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Meeting Date:
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2/22/2018 - 6:00 PM
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Category:
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ITEMS OF BUSINESS
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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1. Action on Resolution 1718R-010 by Director Bonds to Create a City-wide Computer Science Program at Barack Obama School of Career and Technical Education
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Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
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Goal 1 Academic Achievement
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Attachments
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Resolution 1718R-010
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File Attachment:
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Background:
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At its meeting on October 26, 2017, the Board referred Resolution 1718R-010 by Director Bonds to create a city-wide computer science program at Barack Obama School of Career and Technical Education to the Committee on Student Achievement and School Innovation.
Resolution 1718R-010 is well aligned to the goals of a current grant, Preparing Urban Milwaukee for Principles of Computer Science (PUMP CS). This grant funded project began August 15, 2016, and ends July 31, 2019. The award is from the National Science Foundation to Marquette University, with a portion of the funding provided directly to MPS. The team involved in implementing the grant includes members from universities, the Wisconsin-Dairyland chapter of the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), and teachers and administrators from MPS.
The PUMP CS grant has the ultimate goal of providing access to the AP Computer Science Principles (AP CSP) course at all Milwaukee high schools by 2020. Based on this close alignment, the Administration is in agreement with the spirit of the resolution and is recommending its adoption with minor amendments.
In alignment with the resolution and as part of the grant, a math teacher at Obama School of Career and Technical Education will receive training in the summer of 2018 to teach Exploring Computer Science next school year (2018-19). In addition, Obama is currently exploring opportunities to add Computer Science Fundamentals at the K-5 level and Computer Science Discoveries at the 6-8 level.
The project goals and outcomes are to prepare at least 45 high school teachers across the district for classroom placement with both professional development and endorsements to effectively teach the AP CSP national computer science curricula by 2020 school year.
Scaffolding must be in place for teachers and their students to be successful. Students must have access to preparatory CS courses in earlier grades if they are to succeed in large numbers in the AP CSP course in high school. Thus, the grant has the following sub-goals:
1) Prepare at least 45 MPS teachers to teach Exploring Computer Science (ECS), an introductory high school computer science course, important as preparation for AP CSP;
2) Prepare at least 54 middle school (6th-8th grade) teachers to offer computer science in MPS;
3) Prepare at least 75 elementary school teachers to offer computer science in MPS; and
4) Prepare at least 12 undergraduate computing majors to lead after school coding clubs in MPS.
To date, approximately 100 K-5 teachers have been trained in Computer Science Fundamentals (CSF), 13 sixth–eighth grade teachers in Computer Science Discoveries, 12 high school teachers in Exploring Computer Science, two teachers in Computer Science Principles in preparation for teaching AP CSP, and five teachers in Teaching Computer Science to improve pedagogy.
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Fiscal Impact Statement:
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This item does not authorize expenditures. This grant-funded project began August 15, 2016, and ends July 31, 2019. The award is from the National Science Foundation to Marquette University, with a portion of the funding provided directly to MPS. Funds are provided to MPS for a .5 FTE lead teacher to recruit teachers to the program and provide support for them, as well as to pay teachers to complete summer computer science training, and pay for substitutes during professional development sessions held during the school year ($321,778 over 3 years).
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Implementation and Assessment Plan
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Upon approval by the Board, Resolution 1718R-010 will be implemented.
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Recommendation:
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The Administration recommends that the Board adopt Resolution 1718R-010 by Director Bonds to create a city-wide computer science program at Barack Obama School of Career and Technical Education as amended in the attachment to this item.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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John Hill, Ph.D. - Director
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Signed By:
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Ruth Maegli - Chief Academic Officer
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Signed By:
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Dr. Darienne Driver - Superintendent
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