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Meeting Date:
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2/22/2018 - 6:30 PM
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Category:
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Report of the Committee on Student Achievement and School Innovation
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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1. Tentative - Action on Resolution 1718R-010 by Director Bonds to Create a City-wide Computer Science Program at Barack Obama School of Career and Technical Education
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Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
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Goal 1 Academic Achievement
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Attachments
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Resolution 1718R-010
Project Goals and Outcomes
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File Attachment:
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Background:
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At its meeting on October 26, 2017, the Board referred Resolution 1718R-010 by Director Bonds to create a city-wide computer science program at Barack Obama School of Career and Technical Education to the Committee on Student Achievement and School Innovation.
Resolution 1718R-010 is well aligned to the goals of a current grant, Preparing Urban Milwaukee for Principles of Computer Science (PUMP CS). This grant funded project began August 15, 2016, and ends July 31, 2019. The award is from the National Science Foundation to Marquette University, with a portion of the funding provided directly to MPS. The team involved in implementing the grant includes members from universities, the Wisconsin-Dairyland chapter of the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), and teachers and administrators from MPS.
The PUMP CS grant has the ultimate goal of providing access to the AP Computer Science Principles (AP CSP) course at all Milwaukee high schools by 2020. Based on this close alignment, the Administration is in agreement with the spirit of the resolution and is recommending its adoption with minor amendments.
In alignment with the resolution and as part of the grant, a math teacher at Obama School of Career and Technical Education will receive training in the summer of 2018 to teach Exploring Computer Science next school year (2018-19). In addition, Obama is currently exploring opportunities to add Computer Science Fundamentals at the K-5 level and Computer Science Discoveries at the 6-8 level.
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Fiscal Impact Statement:
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This item does not authorize expenditures. This grant-funded project began August 15, 2016, and ends July 31, 2019. The award is from the National Science Foundation to Marquette University, with a portion of the funding provided directly to MPS. Funds are provided to MPS for a .5 FTE lead teacher to recruit teachers to the program and provide support for them, as well as to pay teachers to complete summer computer science training, and pay for substitutes during professional development sessions held during the school year ($321,778 over 3 years).
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Implementation and Assessment Plan
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Upon approval by the Board, Resolution 1718R-010 will be implemented.
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Recommendation:
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This item is part of a report, to be formulated from a meeting to be held subsequent to the publication of this advance copy of the agenda, which will be forwarded to the Board prior to its meeting.
As this report will have been submitted less than 24 hours prior to the Board’s meeting, the Board may take action to suspend Board Rule 1.08(2)(b) in order to receive and consider the report of the Committee on Student Achievement and School Innovation.
This is a tentative item to be included in the report; however, this item is subject to change.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Jacqueline M. Mann, Ph.D. - Board Clerk/Chief Officer
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