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Coding for All
Jill Pala
Computer Science Department Chair
Girls Preparatory School
Code & Creativity
April 29, 2014
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Do you code?

How did you learn?

My Story:

My Story:
Late to the Party

Short Story:
We need more Coders

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Source: Jobs data are calculated from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Employment Projections 2010-2020,
available at http://www.bls.gov/emp/.

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Sources: Jobs data are calculated from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Employment Projections 2010-2020, available at
http://www.bls.gov/emp/. Educational levels are calculated from BLS Occupational Projections Data, Employment 2010-2020,
available at http://data.bls.gov/oep/ and the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook 2010-2020, available at http://bls.gov/ooh/.

In Tennessee:
47% of STEM jobs will be
in Computing by 2018
Source: Anthony Carnevale, Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce

We are falling short

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Sources: Degree data are calculated from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Science and Engineering Indicators 2012,
available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind12/appendix.htm. Annual jobs data are calculated from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS), Employment Projections 2010-2020, available at http://www.bls.gov/emp/. STEM is defined here to include non-
medical degrees and occupations.

High School Advanced Placement Exams
1997‐2011
S o u r c e : C o l l e g e B o a r d , A d v a n c e d P l a c e m e n t ( A P ) E x a m D a t a 2 0 11 , a v a i l a b l e a t
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/ap/data. Calculus represents the combined data of Calculus AB and
BC. Physics represents the combined data of Physics B, C:Electricity and Magnetism, and C:Mechanics. Computer Science
represents combined data of Computer Science A and B.

So what is Computer Science?
Computer Literacy
Technology Education
Educational Technology
Programming or Coding?

Technology Education

The study of whether and how a
system or process can be created
to solve a problem.

So....Coding

So how do we ﬁx
this problem?

Break the Stereotypes

Equitable Exposure

Diverse Population == Diverse Solutions

Changing the Face of Computing

CS Education at GPS

CS Education at the STEM School

6 week unit for all 10th graders

Professional Expert

Professional Expert
Student Masters

How can you help?

We need more Experts

Join our Code Partnership
contact: jpala@gps.edu
@jillpala

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