UNDERSTANDING THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELORS IN PROVIDING COMPUTER SCIENCE OPPORTUNITIES TO RURAL STUDENTS: A RESEARCH-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIP’S JOURNEY TOWARD LEVERAGING THE EXPERTISE OF RPP TEAM MEMBERS

How can RPPs understand and leverage the role and expertise different partners contribute, especially in the partnership’s early years? The Secure and Upgrade Computer Science in Classrooms through an Ecosystem with Scalability & Sustainability (SUCCESS) RPP shares its journey of understanding the crucial role middle school counselors play in providing computer science learning to rural students.

SPOTLIGHT: AN RPP APPROACH TO COMPUTER SCIENCE WORK

In the rapidly developing Computer Science field, an RPP approach to the work can be particularly powerful, write Stacey Sexton, Rebecca Zarch, and Leigh Ann DeLyser, introducing the RPPforCS community which unites and facilitates learning among CS RPPs.