Cultivating a Network of Community Support for K-12 CS Educators

Outline

Panel:
Overview of purpose of the panel (3 minutes)
Introduction of panelists and participants (virtually, via chat) (5 minutes)
Round-robin - each panelist shares how they implement coaching for CS teachers in their context (7-8 minutes each)
Overview of CS coaching toolkit (10 minutes)
Fireside chat with moderator (10 minutes)
-what elements of the CS coaching toolkit have been most helpful?
-please share examples from your practice of how you have implemented elements of the CS coaching toolkit.
Audience - Q and A (10 minutes)
Closing

Outcomes

After this sessions, participants will be able to:
-identify purpose of each component of the CS coaching tookit
-apply the CS coaching toolkit to their school context

Supporting research

Aguilar, E. (2021). Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice. Jossey-Bass.

Coburn, C. E., Bae, S., & Turner, E. O. (2008). Authority, Status, and the Dynamics of Insider–Outsider Partnerships at the District Level. Peabody Journal of Education, 83(3), 364–399. https://doi.org/10.1080/01619560802222350

Mak, J., Twarek, B., Chaka Barashango, S., Chang, C., Glass, S., and Ray, M. (2021). CS Coaching Toolkit. CSTA Standards for CS Teachers. https://csteachers.org/coaching

McGill, M. M., Thompson, A., Gransbury, I., Heckman, S., Rosato, J., & Delyser, L. A. (2023). Building upon the CAPE Framework for Broader Understanding of Capacity in K-12 CS Education. Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1, 577–582. https://doi.org/10.1145/3545945.3569799

McQueen, K. (2018). Promoting Instructional Improvement: Promising Evidence of Coaching That Benefits Teachers' Practice (Doctoral dissertation).

Orange, T., Isken, J., Green, A., Parachini, N. & Francois, A. (2019, December). Coaching for Equity. The Learning Professional, 40(6), 45-49. https://learningforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/coaching-for-equity.pdf

Pierce, J., & Buysse, V. (2014). Effective Coaching: Improving Teacher Practice & Outcomes for All Learners. National Center for Systemic Improvement Brief, Nov. https://www.air.org/sites/default/files/NCSI_Effective-Coaching-Brief-508.pdf

Rosato, J., Thigpen, L., Brunson, F., Tise, J., & McGill, M. (2024, September). Coaching Teachers to Teach Computer Science with Equity-focused Teacher Standards. In Proceedings of the 19th WiPSCE Conference on Primary and Secondary Computing Education Research (pp. 1-10).

Twarek, B., Mak, J., Glass, S., Barashango, S. C., & Chang, C. (2022). Developing an Ecosystem of Support for K-12 CS Educators. In Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2, 1162. https://doi.org/10.1145/3478432.3499104