Building community partnerships can impact a computer science program in many ways – seen and unseen. And there is motivation for such relationships on the part of community organizations such as colleges and businesses, as well as schools. Both have much to gain.
Building these community partnerships and creating “community” in CS education is the focus of the September issue of the Voice which you will be receiving in just a few weeks. In the Voice you will read about schools in Ohio, California, Washington, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and others that have created unique community relationships.
We would like to hear about your experiences with building partnerships.
Who is part of your “CS community?”
How has the partnership impacted the learning opportunities of your students?
What did you learn from the experience?
In addition to the success stories in the Voice, don’t miss the latest CS Snipits podcast. Alfred Thompson has years of experience with building community partnerships as both an educator and as a K-12 CS Academic Relation Manager for Microsoft. He offers sounds advice on building these relationships and some “first steps” for getting started. Listen to Alfred at:
csta.acm.org/Communications/sub/Podcasts.html
Pat Philllips
Editor, CSTA Voice