As computer science grows into a full K-12 discipline, one that will eventually need to reach every student in the school system, it is essential that we grow teacher capacity quickly enough to meet the growing demand, and to address the attrition of teachers with high-demand CS skills. Computer science is first and foremost a discipline rooted in problem-solving, and the products of computer science education can be used to address its own challenges. This spawned the tech multiplier concept, using technology to multiply teaching capacity for CS.

There are two components of the tech multiplier concept. The first is to use technology to train and support new CS teachers, a strategy employed by many of our CS4GA PD partners (see CS4GA PD page). The second is to use technology to directly supplement computer science instruction, mitigating the need for having a highly trained CS teacher in every classroom situation. Below are two existing examples of the later strategy