Maggie Glennon will be running the chat

Hi all! Megan, Code.org, WA

Jessica Garrigan, Apple, WV & Pennsylvania

Carol Fletcher here with the ECEP Alliance and The University of Texas at Austin

Anne Wallace, NH Dept. of Education

Hello! Mckenzie Haines, Marzano Research/ REL Central, WY

Hi Everyone, Kaitie, Code.org, MN!

Hello! Cassie Scharber, University of Minnesota + CSforAll-MN ECEP chapter. Minnesota.

Hello! Maggie Glennon, Code.org, WA

Hi Everyone! Fran from Las Vegas!

Wren Hoffman, Iowa DE

Hi All. Dan from CSTA Board, Plano, TX

Doug Paulson, Minnesota Department of Education, Minnesota

Catherine Tabor, NWECHS, TX

Erich Grauke, Illinois State Board of Education

Hello from Southern New Jersey!

Jenn Michalek Connecticut State Department of ED

Matt Drewette-Card, Curriculum Coordinator, MSAD #46, Maine

Remember to select “All panelists and attendees” when chatting to the whole webinar

Stephanie Hoeppner, Live Oaks Career Center, OH

Andy King, MOREnet, Missouri

Monique M. Rice, AdvanceKentucky, Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation

Karen from the Oklahoma State Department of Education

Koichi Sato from UNL, Nebraska

Eric Hall, Iowa DE & colleague of Wren H!

Michelle Wendt

Doug Paulson, Minnesota Department of Education, Minnesota

Jackie Huntoon, Michigan Technological University, Michigan

Hi everyone! Sarah here with the ECEP Alliance.

Hello!! Jim Furniss, CS Specialist Arkansas Department of Education

Hello from Governor Hutchinson's Office- Arkansas

Hi! Kelly Gaier Evans, Battelle, Ohio :)

Shelby Hubach, Marzano Research, Colorado

Hello! Maggie Glennon, Code.org, WA

Greetings everyone from Clark Merkley at BootUp PD

Sara Cunningham with the Northwest Regional Professional Development Program in Nevada

Alexis Harrigan, Denver, Colorado. Code.org. Hiiiii!

Stephen King, Kansas State Dept of Ed, Topeka, KS -- Hi y'all!

Steve Snow - North Dept of Public Instruction - North Dakota

Dean Breuer--Minnesota Department of Education--Business, Marketing, and Technology Specialist

Hello! Luis De Mendoza, Regional Manager of North Florida for Microsoft TEALS

Martha McCabe, KC STEM Alliance, Missouri & Kansas

Hi there, Jeremy Keeshin from CodeHS

Hello evenyone, Julie with CSTA Indiana

Hello from Arizona! Beth Nickel, Arizona Science Center

Hi all! I’m Heather Cunningham from BootUp PD in CO.

Raya Hegeman-Davis, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign

Mike Leffin, Riverside County Office of Education, CA

Monique Rice, AdvanceKentucky, Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation

Hey Everyone! Alex Dexheimer, Twin Cities PBS

Matthew Cushing, Rice University, Texas

Greetings!! Tabitha Teel-North Dakota Information Technology (EduTech) -North Dakota

Hi from Florida DOE! Katrina Figgett

Hi everyone - Sheila Boyington Learning Blade and Million Women Mentors

Hi Everyone! Mark Archon from the Office of the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools in Fresno, CA

Michelle Wendt, Stockton University(SRI&ETTC), New Jersey 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫

Hello! Samantha Dahlby, NewBoCo, Iowa

Hi from Dianne in Maryland. very upbeat music!

Hi! I'm Deborah Seehorn, NC ECEP, North Carolina

Hi everyone! I am Kaya from George Mason University, Virginia

Hello from Columbus State University in Georgia.

Good afternoon! Dr. Sean Jackson, State CS Lead, Kentucky Department of Education.

Jason Lillebo from Southern Nevada RPDP in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hello, everyone!

Sean Roberts, Code.org in Wisconsin!!!

Hello from Connecticut!

Hello! Erin from OPSRC in Oklahoma.

Good afternoon! Gregg Stone from MAD-learn, here :-)

Hi! Lisa Milenkovic, Broward County Schools, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Hello!Jacqui GarrisonNebraska Department of Education

Hi, Drea Weiner from Michigan

Good afternoon all * Amanda Dykes * CS Specialist at Alabama Dept of Edu * Alabama

Sara Cunningham with the NW Regional Professional Development Program in Nevada

Hi all, I’m Monica McGill from CSEdResearch.org (located in Peoria, IL).

Hi Everyone! Ashley Scheideman from FlagshipKansas.Tech

Hello from Tucson! Dan w/CSTA-AZ here!

Howdy y'all. CS4TX in the house!!

Hello! Leslie Brommer from UTeach CS.

Hii Everyone! Joelle Bennett- Maryland Center for Computing Education

Emily, California Department of Education

Hi Everyone - Leigh Ann DeLyser from CSforALL and NY - Great to e-see everyone!

Mike Borowczak, Univ. of Wyoming / Code.org Partner, Wyoming

Sara Frey, Pennsylvania Training & Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN)

CSTA Silver State Nevada!

Hello from Tucson! Dan w/CSTA-AZ here!

Hi everyone! Miranda Parker from University of California, Irvine

Hi everyone, Lori Pollock, University of Delaware.

Hi Anne from MA

Hello! Candyce Monroe from Ed Farm, Birmingham AL

Hi, Everyone, Mayra Bachrach from New Jersey

Greetings all! Jennifer Albert from The Citadel in SC.

Hi! Kume Goranson, Executive Director of CodeRVA Regional High School in Richmond, VA.

