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About
CAL-MSCS, the California Mathematics, Science, and Computer Science Partnership, is a comprehensive and collaborative program designed to establish a sustainable and impactful professional learning infrastructure for educators in mathematics, science, and computer science throughout California.
The program’s overarching vision is to ensure that every California educator experiences the professional learning and support necessary to provide high-quality mathematics, science, and computer science education for all students in the state. CAL-MSCS aims to achieve this vision by cultivating statewide communities of practice, providing guidance and support for local teams to build responsive, professional learning systems at the county or regional level, and facilitating coordination with other statewide initiatives in TK-12 mathematics, science, and computer science education.
By cultivating statewide communities of practice; providing support and guidance for local teams to build responsive professional learning systems at county or regional levels; and facilitating coordination with other statewide grantees of TK-12 mathematics, science, and computer science educator professional learning initiatives, CAL-MSCS will:
Expand existing statewide infrastructure and capacity to provide educator professional learning opportunities and coaching in mathematics, science, and computer science (MSCS), in grades 4-12, inclusive;
Generate and disseminate professional learning opportunities for grades 4-12 educators designed to enable local implementation efforts of the MSCS standards; and
Support local efforts to improve family and community engagement in MSCS education, and positively engage families and communities in implementing the MSCS standards for students in grades 4-12.
CAL-MSCS is collaboratively led by mathematics, science, and computer science leaders from the California County Superintendents’ Curricular and Improvement Support Committee (CISC), as well as the executive directors of the California Mathematics Project, the California Science Project, and the UCLA Computer Science Equity Project. An Advisory Council of leaders from the California Department of Education, the California State Board of Education, California Collaborative for Educational Excellence, WestEd, and other statewide agencies and initiatives will work to promote alignment and coherence with related statewide efforts (e.g., the Computer Science Educator Workforce Improvement Grant, Early Math Initiative, 21st Century School Leadership Academy) and ensure California has a vibrant, coordinated approach to professional learning across the content areas. Steering Teams composed of university, county, district, and classroom educators, as well as advocacy, non-profit, and community partners, will work to conceptualize, facilitate, and expand standards-aligned, equity-centered professional learning opportunities for state and local communities of practice in and across each content area. Broader Content Leadership Coalitions will amplify steering team efforts, helping to develop responsive resources, materials, and programming to strengthen instruction and learning in mathematics, science, and computer science.
Together, steering teams and coalitions will support Local Implementation Teams, composed of county office of education leaders and a diverse array of partners, to leverage CAL-MSCS programming to improve MSCS professional learning systems in their communities.
Key Support
Funding for the CAL-MSCS Partnership is provided by a state grant from the California Department of Education. We are also thankful to the following partnership organizations.
