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CNS Division Of Computer and Network Systems |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | July 19, 2017 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | July 19, 2017 |
| Award Number: | 1745456 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
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Janice Cuny
CNS Division Of Computer and Network Systems CSE Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering |
| Start Date: | July 15, 2017 |
| End Date: | June 30, 2019 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $47,762.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $47,762.00 |
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1200 KENWOOD AVE DULUTH MN US 55811-4199 (218)723-6072 |
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MN US 55811-4199 |
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| NSF Program(s): | STEM + Computing (STEM+C) Part |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.070 |
ABSTRACT
The College of St. Scholastica requests funding to expand a summer 2017 professional development program for teachers--Mobile CSP Immersion Week--to include a 2.5-day workshop for school counselors. School counselors can have a large influence on the participation of underrepresented students, enrolling them in computer science courses, exposing them to computing careers, and guiding them in this course of study and job preparation in their post-secondary lives. The workshop will leverage the Counselors for Computing (C4C) program developed at the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT).
In the past, Mobile CSP has provided C4C kits and webinars to teachers completing the Mobile CSP professional development course, with the goal of having the teachers engage their school's counselors as allies in the effort to broaden participation in computing. With this workshop, counselors will join their Mobile CSP teacher colleagues for distinct, and also shared, professional learning. The expectation is that schools will be more effective in broadening participation in their CS classes when a team of professionals are working together as a common effort. The workshop will encourage counselors to complete at least 5 follow-up activities, and to carry out events within the 2017-2018 academic year in the five-state Midwest region. Evaluation of the conference attendees (both Mobile CSP teachers and C4C counselors) will be used to determine effectiveness of the training as well as, when applicable, what effect attending professional development together has on recruitment activities at local schools.
PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
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The C4C@Mobile CSP project was a collaboration between the Mobile Computer Science Principles (Mobile CSP) program at the College of St. Scholastica and the Counselors for Computing (C4C) program at the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). Mobile CSP program providers appreciate the critical role school counselors can play in enrolling traditionally underrepresented students into computer science courses, exposing them to computing careers, and guiding them in this course of study and job preparation in their post-secondary lives.
The C4C@Mobile CSP project provided professional development workshops for over 50 counselors to support broadening participation in computing courses at high schools across the country. Fourteen counselors attended a three-day workshop at the College of St. Scholastica in the summer of 2018. Twenty-two counselors attended a three-hour workshop in St. Paul at the Minnesota School Counselors Association?s annual conference in April 2019 and approximately fifteen counselors attended a one-day session at Capital Community College in Hartford, CT in March 2019. From these groups, selected counselor leaders received additional training and support from NCWIT staff to lead activities at local and national events for other counselors.
Of the counselors who attended the extended workshop in Minnesota, 100% of them have completed five or more actions such as: 1) Engaged students in conversation around careers in computer science; 2) Used resources from the workshop to create visual displays about careers in computer science; 3) Used hands-on resources (VR headsets) to aid in discussions with families and colleagues around careers in computer science; 4) Co-presented C4C program to school counselors in district and/or state; 5) Collaborated on supporting recruitment and retention of diverse students to CS classes. Counselors at the workshop also completed a survey that asked what impact the program had on their awareness of various topics. More than 75% of the respondents indicated that the program had a ?moderate? or ?great? impact on their awareness of topics such as the availability of technical jobs, the value of increasing diversity in computing, ways counselors can help more students participate in computing, and ways counselors can help more students participate in computing.
Overall, the project has increased the number of counselors across the country who are aware of and have taken action to broaden participation in computing courses and careers. The project has also developed several counselor leaders who have or will be providing C4C professional development to other counselors within their geographic region.
Last Modified: 10/28/2019
Modified by: Jennifer L Rosato
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