Advocating for Your Computer Science Program Wisconsin Mathematics Council Annual Conference Green Lake, WI Friday, May 2, 2014 Joe Kmoch [email protected].

Advocating for Your Computer Science Program

Wisconsin Mathematics Council Annual ConferenceGreen Lake, WI

Friday, May 2, 2014

Joe [email protected]

Objectives1. Identify Problems

2. Identify Stakeholders

3. Plan for Advocating

4. Identifying Resources

5. Tools, Methods

6. Write an elevator speech

State of CS Education Do your research

Opportunities• Future workforce projections in CS/IT• Family supporting wages

Problems• Lack of a Pipeline• Underrepresented groups• Few CS classes taught, few teachers

Where the STEM Jobs Will BeProjected Annual Growth of NEWLY CREATED STEM Job Openings 2010-2020

* STEM is defined here to include non-medical occupations.

Source: Jobs data are calculated from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Employment Projections 2010-2020, available at http://www.bls.gov/emp/.

Degrees and Jobs

Where the STEM Jobs Will BeProjected Growth of Selected STEM Jobs 2010-2020

STEM Job2010 Total

Employment% Growth2010-2020

2011 Average Annual Salary

Engineering and Architectural Managers 176,800 9% $129,350

Computer and Information Systems Managers 307,900 18% $125,660

Aerospace Engineers 81,000 5% $103,870

Software Developers, Systems and Applications 913,100 30% $96,250

Biochemists and Biophysicists 25,100 31% $87,640

Civil Engineers 262,800 19% $82,710

Database Administrators 110,800 31% $77,350

Environmental Scientists 89,400 19% $68,810

Chemists 82,200 4% $74,780

Anthropologists and Archeologists 6,100 21% $59,040

Sources: Jobs data are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Employment Projections 2010-2020, available at http://www.bls.gov/emp/. Salary data are from BLS Occupational Employment Statistics, May 2011, available at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm. STEM is defined here to include non-medical occupations.

Your Turn

• On your own, write down• At least one problem or issue involving CS

you are dealing with• At least one success story you have

experienced

• After 3 minutes, share with someone nearby and compare

• Report out to the whole group•

School Level Advocacy

Identify Stakeholderso Studentso Teacherso Administratorso Counselorso Parentso Board of Educationo Business partners

Advocating PlanWhat is your goal?• What are you advocating for?

To whom are you going to advocate?• Identify your stakeholder(s)

On your paper, list at least one goal to advocate for and the stakeholder(s).• Share?

Doing Something

Look for resources• CSTA Website http://csta.acm.org• Click on Advocacy/Outreach

• Advocacy Tools• CSTA Presentations to borrow from

Doing Something

Look for resources• NCWIT http://ncwit.org

• Click on Resources and Tools• Choose K-12 Education

• Local Resources• Needs in business community• Other school districts

The standards represent the body of knowledge for the discipline as it applies to K-12.

The CSTA K-12 CS Standards

Standards Echo Fundamental Beliefs

We consider it critical that students be able to read and write and understand the fundamentals of math, biology, chemistry and physics. To be a well-educated citizen in today’s computing-intensive world, students must have a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of computing as well.

New Advocacy Tools

•Documents that show mapping between CSTA standards and•STEM Cluster Topics

•Common Core State Standards

•Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Essentials for Success

•Partnership for 21st Century Essential Skills

http://csta.acm.org/Curriculum/sub/K12Standards.html

•Alignment template docs•Template for aligning standards, courses, curricula

•Template for aligning resources

•How to use document

•Completed examples

http://csta.acm.org/Curriculum/sub/K12Standards.html

School Level Advocacy

Tools• Elevator Speech (1 to 20 minutes)

o CS as a tool for teaching problems solving and logical thinking (focus on all STEM careers)

• Powerpoint Presentation o Lots of data/charts about CS opportunities

• Brochure – CS@<your school>o courses, statistics, STEM alumni

• Enthusiastic Students

Success StoriesSchool Level Advocacy

Methods• Library Showcases (Presentations)

o Alumni and Current Students

• Guidance Counselor Presentationso During lunch in January

• Math Department Presentations (others?)• School Board Presentations

Elevator Advocacy

advocacy, protagonism - active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something

Elevator Advocacy

protagonism, drumbeat  - active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for

drumbeat  - a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause

Elevator Advocacy

vehement - showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense:vociferous - vehement or clamorousclamorous - noisily insistent

Types of Pitch Formats

• Face-to-Face Pitch• Tube Pitch: youtube videos, vimeo, etc• Twit Pitch: twitter• Blog Pitch: popular blogs, your own blog• Slide Pitch: web based slide shows,

SlideShare, Prezi, Animoto

• Document/Letter Pitch: Email/Snail Mail item

Your Turn

• On your own, or with someone who has identified a similar problem and stakeholder• Write an elevator speech• Try it out

Can someone give their speech?

PitchPlan

http://www.speech-topics-help.com/elevator-speech.html

Also Google something like• Elevator Speech Education

Become a Drumbeater

Find your passion and pick up your drum1. Start to fill in you Advocacy Planning

Guide – identify at least one problem for I.A.

2. Define what you think might be a solution; fill in I.B.

3. Work for the next 10-15 mins on III.B. and then 4.

4. Hook them, reel them, and bring it all home.

Resource Sites

http://ExpandingCSWisconsin.pbworks.com

CSTA: http://csta.acm.orgNCWIT: http://ncwit.org

CS Ed Week: http://www.csedweek.org

Computing in the Corehttp://www.computinginthecore.org