Computer Science For and By Teachers

An Integrative Toolkit for 3rd-5th Grade Classrooms

We are creating and testing a professional development model and CS Integration Toolkit that provides 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade teachers the skills and resources to create and continually adapt their own culturally relevant, computer science-integrated lesson plans. Teachers will learn how to integrate culturally relevant computer science in math, science, social studies and English language arts with a focus on adapting lessons for teachers' own diverse classrooms.

The project is directed by a Research-Practitioner Partnership (or “RPP”). The RPP is a collaborative team of 12 educational professionals from across the education landscape, including K-5 classroom teachers, elementary administrators and researchers and educators from Virginia-based public universities and nonprofits. 

This three-year, regional project is conducted in Central Virginia with a plan to scale state-wide.