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“If you want students to hear it, you speak. If you want them to learn it, they speak.” Effective computer science teaching goes beyond delivering content—it creates spaces where students actively construct meaning and take ownership of both academic language and content standards. Beyond Code: CS for Real Classrooms is a professional development series designed to help educators amplify student voices and foster equitable participation in every CS classroom. Through intentional prompts, scaffolds, and structured collaboration, teachers learn to facilitate student-centered discussions that build understanding and confidence, engage students who are reluctant to share, and design lessons integrating reflection, coding commentary, and meaningful collaboration.
The series includes micro-challenges, sentence frames, and interactive activities to ensure all students participate. Organized into five stacks—Small Structures for Meaningful Collaboration, Supporting Students Who are Reluctant to Share, The Byte Cycle and AI Ideal Responses, Coded Commentary, and Byte Write Unite—it equips teachers with strategies for equitable participation, lesson planning, comprehension of complex code, and effective integration of video and text-based content. Participants explore research, teacher and student testimonials, and practical strategies, including team-building activities, collaborative structures, and reflective exercises, ultimately preparing them to create CS classrooms where every student has a voice, engagement is high, and learning is meaningful and visible.
You will receive full access to the online course for a 10-week term from April 6, 2026 to June 14, 2026. You can complete the course by spending about an hour per week or completing it in brief sprints. While we have suggested timing, you may complete it at your own pace.
When the term ends, you will no longer be able to progress toward your course assignments and activities, but you will still be able to access course materials. You will receive a signed digital certificate indicating you have completed 6 hours of professional learning.
Note that registrants will NOT receive the invitation email from Coursera immediately after registering, you will be added to the course at the end of the week. We appreciate your understanding.