Welcome, Administrators & Counselors!
Computer science gives students vital 21st Century skills and knowledge that strengthen local community, national innovation, and opportunities for youth. Computer science is key to solving the world’s most crucial problems, including environmental sustainability, poverty, hunger, and homeland security. Further, computer science underlies nearly all innovation today, from the Internet and mobile phones to DNA sequencing and robotic surgery – check out the top 30 innovations in the last 30 years.
Computer science fluency is not simply technology literacy. Despite the increasing role of computing in today’s world, the majority of U.S. schools require only that students learn how to use computers. Seldom do schools prepare students to innovate and create the new technologies that drive local and national economies. This ability to innovate with technology is critical for students’ future success and ability to contribute to a global society.
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CSEdWeek Ideas for Administrators & Counselors
Ensure that everyone in your school community - students, teachers, and staff - understands the importance of computing in today's world and the role of meaningful computer science education in preparing students for the future. Here are some suggested activities you can undertake during CSEdWeek:
Watch and Learn
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CSTA has created a series of videos that schools and teachers can use for morning announcements or in the classroom. These video are intended to inform and engage students and help them understand the many opportunities computer science provides. |
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Counselors for Computing (C4C) C4C, a project of the NCWIT K-12 Alliance made possible by the Merck Company Foundation, empowers school counselors to increase student interest in and preparedness for computing and technology jobs. Get involved and learn • Up-to-date information about different kinds of computing jobs. |
Host a Computer Science College Open House
| Invite a local college/university computer science department to run a hands-on activity with students to demonstrate how fun CS is. | |
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Roadshow-in-a-Box This resource provides tools for post-secondary CS programs to conduct outreach with students. |
Host a Computer Science Company Visit
| Invite a local CS/technology company to visit your school and inform your students how computing can change the world. | |
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Outreach-in-a-Box: Discovering IT This resource provides tools for IT professionals to conduct activities with students or youth programs. |
Talk to your students
| Familiarize yourself with how you can talk to your students to increase their interest in and preparedness for computing and technology jobs. | |
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Why Should Young People Consider Careers in Information Technology Created as talking points for Counselors for Computing (C4C), a project of the NCWIT K-12 Alliance made possible by the Merck Company Foundation, this card gives adults talking points and additional resources for a conversation with their students, children, and/or other young people. The main message is that IT offers meaningful work, security and high salaries with a bachelor's degree, and flexibility and variety. Information is provided to address these specific questions: What should you tell a young person about a career in IT? How can a young person prepare now for a career in IT?
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Military Pathway to IT and Computing Careers Part of Counselors for Computing, this card connects students' interests with opportunties in IT and computing that can be achieved through military service and beyond. Information about IT military assignments is linked to future jobs and salaries. Counselors for Computing (C4C) is a project of the NCWIT K-12 Alliance, made possible by the Merck Company Foundation.
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Community College Pathway to IT and Computing Careers Part of Counselors for Computing, this card connects students' interests with IT and computing career paths that can be achieved through enrollment in a community college. Degrees are linked to job titles, projected growth, and wages. Counselors for Computing (C4C) is a project of the NCWIT K-12 Alliance, made possible by the Merck Company Foundation.
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University Pathway to IT and Computing Careers Part of Counselors for Computing, this card connects students' interests with IT and computing career paths that can be achieved through enrollment in a university or four-year college. Degree programs are linked to job titles, projected growth, and wages. Counselors for Computing (C4C) is a project of the NCWIT K-12 Alliance, made possible by the Merck Company Foundation. |
Administrator & Counselor Resources
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Counselors for Computing (C4C)
Counselors for Computing (C4C), a project of the NCWIT K-12 Alliance made possible by the Merck Company Foundation, empowers school counselors to increase student interest in and preparedness for computing and technology jobs. C4C brings school counselors the information and resources they need to advise students about careers in computing and technology and paths to these careers. C4C is a four-year campaign.
Azure for CS101
Microsoft is bringing cloud computing into the mainstream of academic instruction. The target audience are the instructors of second or third year undergraduate classes in computer science or software engineering.
NCWIT Computing Jobs Data By State
Computing Education and Future Jobs: National, State, and Congressional District Data -- See NCWIT's interactive map of computing education and workforce data to see what the story is where you live.Administrator & Counselor Events
CWIC-SoCal
04/14/12 9:00 am – 04/15/12 3:00 pm
I am co-chair for the regional celebration of women in computing for Southern California – CWIC-SoCal – April 14-15, 2012 in Santa Ana, CA. Although not being held during the week of December 4-10, 2011, this event is very much in the spirit of CSEdWeek's goals. CHeck out the Call for… Read more
Colorado Award for Aspirations in Computing
04/14/12 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
We will be recognizing the computing achievements of 20 young women in Colorado at the Awards Event for the Colorado Affiliate of the Aspirations in Computing Award. The event will be held April 2012 on the University of Colorado Boulder campus and will feature dinner, speakers and the awards ceremony. Read more
