Deadline Extended: March 4, 2022

Two more weeks to apply!

Looking for Partner Schools!

Seeding Innovation:

Expanding Computer Science for Native Students

For the 2022-2023 School Year!

Are you a high school that currently serves Indigenous students? Do you have an interest in starting or expanding computer science (CS) courses at your school? This might be the program for you!

AISES and the Kapor Center are working together to provide support for a sequence of culturally revitalizing computer science curriculum to partner schools across the county. We work collaboratively with our school sites to create an engaging computer science curriculum, while also working with teachers and when possible, community members to integrate cultural traditions, language, stories, art and more. It is a Tribe-specific computer science curriculum that is built with and for the partner communities.

Mr. Raynor (Mescalero Apache High School), leading a workshop for Indigenous students at the 2021 AISES National Conference in Phoenix, Arizona

What we provide:

Teacher Trainings/Workshops
Technology/supplies needed for course(s)
A cohort of partner schools
College and Career Readiness Workshop/Speakers for teachers and students
Special focus for Native girls in STEM+CS
Culturally revitalizing Computer Science curricula: Introductory Computer Science, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Computer Science Principles
Extra support through additional meetings/correspondence, zoom meetings in classrooms, potential site visits (following your schools guidelines), and more!

What we are looking for:

High schools with a minimum of 60% enrollment of Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and/or Pacific Islander students
Admin and community support
Teacher(s) ready and willing to teach CS course(s) with cultural context
Teacher(s) accessible for 1-2 monthly meetings with Curriculum Developers and/or Support
Schools interested in bringing culturally revitalizing Computer Science courses to their students
Schools with existing Tribal culture and/or language courses preferred but not necessary

If you are interested in being a part of this amazing opportunity, click the link below to fill out our interest form! AISES will contact interested schools on a first come, first served basis upon receipt of application. AISES and the Kapor Center will invite interested schools to an initial discussion to explain the program in more detail and answer questions to ensure alignment.

Apply through the link below. Applications are due on Friday, March 4, 2022.


	Apply Here

For more information about this program please visit our website, or contact Marie Casao, AISES PK-12 Program Officer at programs@aises.org or Frieda McAlear, Kapor Senior Research Associate at friedam@kaporcenter.org

The Kapor Center

The Kapor Center is a national nonprofit organization focused on increasing diversity and inclusion across the tech ecosystem, from K-12 education through the workforce and entrepreneurship. The Kapor Center has a specific focus on increasing equity in computer science education, through research, programming, and policy advocacy. Current programs include the Equitable Computer Science Curriculum Initiative, to improve culturally relevant CS curriculum offerings, Seeding Innovation: Expanding CS for Native Girls, to provide culturally revitalizing CS curriculum and courses within Native-serving schools, and the Rising AP STEM Initiative, to increase participation in AP CS among Black, Latinx, and Indigenous students in the SF Bay Area. The Kapor Center has also published numerous research articles and reports on the lack of access to CS courses across California, the participation of women of color in computing, and interventions to broaden participation in computing education.