Cohort 2 information session

1. Cohort 2 information session

2. Welcome and Introductions • Dr. Jeff Gray, Associate ProfessorDepartment of Computer Science, University of Alabamagray@cs.ua.edu -- http://gray.cs.ua.edu • Deepa Muralidhar, CS Teacher and CS Principles Facilitator North Gwinnet High School, Georgiadeepa.muralidhar@gmail.com -- http://www.iteachcs.com • Carol Crawford, ConsultantA+ College Readycarolk.crawford@gmail.com • Others who will join the call from ALSDE and A+ College Ready

3. Others you will get to know • A+ College Ready • Mary Boehm, President • Dr. Amy C. Fineburg, Chief Academic Officer • Haynie Research and Evaluation • Dr. Kathleen Haynie • Dr. Sheryl Packman

4. Year One Schools and Teacher LEADERS

5. Year Two Schools and teachers

6. Project Goals • Train 50 high school teachers, over a three year period • Enroll 2,500 students • Broaden participation for female and minority students • Develop curricular materials • Evaluate both professional development and curricular materials • Be a national leader in the new AP CS Principles course/exam • Improve the overall awareness of computer science opportunities available to Alabama students

7. Getting a Head Start • A website that you should visit is the official CS Principles website, located at http://www.csprinciples.org/ • Check out the CS Principles Curriculum Framework and Performance Tasks • Check out the National Science Foundation funded CS10K Community of Practice website athttp://www.cs10kcommunity.org/page/about-cs10k-community • Create an account and join the CS4Alabama group

8. Suggested Readings • Hal Abelson’s Blown to Bits – a free book that your students can also read as part of the course curriculum; available for download at http://www.bitsbook.com/excerpts/ • Jeannette Wing’s Computational ThinkingSent as attachment in previous email • Jeff Kramer’s Is Abstraction the Key to Computing? Sent as attachment in previous email

9. Recruiting Resources • We are hoping for enrollment close to the numbers projected on your application; may not be able to support low enrollment classes • Course Name and Code • Computer Science Principles • ALSDE Career Technical Course Code: 520008 • This course now counts as a math elective for graduation • Guidance Counselor Resources • National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) http://www.ncwit.org/project/counselors-computing-c4c • Attachment containing other resources sent in previous email

10. Key Professional Development Dates • This training is required for your participation in the project: • Late-May through mid-July—Online content-specific professional development (on-line meetings twice a week for 8 weeks plus approximately 3-4 hours per week of independent work) • June 23-27—A week-long Advanced Placement Summer Institute–like training (at the University of Alabama)

11. Project Evaluation • Project evaluation conducted by Haynie Research • Project assessment helps us to improve the course and provide feedback to the National Science Foundation • Types of information • Student Demographics (Student’s identified by code only) • Pre and Post Course Surveys for Students and Teachers • Bi-Weekly Feedback form (Teachers) • Collection of student work • IRB Requirements • Those students counted in the study must fill out assent/consent forms (students and parents must sign) • Students may take your course and not be part of the study, but we strongly encourage explaining the importance of participating to students and parents

12. Teacher Expectations • Assist in approving CSP course adoption • Participate in meetings with grant leaders • Promote the course and recruit students • Manage equipment purchases • Participate in summer on-line content-specific professional development • Attend a week-long Advanced Placement Summer • Participate in homework exercises and biweekly webinars • Participate in the NSF supported Community of Practice • Respond to evaluation surveys and data requests from project evaluator • Participate in the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) and the CSTA Alabama chapter activities

13. Incentives • Financial Incentives for Teachers • Each teacher will be eligible to receive up to $3,300 for meeting expectations and completing the designated activities. The financial incentives are available only during the first year of participationand paid in two installments. • Additional Incentives • $2,000 equipment allowance for the first year of program participation • Registration and travel for attending week-long APS-like summer training and curriculum meetings (up to $1,050)

14. Miscellaneous tOPICS • Please consider joining CSTA • http://csta.acm.org/Membership/sub/IndividualMembership.html • Use of Dropbox • We will use Dropbox to share files with you; please create a Dropbox account if you do not have one • Please let us know your Dropbox email address if it is different that the email that we have been using for correspondence. • Upcoming CSTA Mobilize Data Workshop • Could be very useful in your course on the Big Data topic • Please see Carol Yarbrough’s message last week • Held at ASFA in Birmingham on April 19

15. Questions??