Abstract
Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) is a national effort led by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to increase post-secondary enrollment of underrepresented groups in the computing disciplines. Under BPC funding from the NSF, a multi-tiered mentoring model (M3) was created to foster excellence in grades 5-20 computer science education in the Birmingham area. The goal of the BPC-M3 program is to provide sequential tiers of mentoring, by which the learner in one tier becomes the mentor teacher to the next tier down. This model focuses on providing a more effective pathway for students from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue careers in computing. In this poster abstract, we describe in detail how the multi-tiered model is being implemented and summarize some of the benefits and challenges related to the M3 model.
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