School Leadership Network for CS

A professional learning network is group who engages in collaborative learning with others outside of their everyday school community to improve access and opportunity in their school(s) and/or the school system more widely (Brown & Poortman, 2018). The goal of the School Leadership Network for CS is to leverage data to identify opportunities and challenges for promoting ELs’ access to CS through course placement and recruitment policies and practices.

School Teams

Each participating school team ideally includes at least one administrator or one counselor, and one CS teacher who will engage in a cross-school learning community to collaboratively identify school-based strategies to support programmatic equity in ELs' access to CS. School teams can also include an ELD teacher, an EL student, and/or additional CS/STEM teachers.

Summer Activities

Introductory Meeting (June 12, 2023)
- Slide Deck
School Team Identification

School Year Activities

Network Meeting 1 (Oct. 17: Recruitment)
Network Meeting 2 (Dec. 5th: Recruitment)
Network Meeting 3 (February 13: Placement)
Network Meeting 4 (April 2nd: Placement)

*All meetings held on Zoom from 4-5:30pm PT

Meeting Resources

To be added!

CS Leadership Resources

School Leadership Network: Equity Resource (embedded below)
Equity Audits: A Practical Leadership Tool for Developing Equitable and Excellent Schools (article by Linda Skrla and colleagues)
CS Equity Guide (from CSforCA)

CSforEL Leadership Resource

CSforEL Leadership Network Resource May 2023.pdf

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