Supplementary Authorization Program

Earn Your Supplementary Authorization in Computer Science

San Francisco State University (SFSU) is creating a computer science (CS) supplementary authorization program in partnership with SFUSD. This new authorization can be added onto a multiple subject or any single subject credential To earn the authorization, teachers must complete 10 upper division units in computer science, including: computational thinking, programming, computing systems, and impacts of computing. (See more details.)

We plan to offer a sequence of courses at SFSU that will meet these requirements:

• • summer 2018: 2 units (summer institute, one intensive week): ITEC 899: Teaching Computer Science through Culturally-Relevant Pedagogy [see more information]

  • fall 2018: 3 units (course at SFSU, one 3-hour evening class per week): CSC 899: Computational Thinking and Quantitative Reasoning [see details below]

  • spring 2019: 3 units (course at SFSU, one 3-hour evening class per week): CSC 898: Software Development and Pedagogy [see details below]

  • summer 2019: 2 units (summer institute, one intensive week): new course focused on devices, networks, and systems [TBD in spring 2019]

Fall 2018 Course Details

We plan to adapt a course in fall 2018 to meet the needs of this program. While in future years we plan to create teachers-only courses, this fall course will be enrolled by both undergraduate students and teachers. The course title is Computational Thinking and Quantitative Reasoning and is taught by Professor Ilmi Yoon. Course objectives include:

• • Learn program building blocks (variables, conditional statements, loops, procedures/functions, arrays).

  • Use the building blocks to develop programs manipulating mathematical models as formulae, graphs, and tables.

  • Learn tools and libraries to develop programs extending the building blocks to read in data from physical sensors or diverse social and scientific contexts, visualize them, and draw conclusions.

Class sessions will take place in Thorton Hall 429 on Thursdays from 4:30 to 7:15 PM throughout the fall semester (August 30th to December 20th, 2018). Please note that the course will require 3-6+ hours of homework per week. See the syllabus and sample assignments for more details.

Inaugural Cohort in 2018-19

We invite you to join our inaugural cohort of SFUSD teachers who will earn their CS supplementary authorization at SFSU. Upon successful completion of the courses (grade of A or B), participants will receive:

• • reimbursement of all tuition costs ($395 per unit)

  • stipend of approximately $1000

  • excellent learning and professional development opportunities

  • a supplementary authorization in computer science

The district will provide two stipends to reimburse tuition costs and provide modest compensation: the first around January 2019 after completion of the summer and fall courses (5 units x $395 each for tuition + $500 stipend = $2,475 total) , and the second around September 2019 after completion of the spring and summer courses.