“Getting My Feet Wet and Starting Small”: Building Capacity for Culturally Responsive CS

This paper describes early results from a teacher survey related to the implementation of Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education (CR-SE) practices in New York City’s Computer Science for All (CS4All) initiative. The research questions address teachers’ attitudes and beliefs about CR-SE, teachers’ implementation of CR-SE practices in CS instruction, and challenges teachers faced when implementing CR-SE practices in CS classrooms. The paper also describes the district’s efforts to develop a professional learning curriculum aimed at increasing teacher knowledge and use of CR-SE pedagogies, and deepening teachers’ CR-SE practice to address systemic challenges in CS education.