“They’re good teachers, but they don’t have foundational knowledge.” “They don’t know Java programming,” Milenkovic said. Initially, Broward County would train its English or media teachers in computer science instruction, but it’s not the same as having college-level or graduate-level content for computer science, Milenkovic said. She said she’s excited about the $5 million gift since it will help develop training materials for their teachers to pass the certification exam.

Schools can’t offer computer science without a trained teacher, said Lisa Milenkovic, the curriculum supervisor for STEM and computer science at Broward County Public Schools. “When students are engaged with technology in meaningful ways or are creating things that are motivating them, it captures their creativity and their learning becomes really relevant,” Israel said. The $5 million gift will be used to build an online community for teachers across the state to learn about computer science education, for materials and resources to teach these technical and instructional strategies and for materials to help teachers prepare for and pass the Florida Teacher Certification Examination to teach computer science, said Maya Israel, a UF associate professor in educational technology. This summit was presented by Snap Inc., which is the company that developed the social media platform Snapchat. The announcement was made by CSforAll, which is the central resource that includes CSforED, at the DEI Innovation Summit. Ken Griffin, the founder and chief executive officer of Citadel, gave UF one of four parts of a $20 million gift going to universities to implement CSforED, which is an initiative focused on increasing high-quality computer science education. The University of Florida will help develop computer science education programs for teacher preparation across the state using a $5 million gift announced Wednesday.

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