Digital Promise is seeking districts interested in working with us to develop their Computational Thinking Pathways.
This project builds upon the team’s successful, “Developing Inclusive K-12 Computing Pathways for the League of Innovative Schools NSF #1837386" and the team's new project "Districts Helping Districts: Scaling Inclusive Computational Thinking (CT) Pathways NSF #2219350
." We will work with partnering districts to refine and expand Digital Promise’s emerging CT Pathways Toolkit, which guides district leadership teams through the process of articulating and implementing inclusive K-12 computing pathways.
In order to be considered for participation in this initiative please review the requirements for participation in this grant below and if you can commit to them them, please complete this application by Friday, March, 10 2023. If you are unable to commit to this opportunity at this time, but would like to continue working with Digital Promise on broader CT pathway work, please indicate your interest in this form.
The Digital Promise team is happy to provide guidance on completing the following application if your district is interested in participating in this project. Contact pruiz@digitalpromise.org for more information.
- Develop complete computational thinking pathways for K-12, in accordance with the grant framework and supported by Digital Promise
- Confirm superintendent buy-in & commitment to CT Pathways development
- Devote one district leader as the point person for the grant and commit staff time (teachers, principals, instructional leaders) to the development of K-12 computational thinking pathways
- Share data with Digital Promise researchers for analysis and public recording, in accordance with best practices for safety and privacy
- Agree to have learnings, lessons, and frameworks published as part of a public-facing toolkit
- Participate in 1-2 webinars/calls per month and 2 in-person meetings per year
