STARS Computing Corps – Narrative Spring 2013
INSTRUCTIONS: DELETE ALL TEXT that does not apply to you. Delete all blue instructional text. There should be NO blue or
highlighted text in your final document. COMPLETE Events and Outreach Table, it’s CRITICAL. If you have any questions please contact
Audrey Rorrer (Audrey.Rorrer@uncc.edu).
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School Logo Here
Institutional Information
Name of College or University:
1.1
Institutional Demographics
(this section may be pasted from your Fall Narrative Report; we seek Fall data only, and
your classification won’t change)
Classification:
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Associate's Colleges
Doctorate-granting Universities
Master's Colleges and Universities
Baccalaureate Colleges
Tribal Colleges
Special Focus Institutions
Historically Black College or
University
Hispanic-Serving Institution
Women’s College or University
Percentage of women students in computing
departments:
%
2
Percentage of under-represented minority
students in computing departments:
%
Faculty or Staff
2012-2013
Academic Liaison:
SLC Leader:
Evaluation Assistant:
Other Role
2013-2014
Academic Liaison:
SLC Leader:
Evaluation Assistant:
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Full-Time student enrollment in computing
department:
 Less than 500 students
 Between 501 – 2,000 students
 Between 2,001 – 5,000 students
 Between 5,001 – 10,000 students
 Between 10,001 – 20,000 students
 More than 20,000 students
Name, title/rank, department
Name, title/rank, department, or Undergrad/Grad Student
Name, Undergrad/Grad Student
Name, Undergrad/Grad Student
Please indicate any staffing changes for next year
Name, title/rank, department
Name, title/rank, department, or Undergrad/Grad Student
Name, Undergrad/Grad Student
STARS Leadership Corps
INSERT OWN PICTURE & CAPTION;
Names must be included, if not in
STARS include photo release
Provide an overview of your school’s participation in STARS. Describe what projects you undertook.
3.1
Successes:
What does your school do best?
3.2
Lessons learned:
What lessons will inform the next year in STARS?
3.3
Community Building & Computing Identity
How has STARS helped build a better community (on campus, locally, and nationally) and how has your SLC reached beyond students
directly involved in the project to reach others?
Spring 2012 STARS Computing Corps
3.4
SLC Participation & Organization
How is it managed, supported, and structured? What primary types of projects do SLC students do? Address what, if any, levels of SLC
participation there are for students and how SLC students are supported (i.e. via STARS and/or non-STARS funding, or whether there are
any individuals that do not receive stipends).
Do you have an SLC course established?
o
YES
o
NO
Do you have an SLC student organization
established?
Are your SLC stipend recipients leaders of other
non-stipend SLC student
volunteers/ambassadors?
o
YES
o
NO
o
YES
o
NO
What tools do you use for outreach?
o
o
o
o
o
o
Lego Robotics
CS Unplugged
Scratch
Alice
GameMaker
Other (specify):
STARS Leadership Corps Details ALL THREE TABLES ARE REQUIRED
SLC Participation by Ethnicity and Gender
SLC Participants
African American
Asian
Caucasian
Hispanic
Native American &
Pacific Islander
Total
Grad
Females
SLC Project Types # SLC Students
K-12 Outreach
Community Service
Mentoring
Research
Internship
Marketing
2013 Celebration Participation
Planned
# Faculty/Staff
# SLC Attendees
# SLC Posters
# SLC Talks
# Faculty Talks
3.5
UG
Females
Grad
Males
UG Males
Total
SLC Details
# SLC stipends & amounts
# SLC with no stipends
SLC Meeting Frequency
SLC Meeting Attendance
# Returning & #New SLC
Estimate of support for next
year*
Faculty Support
Student Support
Average Attendance
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
#
#
#
#
$
$
$
$
*Up to $2000 stipend per Faculty/Staff per semester; Up to $500 stipend
per student per semester.
SLC Outreach Events and Impact
3.5.1 Mentoring (Delete this section if not participating in any way).
Mentor-mentee communication type, frequency
# of Mentors
# of Mentees (and indicate if they were SLC
members also, and if high school students)
Events
Seminars attended together:
Outreach attended together:
Mentor training sessions:
Retreats with mentors and mentees:
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How is program monitored/evaluated:
3.5.1
SLC Outreach Activities and Participation
THIS TABLE IS REQUIRED Please pull from Activity Form the students fill out. Include Mentoring activities if completed.
Primary audience attendee information
Outreach
Activity &
Description
(including
CSDT used)
# of
atte
ndee
s
EXAMPLE:
Ongoing event
with same
audience Mentoring
EXAMPLE:
1 time event
Total
3.5.2
14
8
Primary audience - Grade
level or role (e.g. 7th grade,
middle, high, parent, teacher,
counselor)
Same 14 Undergraduate
Students
HS students
# and
frequency
14 students,
2 times a
week each,
for 7 weeks
(14 students
x2 x 7
weeks)=196
meetings
%50 AA, %50
W,
5 Male, 9
Female
8 Hispanic, 8
Female
Duration of one
visit (aka SLC
time spent)
Total contact hours with each
attendee
30 minutes (14
hrs week x 7
weeks=98)
1 hr each week x 7 weeks x 14
students = 98 contact hours total, or
.5 x 196= 98 Hours
2 hours
8 x 1 x 2 = 16 Hours
1 visit
98 + 16 = 114 Total Contact
Hours
98 + 2 = 100 Outreach Hours
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Events for STARS Leadership Corps Students
Event Title
Resume Writing Workshop
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Ethnicity and
gender
Location
Campus
# SLC
8
Description
Campus career center presented resume workshop at SLC meeting
SLC Partnerships
List your SLC Partners (Community, K-12, Industry, Partnership development); asterisk new partners formed this term. Name them and
indicate if newly developed this term.
