Building Capacity in Computer Science Education and Student Near-Peer Classroom Mentorship

Presented at the NSF STEM for All Video Hall, alongside colleagues at The Young People's Project, Boston Public Schools, Bootstrap, and Boston University.

This research-practice partnership aims to increase the number of computer science teachers by designing, evaluating, and iterating on a professional development model that includes trained "College STEM Literacy Workers" who work alongside teachers in the classroom.

The goal: provide professional development for BPS teachers using a culturally responsive and sustaining classroom model of instruction developed by The Young People's Project and the Algebra Project, integrating Bootstrap CS curriculum into existing 9th grade algebra classrooms.

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