In 2008, Google announced the Computer Science for High School (CS4HS) program, now called Educator grants, as an official program to provide Computer Science teachers globally with an opportunity to improve their technical and pedagogical skills. Today the program continues this work in over 50 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
About the Program:
CS4HS provides funding and resources to equip and empower computer science (CS) teachers through professional development (PD) programs. Administered by a PD CS expert, each program has three key components of successful and sustainable CS PD:
- Content developed and delivered to increase educators’ knowledge of CS and computational thinking.
- Content co-created by educators and PD providers to meet local student and educator needs.
- Communities of practice, professional learning networks, or other educator resource groups that support teacher learning throughout the school year.
Awards:
Institutions may receive support of up to 20,000 USD. Additional funding is available for projects with regional reach and the potential to scale nationally. This can be through MOOCs or collaborating with other organisations.
Eligibility:
To apply for a CS4HS award, you must meet the following criteria:
- Your professional development opportunity must include a plan for year-round communities of practice work that supports ongoing PD and advocacy for Computer Science.
- Affiliated with a university, technical college, or an official non-profit organization.
- The project must develop high school teachers or student’s understanding of computer science and contain computer science content that will be relevant in the classroom.
- Project must be in the form of either a teacher training workshop or teacher and student workshops, an online course (MOOC) or a teacher resource project.
- Previous applicants are welcome to apply if adding a new dimension to former projects or launching a new computer science project.
Selection Criteria:
The funding criteria are:
- Educator Audience: Pre-service or in-service teachers who reach students ages 10-18
- Content: Professional development (PD) content based on the needs of your Educator Audience, mapped to your local/national CS standards (if relevant), and relevant for an in-class implementation of CS (i.e. standalone CS course, or interdisciplinary application of CS).
- Format and Schedule: PD delivered throughout the 2019-2020 academic year with a format and schedule based in meet the needs of your Educator Audience
- Support: Community of Practice (COP) that supports ongoing commitment of educators and implementation of CS content in the classroom throughout the 2019-2020 academic year.
Tips for a Successful Application:
- Project contains computer science content.
- Content meets the local needs of educators with the potential to scale nationally and/or internationally.
- Project is clear on how you will develop and/or support an ongoing network of CS educators through a community of practice.
- Project has a clear breakdown of how funding will be used throughout the program.
- How you will develop and/or support an ongoing network of CS educators through a community of practice.
Application Process:
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Application closes 9th March, 2019 by 11:59 local time.
