Mobile CSP
AP Computer Science Principles
Endorsed by the College Board
You may be one of the fortunate teachers in 35 states of the US, Australia, Israel, or the United Kingdom where computer science either counts as an elective or is a required part of the curriculum. If so, students have a graduation incentive to take computer science. Even so, the gender and ethnic composition of non-required courses may not reflect your school's general population. It's important for many reasons (jobs, better technology, more productive workforce) to have all kinds of students interested in computer science.
Presentation by Joanne McGrath CohoonDr. Cohoon prepared a slide presentation specifically for this course and they include great information and strategies - grounded in research - for recruiting students. Joanne McGrath Cohoon is an NCWIT Senior Research Scientist and Research Associate Professor, Science, Technology, and Society at the University of Virginia who researches, publishes, and speaks on women's under-representation in IT and gender segregation in higher education. She has organized and led the Tapestry Workshops, which share strategies, research-based practices, and field-tested good ideas for teaching computer science in a way that reaches all students regardless of sex or ethnicity. | slides |
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Change the Gender Composition of High School Computing Courses (Case Study 2): Attracting Female and Minority Students through Targeted Recruiting
Here is a checklist from the above resource, identifying considerations for recruiting:
Recruit students to join your Mobile CSP course
Mobile CSP's Student Recruitment folder provides some sample poster ideas to help get students to sign up for Mobile CSP at your school along with other materials.