Sustaining K-8 Computer Science Instruction with Indigenous CommunitiesK12
This program is tentative and subject to change.
The Wind River Elementary Computer Science (WRECS) Collaborative is a research-practice partnership (RPP) among three school districts serving Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone communities on the Wind River Reservation, the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE), [a professional development organization], and [a nonprofit research organization]. The purpose of the WRECS Collaborative is to support development and sustainability of K-8 computer science (CS) education through teacher professional development, leadership capacity-building, and connections to the school and broader communities. The Collaborative has engaged elementary and middle school educators across multiple school years, allowing for exploration of how to build sustainability of CS education across time, particularly in Indigenous communities. In this report, we share strategies the WRECS Collaborative used to foster sustainable CS instruction as we entered our fourth and fifth years of implementation. We share teacher and student survey results that suggest progress toward sustainability, including increases in teacher self-efficacy and perceptions of the feasibility of CS instruction and evidence of developing CS identities in students. We use teacher feedback and interviews to reflect on key features of the RPP’s structure that supported our successes and share future steps we plan to take to address continued challenges.
This program is tentative and subject to change.
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13:40 20mTalk | Culturally Responsive Computer Science and Social Studies Integration in Middle SchoolMSIK12 Papers Mengying Jiang Utah State University, Kristin Searle Utah State University, Michaela Harper Utah State University | ||
14:00 20mTalk | For TAs, With TAs: A Responsive Pedagogy Co-Design Workshop Papers Ian Pruitt Georgia State University, Grace Barkhuff Georgia Institute of Technology, Vyshnavi Namani Georgia Institute of Technology, Ellen Zegura Georgia Institute of Technology, William Gregory Johnson Georgia State University, Rodrigo Borela pc, Benjamin Shapiro Georgia State University, Anu G. Bourgeois Georgia State University | ||
14:20 20mTalk | Sustaining K-8 Computer Science Instruction with Indigenous CommunitiesK12 Papers Kathryn M. Rich American Institutes for Research, Heather Cunningham Boot Up Professional Development, Joseph Wilson American Institutes for Research, Alberta Oldman Wyoming Indian Schools, Taralee Suppah Wyoming Indian Schools, Elena Singer Wyoming Indian Schools, Lara M. Lock Fort Washakie School, Amanda LeClair-Diaz Fort Washakie School, Claudette C'Bearing Arapahoe Schools, Wilfred J. Ferris III Arapahoe Schools, Veronica E. Miller Arapahoe Schools, Marissa Spang American Institutes for Research, Emily Kern Partner to Improve | ||
14:40 20mTalk | Why Some Students Still Opt Out of CS: Student Perspectives in a Culturally Responsive Program Papers Bridget Agyare University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Skyla Jin University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Diana Arreola Scripps College, Colleen M. Lewis University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | ||