ADVOCATING FOR CS IN K-12Tapestry WorkshopDuluth, MN

NOW WHAT? We’ve heard about…

Economic outlook Active recruiting Engaging all students

What is the state of CS in K-12 education nationally? In MN?

How can we promote CS in the system?

PARTICIPANT EXPERIENCES California – Emmanuel Onyeador Texas – Kathleen Weaver North Carolina – Deb Ramey Idaho – Beth Richstmeier

CALIFORNIA

Career Academy Network http://casn.berkeley.edu/

Link Learning initiative http://www.connectedcalifornia.org/linked_learning

California Partnership academy http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs/hs/cpagen.asp

CAREER CLUSTER MODEL (CTE)

Network Systems, Information Support and Service Web and Digital Communications Programming and Software Development?

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ct/sf/documents/ctestandards.pdf

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PATHWAY

University of California A – G Requirement http://www.ucop.edu/a-gGuide/ag/design/

http://www.ucop.edu/a-gGuide/ag/cte/welcome.html

A- G REQUIREMENT (UC/CS)

Exploring Computer Science http://exploringcs.org

AP CS Principles http://csprinciples.org http://www.collegeboard.com/html/computerscien

ce/index.html

APCS A http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/4483.html

CS4HS Pilots with University of California Berkeley

COMPUTER SCIENCE

GoldenGate Chapter: sites.google.com/site/ggcsta

CS 10 UC Berkeley: Pilot for AP PrinciplesThe Beauty and Joy of Computing (Professor Dan Garcia and Brian Harvey) http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs10/su12/

APCS A Labcentric: Pilot(UC Berkeley EECS Department)

http://veritas.eecs.berkeley.edu/

CS4HS

Computer Academy offers: Exploring CS http://www.exploringcs.org/

Data modeling, database design /programming

http://ilearning.oracle.com/

Java Programming / APCSA http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/4483.html

Cisco Networking Courses http://cisco.netacad.net.

OAKLAND TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL

ATTRACT “AT – RISK” Students: Recruit underserved students Recruitment process Intervention process

After School Activities: Robotics Technovation Challenge

http://iridescentlearning.org/programs/technovation-challenge/

Computer Club

COMPUTER ACADEMY

Robotics Job Shadow Internship Industry Partnership with Industry Peer tutor Students repair / maintain computer /

network

OAKLAND TECH COMPUTER ACADEMY

Community college credit for students who receive B or above in computer science classes

ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS

TEXAS New TEKS for 2012-2013

http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter126/index.html

Teacher Prep Certifications available in Computer Science,

Tech Apps, and Business Technology courses are no longer required

AP Computer Science counts either as a math or science

NORTH CAROLINA Taught AP Computer Science as a Math Credit

for a long time Now is available in CTE dept Other Programming Courses are part of CTE Are piloting the CS Principles course this year State curricula 8th Grade Computer Skills Test from 1996-

2008 Information Technology Essential Standards

now

IDAHO According to CSTA, all standards in Math Very few < CS classes taught throughout the

state (Less than 10) No teacher certification except Career Tech Taught through IT:Software Development

Career Track Dual Credit with post-secondary institutions

MINNESOTA What are the tech courses?

Required Elective

What are the licensure requirements?

CSTA Computer Science Teachers Association

http://csta.acm.org Become a member – it’s free! Start or join a local chapter

TALKING POINTS Moving Beyond Computer Literacy:

Why Schools Should Teach Computer Science

MESSAGES FOR OTHER TEACHERS Students will need to be not only consumers

but creators of technology Computer science prepares them to meet the

technical needs in many fields

MESSAGES FOR ADMINISTRATORS Prepares students for global competitiveness Raises the level of achievement for all

students, including those traditionally marginalized

Emphasizes critical skills Collaboration Communication Critical thinking

Prepares students for college and career May not require a huge amount of money

MESSAGES FOR … Who are the other stakeholders at your

school?

What are the barriers?

How can you frame offering CS in terms of meeting goals at your school?

What kind of support do they need to make it happen?

RESOURCES Computing in the Core

Advocacy 101 toolkit Directed at policy-makers, legislators http://

c2485722.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/CinC_Advocacy_Toolkit_0924.pdf

Computational Thinking Leadership Toolkit Messages for many audiences Can adapt for computer science vs. CT http://

csta.acm.org/Curriculum/sub/CurrFiles/471.11CTLeadershiptToolkit-SP-vF.pdf

RESOURCES Running on Empty

http://www.acm.org/runningonempty/ Results of a study conducted by the Association

for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA)

Communicating for Change http://

www.ncwit.org/sites/default/files/resources/communicatingforchange09_final.pdf

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