Current Progress
Professional Learning
As of April 2025, the BCPCS team visited 11 schools and conducted 29 separate professional learning sessions. The PDs have impacted over 600 preservice teachers with the support of 33 faculty members from preservice teacher training programs in Indiana.
Needs Analysis
In the first year of our initiative, we invited 115 faculty members from Preservice Teacher Education Programs in Indiana to participate in our needs analysis survey and interviews. Of these, 24 faculty members shared valuable insights and experiences on teaching CS education, with nine participating in in-depth interviews. You can read the Year 1 full report here.
Currently, we are expanding our analysis to include in-service teachers. This final report will be completed by the end of Spring 2025.
CS Cohort
Understanding that more can be accomplished through collaboration, in Year 1 we introduced a CS Cohort opportunity. The Year 1 Cohort brought together20 faculty members from 14 different teacher preparation programs across Indiana. This collaboration involved both asynchronous and synchronous online sessions and activities during April and May 2024. At present, our Year 2 CS Cohort is working together, co-designing lessons for CS integration into content area lessons.
