Sequence pathway development activities across three years: buy-in, SCRIPT assessment and summer institutes led by model-district teachers, then piloting with microcredentials¶

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Description¶

The presentation lays out development activities by year. Getting Started (SY19-20) includes "Develop innovation mindset; Get buy-in", "Visit South Fayette", book clubs, "SCRIPT assessment", and inventory taking. Getting Going (SY20-21) includes "Summer Institute #1 (SF teachers lead)", pilot lessons, microcredentials, and sketching the pathway. Getting Better (SY21-22) includes "Summer Institute #2 (SF & KY teachers lead)", pilot lessons, microcredentials, and refining the pathway. Professional development was pivoted online during the pandemic.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Access to the model district's teachers as PD leaders, and a structured assessment such as SCRIPT for inventorying current CT activity

Constraints¶

• The second summer institute shifts leadership to both SF and KY teachers, and the pandemic forced the summer institute online

Target Learners¶

• K-8 teachers in rural districts

Target Learning Goals¶

• teaching computational thinking and coding
• demonstrating teaching proficiency via microcredentials

Related Strategies¶

• Sustained teacher professional development with coaching and professional learning communities
• Provide dedicated peer-led ePortfolio support focused on ePortfolio making skills, and scale professional development longitudinally with adoption
• Use peer-led, project-based professional development led by teachers in similar contexts
• Operationalize the faculty standards through structured professional learning pathways with modules, microcredentials, and peer review

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Computing in Rural America: Developing K-8 Coding Pathways for Kentucky Appalachia. (2020). Presentation slides, December 2nd 2020. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/0c77d3c7-12c8-4a9b-8583-040137f0fd3c