacherprofessionallearningattheundergraduatelevel("pre-service").Whatrole(ifany)doyouseeCSdepartmentsplayinginteacherdevelopmentattheundergraduatelevel?• HowcanCSdepartmentshelpingettingCSeducationtohighschoolstudentsinruralcommunities?• WhatroleshouldCSdepartmentsplayindevelopingtheresearchbasetosupportthe"CSforAll"effort?