Technology Education And Literacy in Schools recruits, trains, and places volunteer teaching assistants in high-school classrooms to support partner schools and teachers in offering computer-science courses on a sustainable basis. In Massachusetts last year, TEALS worked with Billerica, Boston, Cambridge, Medford, Revere, and Watertown. Schools must apply by January 26 for TEALS partnerships for the 2015-16 school year. Schools will be selected by mid-February. Volunteers will be recruited February-May and trained June-August. The TEALS mission:
- Help high schools build sustainable computer science programs so that they will be able to offer CS programs on their own
- Increase the number of AP Computer Science test-takers nationwide and across all demographics
- Represent students of all demographics and backgrounds with a specific focus on engaging underrepresented populations
- Provide access and exposure to computer science courses for students who otherwise do not have a pathway to study CS