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Successfully Teaching Coding at a Title I School

Bobby Duke Middle School

Scott Baily

Technology Teacher Coachella, CA

Implementation

Grades Taught
7-8
Length of Use
3 years
Students Enrolled this Year
130

Courses Covered

CompSci 1
CompSci 2
CompSci 3
CompSci 4
GameDev 1

Favorite Features

Responsive Support
Immediate Engagement

Bobby Duke Middle School sits nestled between the Southern California mountains of Coachella Valley to the west and east and the Salton Sea 33 miles south, and boasts a student population of 697 students within Coachella Valley Unified’s district-wide population of 18,861 students.

The students of Bobby Duke Middle School reflect the socioeconomic challenges facing Coachella Valley’s residents and students within the district. With over 95% of the Bobby Duke Middle School student population qualifying for free and reduced-price meals and over 40% classified as English language learners, the importance of teaching 21st century skills was the top priority of Bobby Duke Middle School Technology teacher, Scott Baily.

Baily knew that teaching his students coding was a key pathway to opportunity in a job landscape that increasingly prioritizes and necessitates computing skills. So, he decided to take on the exciting challenge of creating and teaching the only coding class in the school and finding a solution that was affordable, responsive to feedback, and engaging to students of all learning abilities and backgrounds.

When I got my hands on CodeCombat [and] started having my students use it, the light bulb went on. It was just night and day from every other program that we had used. They’re not even close.

Scott Baily, Technology Teacher

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Teacher & Student Spotlights

Amanda Henry

Rehabilitation Instructor

Morehead, Kentucky

Through her compassion and drive to help those who need second chances, Amanda Henry helped change the lives of students who need positive role models. With no previous computer science experience, Henry led her students to coding success in a regional coding competition.

Kaila, Student

Maysville Community & Technical College

Lexington, Kentucky

Kaila was a student who never thought she would be writing lines of code, let alone enrolled in college with a pathway to a bright future.

Susan Jones-Szabo

Teacher Librarian

Ruby Bridges Elementary

Alameda, CA

Susan Jones-Szabo promotes an equitable atmosphere in her class where everyone can find success in their own way. Mistakes and struggles are welcomed because everyone learns from a challenge, even the teacher.

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