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PUMP-CS: Changing the Landscape of Computer Education in Wisconsin

sySTEM Now ConferenceOctober 22, 2013

Dennis Brylow, Marquette UniversityBob Juranitch, University School of Milwaukee

Joe Kmoch, Milwaukee Public Schools

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Three Challenges

• The computing community in the US faces three significant and interrelated challenges in maintaining a robust IT workforce

1. Underproduction2. Underrepresentation3. Lack of a presence in K-12 education

(Jan Cuny, NSF CS10K Initiative)

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Overview

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Snapshot: U.S. Employment through 2020

Source: Jobs data are calculated from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Employment Projections 2010-2020, available at http://www.bls.gov/emp/.

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Computing and mathematics is one of the

TOP 10 fastest growing major occupational groups 2010-2020.

150,000+ job openings in computing annually.

1 in every 2 STEM jobs will be in computing in 2020.

Quick Facts about Computing Jobs Though 2020

Sources: Jobs data are calculated from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Employment Projections 2010-2020, available at http://www.bls.gov/emp/. Educational levels are calculated from BLS Occupational Projections Data, Employment 2010-2020, available at http://data.bls.gov/oep/ and the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook 2010-2020, available at http://bls.gov/ooh/.

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U.S. Employment through 2020How Computing Stacks Up To Healthcare

22% job growth ratein computing jobs, as comparable

to healthcare job growth rates 2010-2020.

51,000 projected shortfall in qualified health IT workers 2011-

2015.

90% of physicians to use electronic health records by

2019 as a result of the federal HITECH Act of 2009.

* Healthcare practitioners and technicians

Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Employment Projections 2010-2020, available at http://www.bls.gov/emp/. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), HITECH Programs, http://www.healthit.gov. Congressional Budget Office, Analysis of HITECH Act of 2009.

Growth Rates

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The Bright Future For Computing Jobs

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Total Employment in STEM in 2020Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

* Subtotals do not equal 9.2 million due to rounding.

Source: Jobs data are calculated from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Employment Projections 2010-2020, available at http://www.bls.gov/emp/. STEM is defined here to include non-medical occupations.

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Where the STEM Jobs Will BeProjected Annual Growth of STEM Job Openings 2010-2020

* STEM is defined here to include non-medical occupations.

Source: Jobs data are calculated from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Employment Projections 2010-2020, available at http://www.bls.gov/emp/.

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Where the STEM Jobs Will BeProjected Annual Growth of NEWLY CREATED STEM Job Openings 2010-2020

* STEM is defined here to include non-medical occupations.

Source: Jobs data are calculated from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Employment Projections 2010-2020, available at http://www.bls.gov/emp/.

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Where the STEM Jobs Will BeAnnual STEM Degrees (2009) and Annual STEM Job Openings (2010-2020)

Sources: Degree data are calculated from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Science and Engineering Indicators 2012, available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind12/appendix.htm. Annual jobs data are calculated from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Employment Projections 2010-2020, available at http://www.bls.gov/emp/. STEM is defined here to include non-medical degrees and occupations.

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Where the STEM Jobs Will BeTop 10 STEM Occupations by Total Employment in 2020

Source: Jobs data are calculated from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Employment Projections 2010-2020, available at http://www.bls.gov/emp/. STEM is defined here to include non-medical occupations.

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Where the STEM Jobs Will BeProjected Growth of Selected STEM Jobs 2010-2020

STEM Job 2010 Total Employment

% Growth2010-2020

2011 Average Annual Salary

Engineering and Architectural Managers 176,800 9% $129,350

Computer and Information Systems Managers 307,900 18% $125,660

Aerospace Engineers 81,000 5% $103,870

Software Developers, Systems and Applications 913,100 30% $96,250

Biochemists and Biophysicists 25,100 31% $87,640

Civil Engineers 262,800 19% $82,710

Database Administrators 110,800 31% $77,350

Environmental Scientists 89,400 19% $68,810

Chemists 82,200 4% $74,780

Anthropologists and Archeologists 6,100 21% $59,040

Sources: Jobs data are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Employment Projections 2010-2020, available at http://www.bls.gov/emp/. Salary data are from BLS Occupational Employment Statistics, May 2011, available at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm. STEM is defined here to include non-medical occupations.

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Pipeline of Talent in Computing

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Higher Education Pipeline in Computing

Source: National Science Foundation, Science and Engineering Indicators 2012 and various years, available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind12/. Data are not available from 1999.

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Higher Education Pipeline in Computing

CRA Taulbee Survey Results

Source: Computing Research Association, Taulbee Survey 2010-2011, available at http://www.cra.org/resources/taulbee/ (providing voluntary responses from Ph.D.-granting universities on new enrollments and degrees awarded in their undergraduate CS/CE programs.

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Source: College Board, Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Data 2011, available at http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/ap/data. Calculus represents the combined data of Calculus AB and BC. Physics represents the combined data of Physics B, C:Electricity and Magnetism, and C:Mechanics. Computer Science represents combined data of Computer Science A and B.

High School Advanced PlacementExams 1997-2011

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Conclusion

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CS4HS @ MU 2012State of the State

A large majority (over 85%)

of Wisconsin school districts

aren't even offering their students

a path into the highest growing

and best paying sectors of the

21st Century American economy.

