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. Schools must apply by February 28 for TEALS partnerships for the 2017-18 school year. Schools will be selected by the end of March. 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