The Pipeline Problem: Why you should reach out to local teachers and how to do it by Selena Deckelmann

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1. The Pipeline Problem Why you should reach out to local teachers and how to do it Selena Deckelmann Data Architect, Mozilla
5. The Leaky Donut
6. The Possibilities Problem
7. Julie Horvath’s blog post 7 http://julieannhorvath.com/2013/07/09/a-different-perspective.html
8. “I didn’t grow up thinking I could do anything I wanted to.” 8
9. I see this every day teaching adults.
10. Why Teachers?
11. Culture change at scale see also: Young Coders workshop
13. Math anxiety starts early.
14. the test makes me feel.. “That I’m terribul [terrible] at math.” -2nd Grade Student http://www.youcubed.org/pdfs/nctm-timed-tests.pdf
15. “All educators want students to succeed in math and develop a love of math, but policies that require testing young children under timed conditions may be inadvertently achieving the opposite.” -Jo Boaler, Stanford University April 2014
17. 98% of CS majors “exposed” to CS before college 2011 study
18. Most women who get CS degrees, exposed to it before college. 2011 study
19. 2012: 24,782 students took the AP CS
20. 2012: 24,782 students took the AP CS 14.7% increase over 2011
21. 2012: 363,278 students took AP Calculus
22. CS starts way behind.
23. Why PyLadies?
25. Unlocking the Clubhouse Stuck in the Shallow End
26. 2011: 25% of IT workforce are women
27. 10 years in: 58% of women stay in industry
28. 10 years in: 58% of women stay in industry 85% of men stay in industry
30. “[i]n many instances, teachers and parents are poorly educated about what ICT really entails.”
31. “Only 55% of girls and 40% of parents and teachers believe” that ICT jobs help people or improve the world in some way. survey of over 6200 students in 5 European countries
32. Intervene at all ages, career stages, socioeconomic levels
33. With Teachers.
34. Other CS Edu Talks • What beginners teach us • While we’re in DC, let’s fix CS Ed • What teachers really need from us • Education vs Training
35. How do we get more people, at all ages, access & opportunity?
36. iUrbanTeen Founded by Deena Pierott a model for advocacy: http://iurbanteen.org/
37. 75% of kids who attend stay involved in programming
38. Teach Computational Thinking to all ages
39. “A way that humans, not computers, think. Computational thinking is a way humans solve problems; it is not trying to get humans to think like computers. Computers are dull and boring; humans are clever and imaginative. We humans make computers exciting. Equipped with computing devices, we use our cleverness to tackle problems we would not dare take on before the age of computing and build systems with functionality limited only by our imaginations.” -Jeanette Wing
40. Humans harnessing algorithms & automation to solve problems, make lives easier, make world better.
41. http://csunplugged.org
42. Help your family understand what you do.
43. Find a local teacher. http://code.org/learn/local
44. Talk about your job in a classroom.
45. A problem you solve! “Sometimes Firefox crashes. I help figure out why, and help others make Firefox crash less often. Here’s how!”
46. Afterschool programs Local CSTA, Local tech association, Industry affiliates
47. Oregon: ChickTech iUrbanTeen iPhoneAppDevCamp
48. Lobbying http://code.org/promote
49. Professional Development Teach teachers & adults a skill
50. Teach adults Never too late to learn, helps you understand learning, improves first- time experience in FOSS for everyone PyLadies, CyberSeniors, DIY workshops
51. 1. Teach computational thinking to your family 2. Find a local teacher! Make friends! 3. Offer to talk about your job to a classroom 4. Sponsor/facilitate an afterschool program 5. Lobby for CS edu reform 6. Teach adults!
52. Local connections == Change http://code.org/learn/local
53. The Pipeline Problem Why you should reach out to local teachers and how to do it Selena Deckelmann Data Architect, Mozilla
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