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Computing Education for the 21st Century (NSF CE21) Grant• Our NSF Grant Proposal has been officially

funded (Jan 2014 – Dec 2016)

• ~$1 million over 3 years for "Preparing the Upper Midwest for Principles of Computer Science (PUMP-CS)".

• Elements of CSTA Wisconsin-Dairyland chapter, Marquette, UW-La Crosse, UW-Madison and WI DPI have worked for 3 years on laying the groundwork for this.

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PUMP-CSWhat does it mean?

Part of CS10K Program -- 10,000 more qualified CS teachers in U.S. high schools.

Four prongs:

• Growing our professional community

• Strengthening our professional community

• Linking our professional community

• Broadening the CS pipeline

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PUMP-CS: Growing

• ~ 25-30 AP CS teachers statewide

• Perhaps another 40 - 60 WI teachers offering some kind of programming course (Java, C++, VB, etc.)

• Over 400 high schools in our state.

• PUMP-CS will fund tuition for 100 more teachers to be prepared for ECS or CSP over next three summers.

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Exploring Computer Science (ECS)

• Targeted to 9th and 10th grade.

• Broad introduction to computing concepts and computational thinking.

• Inquiry, Equity, Content

• Essential preparation for AP CSP.

• Can teach ECS in your area, without 405 CS endorsement.

(Less than 25% programming content.)

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Exploring Computer Science (ECS)

• Professional Development includes five day course in first summer.

• Begin teaching course in fall.

• Quarterly updates during academic year.

• Another five day session in second summer.

• In Los Angeles, Chicago, elsewhere

• Need volunteers for first cohort of 20 for summer 2014.

• Letter of support from principal.

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What can YOU do?

• Participate in one of the 3 cohorts.

• Identify a teacher in your building, another building in your district, or at your arch-rival high school across the county with no CS presence.

• Mentor a new ECS teacher.

• Share your alternative, successful intro CS course model with the community at CSTA meetings or Green Lake sessions.

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PUMP-CS: Strengthen

• WI teachers need 405 license to offer CS courses in K-12.

• CS Ed degree programs dying across the state.

• Most remaining programs feature methods courses that emphasize teaching CS the same way we always have, or are cobbled together from other fields of teaching.

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Teaching Computer Science (TCS)

• New methods course focused on bridging gap from teaching ECS to teaching AP CS Principles or other advanced CS courses.

• "Missing Link" for licensure.

• Support for "alternative certification paths".

• Two cohorts of 20 teachers in 2015 and 2016.

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Teaching Computer Science (TCS)

• Online course after 2016.

What can YOU do?

• Identify candidates

• Bring in other stakeholders

• Help to define alternative pathways to CS endorsement that maintain quality

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PUMP-CS: Linking

• Focus groups around state, bringing together teachers, administrators and industry representatives

• Identify local and regional strengths

• Identify and destroy barriers to moving forward

• Educate and recruit

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PUMP-CS: Linking

• Statewide Computing Symposia in summer 2015 and 2016

• Triple the size of CS4HS @ MU

• Teachers, administrators, counselors, industry and policymakers

• Goals:o Replicate successo Institutionalize positive changes

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National CS Framework

• Exploring Computer Science (ECS)– Entry level CS course

• Computer Science Principles– AP in 2016-2017

• AP Computer Science A – Programming in Java

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Exploring Computer Science

• Developed in Los Angeles Unified School District with UCLA

• Pillars– Inquiry

• 5Es Inquiry Learning Cycle

– Equity• 6000 students served• 75% indentifying as Latino or African American

– Content• Accepted as CTE credit by University of California

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Exploring Computer Science• Six Units

– Human Computer Interaction – Problem Solving– Web Design– Introduction to Programming– Computing and Data Analysis– Robotics

• Inquiry and Project-based Tasks– Role-playing, jig sawing, simulations, collaborative tasks,

and problems w/multiple solutions

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Additional Roll-outs

• Current partners include:– Washington, DC: http://www.scs.howard.edu/research/PEECS– Chicago: http://tasteofcomputing.org/– Oregon: http://www.techstart.org/exploringcs/– Santa Clara: http://www.scu.edu/engineering/cse/ecs/index.cfm– Utah: http://people.westminstercollege.edu/faculty/hhu/ecs/

• Additional Information– http://www.exploringcs.org/

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AP CS Principles

• AP course designed to be accessible to every student while building knowledge and skills that are endorsed by colleges and universities.

• Novel assessment– 25% Performance Task Based– 75% Computer-based Assessment

• Endorsed by College Board

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AP CS Principles – Big Ideas•Computing is a creative activity

•Abstraction reduces information and detail to facilitate focus on relevant concepts

•Data and information facilitate the creation of knowledge

•Algorithms are used to develop and express solutions to computational problems

•Programming enables problem solving, human expression, and creation of knowledge

•The Internet pervades modern computing

•Computing has global impacts

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Current Pilots

More Information: http://www.csprinciples.org/

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AP Computer Science A

• Traditional entry into CS major• Redesigned for 2014-2015

– Suggested labs – Case study removed– Allows 20% more time for inquiry and project

based learning– Deep dive into Java programming

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The PUMP-CS Project

We have a unique opportunity to fundamentally alter the landscape of CS in our high schools, and

CS Education programs in our universities.

If we succeed, it will quickly spread to nearby states. If we fail, we will not get a second chance.

Help.