Microsoft TEALS program is looking to add schools

As December nears, TEALS (Technology Education and Literacy in Schools) is ready to start recruiting new school partners for the 2014-15 school year. TEALS (www.tealsk12.org) is a Microsoft YouthSpark program that helps high schools build a sustainable computer science (CS) program by integrating industry software engineers into the classroom in a co-teaching model with a classroom teacher. A detailed program description can be found at:http://www.tealsk12.org/docs/TEALS_Program_Description_2014.pdf

 

To learn more about how a school can add computer science to its course offerings, please complete the following action items:

 

1.       Register: http://tealsk12.org/about/register.php?ref=ops&type=schools

 

2.       Attend an online information session to learn more about the program and the school application process. The following school representatives are advised to attend, as all ofDear Barbara, these parties will play a role in the application process and in building a successful computer science program:

·         School administrator

·         District CTE representative

·         Teacher interested in learning and teaching computer science full-time

·         Guidance department representative

·         Diversity engagement representative

 

Call #1: December 9, 2013 at 10pm EST/7pm PST

Join online meeting       
Join by phone 
+14257063500 (USA - Redmond Campus) 
Conference ID: 45560740

 

Call #2: December 11, 2013 at 7pm EST/4pm PST

Join online meeting

Join by Phone

+19173881000 (USA, New York)           

Conference ID: 586271907

 

On December 9, 2013 a partnership guide will be available. The online application will officially open on December 19, 2013. Applications will be accepted until March 3, 2014.

 

Please forward this message to other school leaders who may be interested in building a computer science program. If you have any questions, please reach out to us via our contact page (http://tealsk12.org/contact/contact.html). Thank you and we look forward to your attendance at the information session.

 

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