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Computer Science for All: The Role of Computer Science Professional Development in Broadening Participation in Urban Schools

Saturday, November 5, 2022

9:15 AM – 9:45 AM

Location: Conference Theater

Co-Presenter(s)

Erin Lynch (she/her/hers)

President
Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
Washington, DC, District of Columbia, United States
MM

Mercy Mugo

Executive Director
Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
Washington, DC, District of Columbia, United States
LB

Leland Burge

President
Burge LLC, United States
SS

Simone Soso

Project Director
Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
Washington, DC, District of Columbia, United States
Bianca Mack (she/her/hers)

Graduate Assistant
Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Program Abstract: The National Science Foundation-funded project “An HBCU Community of Practice to Prepare and Support Teachers to Teach Rigorous Computer Science Courses in Culturally Diverse School Districts,” facilitated by Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) network in partnership with L.L. Burge and Associates LLC, is a four-year project to leverage Historically Black Colleges and Universities to provide professional development to socially, culturally, and economically (SCED) diverse districts, use Early Computer Science (ECS) to increase the number of high school teachers in SCED school districts, and build a community of practice/change whereby newly credentialed computer science teachers in SCED districts can form long-term reciprocal bonds with other educators from their districts through an ECS professional development curriculum.