CS4RI is requesting proposals from partners to provide computer science (CS) professional development (PD) and/or computer science curriculum to schools in Rhode Island.

Bootstrap is a sequence of research-backed computing curricula from the middle-school to the collegiate level. It can be deployed incrementally, allowing teachers to ease into computer science at their own pace. The first module can be integrated into a standard algebra class, taught by a math teacher without prior computing background, and has been shown to improve students' understanding and appreciation of algebra while simultaneously introducing rigorous computing.

The State of Rhode Island and Code.org are partnering to bring K-12 computer science to the State’s schools. Our partnership focuses on a K-12 pathway including elementary, middle, and high school programs that map to the state standards. We will work together to give teachers professional learning opportunities to bring these courses to their students, build local capacity for sustainability, and collaborate on best practices for state and federal policy related to computer science education. 

Project Lead The Way is a nonprofit org that provides a transformative learning experience for students and teachers across the US through K-12 pathways in CS, engineering, and biomedical science. PLTW’s Intro CS course gives middle school students a chance to apply computational and creative thinking, explore the design process, develop apps, and more.

TEALS (Technology Education and Literacy in Schools) is a Microsoft Philanthropies program that helps high schools build sustainable computer science programs by pairing trained computer science professionals – from across the tech industry – with classroom teachers to team-teach computer science in high schools throughout the US.

The University of Rhode Island (URI) is the Code.org Regional Partner for RI and supports K-12 CS in offering professional development for the Code.org pathway programs (CS Fundamentals, CS Discoveries, and AP CS Principles, as well as an introductory course in computational thinking for all high school students. URI provides free course material, teacher PD, on-going support, and offers high school students free college credit through the state's Prepare RI program.