TY - GEN
T1 - Lessons and Challenges in Supporting CS Teachers through Local Communities
T2 - 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2023
AU - Tian, Yan
AU - Ni, Lijun
AU - McKlin, Tom
AU - Baskin, Jake
AU - Bohrer, Jason
AU - Livingston, Matt
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Owner/Author.
PY - 2023/3/6
Y1 - 2023/3/6
N2 - Effective professional learning communities (PLCs) are important in supporting teacher learning. This study investigated computer science (CS) teacher leaders' perspectives on the lessons and the challenges in supporting CS teachers through local PLCs. We purposefully selected ten CSTA chapters and conducted focus group interviews with the chapter leaders between 2020 and 2022. Our findings indicated that these PLCs offered social-emotional support, continual networking opportunities, and rich professional learning resources. Also, they amplified teachers' voices and supported CS teachers' professional identity building. To engage CS teachers, the teacher leaders built trust, collaborated with other PLCs or organizations, and set an inclusive PLC culture. These PLCs had challenges in recruitment, leadership development and transition and building group identity.
AB - Effective professional learning communities (PLCs) are important in supporting teacher learning. This study investigated computer science (CS) teacher leaders' perspectives on the lessons and the challenges in supporting CS teachers through local PLCs. We purposefully selected ten CSTA chapters and conducted focus group interviews with the chapter leaders between 2020 and 2022. Our findings indicated that these PLCs offered social-emotional support, continual networking opportunities, and rich professional learning resources. Also, they amplified teachers' voices and supported CS teachers' professional identity building. To engage CS teachers, the teacher leaders built trust, collaborated with other PLCs or organizations, and set an inclusive PLC culture. These PLCs had challenges in recruitment, leadership development and transition and building group identity.
KW - cs teachers
KW - identity
KW - professional learning communities
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85149744224
U2 - 10.1145/3545947.3576313
DO - 10.1145/3545947.3576313
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - SIGCSE 2023 - Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
SP - 1369
BT - SIGCSE 2023 - Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Y2 - 15 March 2023 through 18 March 2023
ER -