part-time teacher? Maybe a professor or a PhD student from a local college
can help teach a class or two.
I'm sure there is an unemployed computer programmer out there who can
possibly teach or a few classes. I would not expect a person who is an
expert in computer science to know anything about chemistry or teaching
geometry because it is specialized field.
I don't think a lack of computer science people is the problem unless you
live in a really small town. We had our web designer teach AP Computer
Science until his consulting job became more lucrative over time.
Brian Lee
On 12/17/08 12:19 PM, "Ann Hamel" <ahamel@fvs.edu> wrote:
> Please keep this open. We are in a similar situation. Thanks!
> Ann
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 17, 2008, at 10:24 AM, "Duff, Carole" <DuffC@notredameprep.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Greetings all!
>>
>>
>>
>> We are trying to build a computer science program, however, at this
>> point, we do not have the numbers to justify hiring a teacher. We
>> have
>> tried to find a teacher who could teach AP Computer Science along with
>> other classes (ex. Math, Science) but to little or no avail. Of
>> course,
>> computer science majors have dropped over the past two decades, so
>> it's
>> not surprising that hiring qualified teachers in this area is
>> difficult.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is anyone involved in an online consortium or something that would
>> provide quality AP Computer Science instruction? We're investigating
>> now since we have students taking intro tech and programming classes,
>> and we'd like to be able to provide an option for those who wish to
>> pursue higher-level studies.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>>
>>
>> -C.D.
>>
>>
>>
>> Carole Duff
>>
>> Curriculum Technologist
>>
>> Notre Dame Preparatory School
>>
>> 815 Hampton Lane
>>
>> Towson, MD. 21286
>>
>> 410-825-6202 ext. 1022
>>
>> 443-921-2880 (direct)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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