CSforALL in JuabSD
Empowering our students to discover and pursue their dreams.
To empower all students, we need to abandon a one-size-fits-all approach and instead design educational experiences around the idea that coding can be individually meaningful and useful to every learner.
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Student Voice and Choice
Collaboration
Computational Thinking
About this Session
Computer science teacher challenges include isolation, lack of adequate CS background, and limited professional development resources (Yadav, 2016). Implementing equitable district-wide CSforALL brings even more considerable challenges and requires an approach which supports teachers and districts through ongoing PD, district instructional coaches, a focus on content and pedagogy, and collaboration between teachers and with district leadership. Sustainability is an additional challenge requiring a long-term district-wide solution.
Juab School District, with funding from the Utah STEM Action Center, has partnered with the nonprofit organization BootUp Professional Development to support the Juab Elementary Coding Initiative. We have rolled out a computing curriculum for 100% of our 5th - 6th graders and will add all 4th graders to the program next year. Krystle Bassett, Innovation Specialist at Juab School District will show tangible examples while highlighting and detailing challenges and successes.
About Krystle
Juab School District
Email: krystle.bassett@juabsd.org
Website: www.juabsd.org
Location: 346 East 600 North, Nephi, UT, USA
Phone: 435-623-1940
Facebook: facebook.com/juabsd
Twitter: @juabsd