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TheRoleofCSDepartmentsinTheUSPresident’s“CSforAll”
InitiativeMarkGuzdial (moderator),
BarbaraEricson,W.Richards(Rick)Adrion,
Megean Garvin
FirstawordfromtheformerUSChiefTechnologyOfficer,MeganSmith
WhatrolecanComputerSciencedepartmentsplayinmeetingthe
challengeofCSforAll?
BarbaraEricsonInfluencingfuturestudents
CSforAllBarbara EricsonGeorgia [email protected]
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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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
# 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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# Black Passed
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# Female
# Female Passed
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
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?
