tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post7847688457359357387..comments2024-03-27T15:13:24.764-04:00Comments on Computer Science Teacher: Professional Development for the Advanced CS Teacher Teaching Advanced StudentsAlfred Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05575057876858763822noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-91170571348155966062017-07-01T16:19:55.992-04:002017-07-01T16:19:55.992-04:00Garth - Science teachers have a chance to work in ...Garth - Science teachers have a chance to work in labs at Universities over the summer - at least in NYC, Math for America has some high level math PD - they're also kind of doing a CS thing but I heard it was pretty sad.<br /><br />Mike Zamanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15069276938781711576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-26757468547772724062017-07-01T15:50:26.600-04:002017-07-01T15:50:26.600-04:00I am just trying to think if there is PD like this...I am just trying to think if there is PD like this for any field. As a math teacher I have never had any PD to improve my ability to teach higher levels. I went and got a masters degree in math ed for that. There are very few CS Ed degrees and definitely no masters in CS Ed. Even if a masters in CS Ed were available would it make sense to get one? There are so few CS teaching positions (I am thinking K-12) that the economics is just not there. There are schools that have full-time CS teachers but they are not common. Until CS is in higher demand in K-12 CS Ed is going to be scarce. K-12 CS is starting to grow. I figure in 10 to 20 years PD might catch up. Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15205686951875259260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-26741948873821875352017-07-01T08:54:32.300-04:002017-07-01T08:54:32.300-04:00I teach an Advanced Studies course where students ...I teach an Advanced Studies course where students can take one of 7 strands in App Development, Computer Security, Database Programming, Network Programming, Operating System Design, Programming Challenges, or User Interface Design. Students can take the course multiple times if they take different strands.<br /><br />Originally, I wanted to make an independent study course, but the district wouldn't allow it. Advanced Studies seems to work pretty well since it covers most topics students would be interested in, and the content is similar to college coursework.<br /><br />I definitely agree PD for upper-level CS is necessary. I have a CS degree so I feel comfortable with this material and was able to develop the curriculum for Advanced Studies, but I know with the growth of CS most CS teachers won't be in my situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-87106404884700393642017-06-30T11:45:11.128-04:002017-06-30T11:45:11.128-04:00Back before I gave up on working with the NYC DOE ...Back before I gave up on working with the NYC DOE (or was frozen out depending on how you look at it) I advocated a long term organic process by which we would develop CS teachers and programs. <br /><br />This would yield teachers with deep content and pedagogical knowledge and would therefore be prepared to teach a variety of CS courses at all levels - not just the specific course (APCSA or a flavor of APCSP) which is what the PD / teacher training / scripted curriculum model does. Unfortunately, in an effort to get everything done in an election cycle the PD model is the direction we're going in.<br /><br />Unless we have serious, well designed pre service training and then complementary in service support I don't think we'll be doing right by our kids.<br /><br />I'm not hopeful<br />Mike Zamanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15069276938781711576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-25599529082991420002017-06-30T11:20:34.895-04:002017-06-30T11:20:34.895-04:00I would like to see PD for advanced topics. I te...I would like to see PD for advanced topics. I teach an advanced CS class that covers the curriculum from the former AP Computer Science AB class. The students earn dual credit from the local state university. Large projects would be a great topic and how to teach 2 CS classes in single class period. Mrs_Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047683702041170638noreply@blogger.com