Technology and Literacy Education at School ( TEALS ) is a high school pairing program with software engineers serving as part-time computer science teachers.
The program was started in 2009 by Microsoft software designer Kevin Wang. Microsoft incubated the program after division president Wang learned about the program. The goal of TEAL is to create a computer science program that immerses itself in two or three years. Volunteers underwent a three-month summer class that teaches them about making lesson plans and leading classes. After that, software engineers visit classrooms four or five in the morning each week for the entire school year to teach students the concept of computer science and teachers.
TEALS volunteers are not required to become Microsoft employees and can have a formal degree or self study in computer science. TEAL offers support for three classes: Introduction to Computer Science, Web Design, and Computer Science AP A.
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Kevin Wang graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002 with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science. To pursue his passion for teaching, he refused some industrial job offers. Wang taught at Bay Area for several years, and studied at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he received a Master of Education degree. He became a computer science teacher at Woodside Priory School in Portola Valley, California, teaching seventeen grades for three years. He assured fellow Microsoft employees and other acquaintances to teach computer science at other schools. After joining Microsoft, Wang began volunteering to teach morning computer science classes at Issaquah High School, the nearest secondary school, in 2009.
In 2009, Wang established a School of Technology and Literacy Education (TEALS), a program that aims to bring software engineers to high school classrooms to teach part-time computer science. He thought that he should resign from Microsoft to oversee a significant program expansion. Wang sold Porsche 911 to finance his program. After Microsoft's vice president of division Wang invented TEALS, the vice president took him to the division president who recommended he work full-time at Microsoft in managing TEALS. According to CNN, Microsoft chose to "incubate" TEAL for three main reasons. First, the program is in line with Microsoft's philanthropic goals. Second, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has a strong desire to advocate for learning. Third, the software industry experienced a shortage of engineers. In a 2012 interview with GeekWire, Wang said TEALS has two long-term goals. The first is to give each American high school student the opportunity to take an introductory computer science course and an AP Computer Science course. The second is to have the same proportion of students who take AP Computer Science as those who take Biology AP, AP Chemicals, and AP Physics.
TEALS is part of YouthSpark, a Microsoft initiative that plans to provide more education and employment for 300 million young people between 2012 and 2015. A 2015 article in the Altavista Journal quotes the TEALS website, noting that United States has 80,000 unfilled jobs that require a computer science degree. The Altavista Journal further reports that this will cause the United States to lose $ 500 billion over the next 10 years and only 10% of American high schools have computer science courses. TEALS is managed by Microsoft Akhtar Badshah, senior director of citizenship and public affairs.
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Program format
Wang designed a three-month summer class for Microsoft employees who wanted to volunteer with TEAL. Classes teach employees about developing lesson plans and leading the class. TEALS aims to create a self-perpetuating computer science program within two or three years. Software engineers are committed to being physically present at school for about four or five days a week. Classes are scheduled for the first period as many volunteers do not start working until later in the morning. For rural schools lacking the capital to run computer science classes, TEALS allows software engineers to teach distant students through videoconferencing.
Two first semesters, software engineers to educate teachers side by side with students. The third semester, software engineers and teachers tell students. In the fourth semester, teachers lead classes, and software engineers become "teaching assistants". The goal is to enable teachers who have a math and science background in the future to lead their own classes.
TEAL provides support for three classes. Two long classes one semester: Introduction to Computer Science and Web Design. The third class, Advanced Placement Computer Science A, is two semesters long. In a 2015 interview with Altavista Journal , Microsoft spokeswoman Kate Frischmann said, "TEAL is open to everyone, inside and outside Microsoft, who has a formal background or degree in computer science."
School participation
In the 2010-2011 school year, the program pilot year, ten TEALS volunteers instructed 250 Puget Sound high school students from four schools. In the 2011-2012 school year, TEALS expanded to 30 volunteers and six assistants educated 800 high school students in 13 schools. In the 2012-2013 school year, 22 schools around Seattle participate in TEALS. Microsoft invites students in Seattle to visit corporate campuses, hoping to trigger excitement in technology. That school year, TEALS expanded to 120 volunteers in seven states teaching 2,000 students in 37 high schools. The schools are in Washington, Kentucky, California, Virginia, Utah, Washington, D.C., Minnesota, and North Dakota. In the 2013-2014 school year, TEALS grew to 280 volunteers in 12 states that educated 3,000 students in 70 schools. In the 2014-2015 school year, 490 TEALS volunteers work in 131 schools that educate 6,600 students.
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External links
- Official website
- TEAL in Microsoft
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