Seeding Innovation

Seeding Innovation Project
 

 

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.

What we provide:

  • Teacher Trainings/Workshops
  • Technology/Supplies needed for course(s)
  • Curriculum Developer support to co-create a course that works for your school
  • Developed lessons and lesson plans
  • Developed CS and cultural projects
  • A cohort of partner schools
  • College and Readiness Workshop/Speakers for teacher and students
  • Special focus for Native girls in STEM+CS
  • Extra support through additional meetings/correspondence, zooming into classrooms, potential site visits (following your school's 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
  • For smaller schools, a minimum of 10 students to enroll in course must be met to apply
  • 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 developing Artifical Intelligence and/or Machine Learning content
  • Schools willing to recruit Native girls into classes
  • Schools with culture and/or language teachers or community members willing to collaborate on culturally revitalizing curriculum

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 Kapor will invite interested schools to an initial discussion to explain the program in more detail and answer questions to ensure alignment.

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Partner Schools Wanted!
Ongoing recruitment throughout the year!  Apply anytime!

For more information about this program please contact Marie Casao, AISES Program Officer at seedinginnovation@aises.org or Frieda McAlear, Kapor Senior Research Associate at friedam@kaporcenter.org

The Kapor Center

The Kapor Center is a national non-profit 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.