1,200 by 2025!!
Are We There Yet?
CS4GA is working with all stakeholders to identify and maximize all opportunities to increase the number of Computer Science (CS) Teachers in Georgia. In 2019, many state government leaders and CS education supporters helped to pass SB 108. Which created mandates for CS education in Georgia’s middle schools and high schools by 2025. The table below shows us all the different ways we can bring more CS instructors into our schools as well as how we are doing in trying to achieve our goals:
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Have 1-2 CS teachers in every high school (500) by 2025
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Have at least one CS teacher in every middle school (500) by 2023
Date of last update: 08/28/20
This data provides an estimate of current CS instructors and teachers in the K-12 system. Due to the various sources of data, some of the data may be duplicates of the same instructor.
|
Teacher Pipeline Source |
2019-20 Target |
Current Total |
10K by 2030 Goals |
|
Inservice (Credential) |
150 |
270 |
2,000 |
|
Preservice (Columbus State) |
3 |
0 |
300 |
|
Professional Development (Content instead of credential) |
TBD |
TBD |
7000 |
|
Industry Volunteers |
Teals |
Teals |
120 |
|
Externally Embedded Teacher Support Instructors |
Constellations, Morehouse |
Constellations, Morehouse |
180 |
Definitions of Sources
- Inservice:
Teachers who are already teaching who want to add CS to their skill set. They can add the endorsement or take the Georgia Assessment of the Certification of Educators (GACE).
- Preservice:
New teachers who plan to teach CS. Ensure we help them stay in Georgia.
- PD:
PD providers can provide us that data, especially CEISMC and PLTW. GaLearns, when it launches CS courses, will also reflect here.
- Industry Volunteers:
TEALS, random companies
- Embedded Instructors:
Constellations, Morehouse
Would you like to help increase the pace of CS teacher production by supporting the
work in one or more of the Teacher Pipeline Sources? If yes, please contact info@cs4ga.org
to discuss how you can help. Here are some examples of how you could help:
|
Teacher Pipeline Source |
How You Could Help |
|
Inservice (Credential) |
Help cover a teacher’s cost of getting a CS endorsement or |
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Preservice (Columbus State) |
-Help promote the Columbus State preservice program. -Engage Higher Education programs at other colleges in Georgia |
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Professional Development (Content instead of credential) |
-Help cover the travel and hotel cost of a teacher attending a CS -Provide incentive payments directly -Provide funds to schools to help cover teacher substitute |
|
Industry Volunteers |
Engage company leadership to promote TEALS like programs and also |
|
Externally Embedded Teacher Support Instructors |
Additional funding to hire more teacher support instructors |