ERIC Number: EJ1467180
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 33
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ISSN: ISSN-0899 3408
EISSN: EISSN-1744-5175
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Balancing Teachers' Needs in Times of Crisis: Investigating How Computer Science Instructional Coaches and Teachers Navigated Remote Professional Development during COVID-19
Naomi Blaushild1; Raisa Blazquez1; Steven McGee1; Randi McGee-Tekula1
Computer Science Education, v35 n1 p60-92 2025
This study investigated how Chicago Public Schools (CPS) computer science (CS) teachers and instructional coaches navigated remote professional development (PD) during the pandemic. Analyzing multiple sources of qualitative data, we explored how coaches adapted PD to address teachers' unique needs and how teachers experienced remote PD. We found that the coaching team designed PD to help teachers translate key instructional strategies into the remote learning environment and increasingly centered their PD design efforts on improving teacher engagement and wellbeing. Teachers primarily valued the relational aspects of PD, including opportunities for collaboration and personalized support from instructional coaches. Leveraging an ecological framework, we found that the pandemic and remote learning contexts amplified preexisting PD challenges experienced by teachers and coaches. Findings suggest that PD researchers and designers should focus on teacher wellbeing and that districts should invest in flexible and adaptable PD structures to meet CS teachers' varied needs.
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Computer Science Education, Faculty Development, Distance Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Coaching (Performance), Educational Needs, Educational Technology, Teacher Attitudes, Interpersonal Relationship, Cooperation, Well Being, Culturally Relevant Education, Barriers, Program Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois (Chicago)
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1640215; 1738776; 2034150
Author Affiliations: 1The Learning Partnership LLC, Chicago, IL, USA