A proposal for a computer science charter school

Author

Kozma, John

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. Dept., Coll. of Charleston, SC, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Abstract

South Carolina´s Charter School Act of 1996 authorizes the formation of charter schools based on a charter detailing the school´s mission and plan of operation. South Carolina also has a critical needs program that allows certification of college graduates in areas suffering teacher shortages, including computer science, through a nontraditional apprenticeship process. The primary goal of the proposed charter school is to provide instruction in computer science by qualified teachers. To that end, the school would employ certified teachers as classroom mentors along with computer science graduates as apprentices in the critical needs program. In addition to teaching, the apprentices would be encouraged to develop and market educational software and similar resources for other schools in the district. This experience would be beneficial for those choosing not to continue in teaching, and would furnish an added incentive for computer science graduates to apply for teaching jobs in the charter school.

Keywords

computer science education; teaching; K-12 computer science education; South Carolina´s Charter School Act of 1996; apprenticeship process; certified teachers; charter schools formation; classroom mentors; college graduates certification; computer science charter school; computer science graduates; critical needs program; market educational software; teacher incentives; teacher shortages; Certification; Computer science; Computer science education; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Legislation; Mathematics; Proposals; Recruitment; Remuneration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education, 2002. FIE 2002. 32nd Annual

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7444-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2002.1157929

Filename

1157929