On average, one grant reaches 56 teachers and 1500+ students in an academic year
Watch videoBy funding professional development (PD) programs, we can create lasting impact for computer science (CS) educators around the world
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Research institutions, universities, and educational nonprofits propose professional development opportunities for their local teachers.
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Funding is awarded to PD programs that demonstrate a sound pedagogical approach to CS and an ongoing support community that fosters innovation and shared learning.
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Grantees deliver professional development to educators in their local communities throughout the school year.
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Grantees and educators join a global community of CS educators to learn and share best practices to amplify their local efforts.
Supporting educator PD around the world
In addition to funding, we work alongside grantees so that they have the resources to sustain and scale their PD programs.
With generous support from Google, we have been able to upskill in excess of 300 primary school teachers and pre-service teachers and 50 secondary teachers from across the south-east Queensland region. The change in the confidence and preparedness to rollout the new Digital Technologies curriculum has been dramatic.
After the workshop I'm becoming a 'Computer Science teacher' and I will grow every year. So, more of this please.
Google's involvement in NZ has been a massive benefit to the country, and every teacher I have spoken too has been extremely grateful for the professional development made possible by Google's funding, due to the lack of other resources in the country.
The workshop provides a platform for the teachers to share and learn from each other. Ultimately, motivate interest in Computer Science in K-12 Environment, to make the students comprehend the principles of computers and sophisticated thinking of solve problems, fostering students computational thinking, to develop their problem-solving methods and self-access to knowledge.
The workshop won huge popularity with the participants as it could better meet the needs of their day-to-day teaching practice in terms of content and form. The goal is to achieve the idea of “Computer Science For All”, which requires the teachers to spread the knowledge and skills they acquired in the program to their students as a whole.
This workshop has greatly promoted the popularization of computer education, has pushed the development of the Educational Technology Education forward, and has helped to foster a great amount of IT talents in China.
Our initial grants were instrumental in gathering critical mass to form an operational CSTA chapter in Wisconsin. Furthermore, it laid the groundwork for a network of CS teachers around the state to begin sharing resources, advocating for state-level change in the capitol, and advising us at the university level.
Over the last four years, we have seen tremendous progress in computer science education and advocacy in New Jersey. I don't think we would have come nearly as far if it weren't for Google's support and the relationships and discussions initiated at the workshops. Thank you.
The response to CS professional development opportunities from Texas teachers has been outstanding. If you provide teachers with useful, high quality training and support teachers financially to attend, they will gladly step up to the plate to learn these new skills. Thanks to Google for helping The University of Texas at Austin to create this support network and build capacity to provide CS education to every Texas student.
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Grants supporting educator PD is one of the many Google initiatives focused on computer science education. Visit our website to learn more other CS programs for your students and classroom.
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