Hello! We're excited to potentially have you join us for a summer of research in the
Center for Learning, Computing, and Imagination. Completing this interest form will help us know know if our goals align. We will reach out if they do.
About the opportunity:
- This is a collaboration opportunity with $10,000 in stipend support over the summer, funded by the National Science Foundation, to enable you to spend time on research instead of other things. (It's not a job, but it is work!)
- The purpose of the funding is to enable you to 1) contribute to research, 2) find practical ways of applying your scholarship to your teaching during the following academic year, 3) make connections to the research community at the University of Washington.
- Our goal is to find problems of practice that you face in computer science teaching, enable you to spend the summer learning about research on the topic and doing research with us, to make discoveries and impact your practice and others. Example projects from the past include: 1) developing new ways of being culturally responsive in the classroom, 2) exploring new tools and methods for teaching creative coding, 3) understanding teacher and school barriers to advancing equity.
- Teachers that participate are generally expected to participate roughly full-time effort after their school year is over and before the next school year starts. This is usually 8-10 weeks of time, with substantial on-campus collaboration.
- Participation includes faculty mentorship, peer mentorship with other teachers, engaging a community of postdocs, PhD students, and undergraduate researchers.
To be eligible, you should be:
- A current K-12 teacher
- Have knowledge of computer science sufficient for teaching at your grade level
- Want a summer of scholarly thinking, with a practical bent!