Leverage school-based librarians to create and deliver K-6 CS/CT lessons when classroom integration slows¶

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Description¶

During COVID-19 disruptions in Years 2 and 3, ICCSD distributed leadership by having select librarians work in parallel to create a library of CS/CT lessons for students in grades K-6, aligned to School Library Standards. The district's reflection names this as one of two key decisions made to support teachers during the pandemic, and it now aims to increase shared leadership capacity with library media specialists who can coach teachers.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• School-based librarians with capacity to develop and deliver CS/CT lessons
• Alignment of librarian-developed lessons to School Library Standards

Constraints¶

• This approach emerged as a response to COVID-19 slowing classroom-based PLTW implementation

Target Learners¶

• Students in grades K-6

Target Learning Goals¶

• Computer science and computational thinking

Related Strategies¶

• Iccsd District Cs Specialist Leadership
• Use NGSS-aligned K-8 science coursework as the starting point for district CT integration
• Have classroom teachers develop CT-integrated example lessons and practical integration routines to operationalize a competency map

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Digital Promise. (2021). The “Science” of Computing: Inclusive Computing Pathways in Iowa City Community School District. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/133