Boot-Up Professional Development

Program Information

BootUp: Interest-driven Coding through Scratch and ScratchJr

BootUp’s on-site/virtual professional development instills confidence in teachers and helps them nurture a growth mindset by engaging their students. Facilitators prepare teachers by delivering a foundation of computer science and computational thinking concepts, providing curriculum, and sharing pedagogical and content knowledge. Whether you’re a novice or specialist, the training you receive from BootUp provides customized instruction over time and everything you need to implement computer science for all students.

Our collaborative approach includes hands-on learning, model teaching, peer coaching, and PLC support.

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Commitments

For participating teachers, we require the following commitment:

• To attend a 15 hours of face-to-face or virtual summer workshop in the Summer of 2022.

• To complete self-assessment using readiness scale for implementation

Stipend

The fees covered through the grant include the 15 hrs of professional development facilitation, ongoing support as needed, curriculum resources, and a stipend ($160 per day) for each participant who completes the training.

Equipment

Fifty K-2 participants will receive 2 "hives" of 6 Bee-Bots and 50 3-5 participants will receive 15 Micro:bits 2.0 which you will receive prior to the last day of school through AEA van mail. Participants will receive training with these during the BootUp PD. If you don't attend the training you will be asked to return them to your AEA.

Credit Options

BootUp PD will be offered for 1 LR course will be available for participants to register for. The cost of 1 LR credit will be $35 and will be covered by the participant.