Type: (industry, professional
assoc, community, k12)
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Name of Organization
City, State
New this term?
(yes/no)
SLC PRACTICES COLLECTION IN THE DIGITAL LIBRARY
For each semester, enumerate each specific practice with a brief description in the table below that will go into the Digital Library
(http://www.bpcportal.org/bpc/collections/slcp/). The STARS Resource Submission Form is located on our website.
Submitted On or
Planned
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6.1
Submitter
Title of Resource
URL
Description
External Support and Dissemination
Grants
List here any related grants you have applied for, related to STARS, and indicate whether pending, or funded. Indicate those with students
with an asterisk (*), students ONLY with (**).
6.2
Dissemination (Publications, News and Radio articles, Presentations)
Please list all dissemination activities in a citation format. (e.g. who, what, where, when). Indicate those with students with an asterisk (*),
students ONLY with (**).
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NOTE: Delete section titles for types that do not apply; you may add new titles for other types of publications if needed.
Dissemination Venue
YouTube Video – required for all
schools
Your own SLC Website – required
for all schools
Brief description
Produce 1-3 minute video giving an
overview of your SLC
Create your own SLC website or use a
template to be provided.
Citation
Fall
X (mark
when done)
Spring
X (mark
when done)
Refereed Journal Proceedings
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Abstract Refereed Papers or Posters in
Conference Proceedings
Posters (not refereed)
News Articles
Radio Programs
Podcasts
Presentations about STARS
Materials (Presentations, posters,
handouts) developed for outreach K-12,
teachers, counselors
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Curricular & Co-Curricular Integration
Please describe how you are making the SLC a permanent part of your university/college.
7.1
SLC Recruiting and Sustainability
Please describe your campus recruiting and dissemination methods for the SLC here.
7.2
Pair Programming
(Delete this section if not participating in any way).
Number of instructors implementing, stipends awarded
Number of classes at your school implementing pair programming and approx number of students in each type of class
First year introductory courses
Second year intermediate courses (data structures, algorithms)
Third year elective courses
Fourth year advanced courses (capstone, software engineering, etc)
Graduate courses
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Request for Funding for Spring 2014
This is the recommended support model for STARS institutions. Schools may allocate support at their discretion.
Corps Funding Model:
We currently support up to a total of $4000 per faculty and $10,000 for student stipends per academic year. In 2014, we will fund
half of this total, or $7000. Note: Currently new schools will be fully funded through spring 2014.
Type of Participant
Faculty
Student
Support per semester
$2000
(for leading a Corps of at least 10 students or
prorated for leading a smaller Corps)
$500 (per student for up to 10 students)
Support per academic year
$4000
(for leading a Corps of at least 10 students or
prorated for leading a smaller Corps)
$1000 (per student for up to 10 students)
FALL 2013 (Schools in STARS for more than two semesters) - Estimate the support needed for Fall 2013 below (STARS
will fund 100% of the Corps Funding Model above):
Type of Participant
Faculty support
Student support
Number of participants
Total amount of funding
$
$
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SPRING 2014 (Schools in STARS for more than two semesters) - Estimate the support needed for Spring 2014 and the
option you will employ to provide the remainder of the support below:
*(STARS will fund 50% of the Corps Funding Model above, i.e., up to 50% of faculty stipend and up to $250 per Corps
Student participant.)
Total
Number of
amount of
Option Description
participants
funding*
Explanation
Fac.
Stu.
Fac. Stu.
A
50% Corporate
Sponsor is confirmed? __Yes __No
funded
If STARS should contact, enter Sponsor’s contact
information.__________________
50% STARS funded
B
Institutionalization or
Course credit, stipend reduction, or other?
cost reduction
C
Credit for
Highlight your credit-earning activity anticipated for Fall
Participation
2013 and Spring 2014:
Serve as Affinity Group Leader for K-12 Outreach, Peer
Outreach, Mentoring, or Evaluation
Digital Library contribution, for example:
 K-12: syllabus, lesson plans, learning outcomes
 Peer: syllabus, lesson plans, learning outcomes
 Mentoring: management model, training
 Evaluation: checklists, how-tos
 STARS as credit-bearing course
 STARS as student organization or club
Celebration Planning Committee:
 General Chair
 Program Co-Chair
 Poster Co-Chair
 Local Arrangements Co-Chair
 Industry Engagement Co-Chair
Donor Leads (give specifics)
Actual Donations or funds raised (give specifics)
Other:
Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 (For new schools who have been in STARS for only two semesters, STARS commits to funding
the full model for two academic years - through Spring 2014)
Type of Participant
Estimate of support for Fall 2013
Estimate of support for Spring 2014
Faculty support
# of faculty
$
# of faculty
$
Student support
# of students
$
# of students
$
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