In 2018, San Francisco State University, San Francisco Unified School District, and WestEd formed a Research-Practice Partnership (RPP) to improve high school CS offerings under an NSF-funded project called CS4SF. This project aimed to:
- Increase the number of CS teachers to increase CS offering at high schools
- Implement inclusive pedagogical strategies
- Expose underrepresented students to role models, such as instructor assistants, from backgrounds like their own
Programs Launched
- CS Supplementary Authorization program to prepare new high school CS teachers in San Francisco
- Annual 1-week Summer Institute for current high school CS teachers
- Trained CS undergraduates as instructional assistants and placed them in high school CS classrooms
- Established Professional Learning Community for CS teachers
Accomplishments
- Prepared 50+ new CS teachers for San Francisco and Bay Area
- Provided professional development for 100+ teachers
- Trained 100+ instructional assistants who provided 7000+ hours of classroom support
- Impacted and supported 2500+ high school students
Summer Institutes
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