Hi! Nick Derksen - Ohio Department of Higher Education

Hello! Drea Weiner from MI

Hi from Dianne in Maryland. sunny day here!

Hello from Greenville, SC!

John Riley University of Missouri

hey everybody! I’m Justin Feller, the Computer Science Program Specialist at the Florida Department of Education

Paige Prescott, CS Alliance in New Mexico. Hello!

Hello from beautiful Boise, Idaho!

Hello from Indiana!

Lori Pollock, U of Delaware

Hello everyone! Kavi Diaz, CS for Oregon

Malinda Riemersma - Digital Learning Coach, Winnemucca Nevada

Hello all. I’m Laura Dillon from Michigan State University.

HI Karen Sanzo from Old Dominion University!

Good Morning! Shannon Thissen from Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction

Tanya Mackrain Science and STEM Curriculum Coordinator Plymouth-Canton MI

Hi. Josh Pudaloff - Michigan CSTA

Hello from ReadyCT in Connecticut!

Hey y'all from Tennessee! Becky Ashe with the TN STEM Innovation Network

Hello everyone! Julie Erickson from Technology and Innovation in Education (TIE) South Dakota

jim

Hi Everyone! Amber from CodeWV!

Hi everyone! Morgan Warbington, Arkansas Department of Education, Little Rock AR

Scott Nichols, Maryland State Department of Education

Hello! Linda Lay, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Hi! Kelly Gaier Evans, Battelle, Ohio

Dennis Brylow, Computer Science Department at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI.

Governor’s Workforce Development Board in Maryland

Hi, everyone. Josh Young, Tech Coordinator for the Mount Desert Island Regional School System in Maine.

Hi everyone! I’m Nick Sample from Arm

Hello from Salt Lake City; CTE Coordinator (Curriculum Specialist) over Automotive, Aviation, CSIT, Electronics

Linda Ott from Michigan Tech in Houghton, MI

Hello from Eugene, OR. This is Chris from Google.

Hello from Cheyenne, WY!

Hi all! Brian Crouse, from the Missouri Chamber Math and Science Coalition.

Jason Lillebo from Southern Nevada RPDP in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hello, everyone!

Tania Clucas from the Office of Representative Grier Hopkins with the Alaska House of Representatives

Hi all. I'm Shafiq Chaudhary from the New Mexico Public Education Department.

Hello from Sacramento, CA! Great to see you all.

Good morning, All, Connie Thomson from NE Regional Professional Development Program in Nevada

Happy Wednesday from Panaca NV!!! I’m Cherry Florence with Lincoln County Nevada School District

Hello, I am Grady Burrowws with hitinthecle.com

I’m Sean Wasson, Computer Science teacher from Maine, Code.org Facilitator, and Chapter President of CSTA Maine.

Yanira Vazquez, NM Public Education Department

Sarah Negrete from Northeastern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program (NNRPDP)

Rhonda Tate - STEM Education Specialist, Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, Maine

Hello from RI!

Howdy! Kiera Elledge - HEB (not the grocery store!) ISD, Bedford, Texas

Hello everyone! Tonya Davis Houston Regional Manager with Microsoft TEALS

Hello Everyone from KY!

Hello from Alabama!

Hello from Champaign, IL! Jared Fritz, Code.org

Hello From Florida!!

Emma Gardner, WVU 4-H extension Agent

Good afternoon from Arkansas Department of Education! - Anthony Owen; State Director of Computer Science Education

Hello! Sarah Sleasman is happy to be here from Phoenix, Arizona!

Hi Everyone!! Cindi Chang from the Nevada Department of Education.

Hello from Tucson/PHX Arizona. Marie Bienkowski, AMS charter schools

Hi! Sarah Cook from the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network (Nashville, TN)

Rosa Aristy from Bridges to Science

Chris Summers, Computer Science Content Specialist from Colorado Department of Education. Always excited to expand my network and speak to others!

Jeremy Gabborin - PA PaTTAN

Hilary Dito, College and Career Readiness Director, Contra Costa County Office of Education - Code.org Regional Partner

Good morning from Nevada, Dave Brancamp, Nevada Department of Education

Hello from HER Academy (Columbus, OH)

Hey! Talon from Skill Struck!

Hi from Wyoming Department of Education :-)

Hello! Luis De Mendoza, Regional Manager of North Florida for Microsoft TEALS

I’m Sean Wasson, Computer Science teacher from Maine, Code.org Facilitator, and Chapter President of CSTA Maine.

Matthew Cushing, Rice University, Texas

Hi all, I’m Monica McGill from CSEdResearch.org (located in Peoria, IL).

Sheila Briggs, Assistant State Superintendent Wisconsin, Department of Public Instruction.

Avni Dyer - PaTTAN from Pennsylvania

Christen Northrop, Contra Costa COE, California

Hi! Tim Barrett Trade & Industry Specialist Minnesota Department of Education

Stephanie Dodd - Ohio State Board of Education Member, District 9

Ronald Greenberg - Loyola University Chicago / Chicago Alliance For Equity in Computer Science

Hi everyone! Nagma Meharali, Houston Regional Manager with the Microsoft TEALS Program.

Good morning from CSforCA in California

I love seeing all these Texas people here!

Hello! Meg Garvin from the Maryland Center for Computing Education

Hello! I'm Rebecca Zarch from SageFox Consulting Group, sitting in Boston MA

Hello! I’m Corey Mize. Executive Director of Base Camp Coding Academy in Water Valley, MS

Hi! Roxana Hadad from CSforCA

T. Andrew Melone, National Energy Technology Lab in Morgantown, WV

Ryan Mahoney, Strategic Initiatives, Apple

Hello from Lisa Garbrecht at UT Austin Expanding Pathways in Computing (EPIC) STEM Evaluation Services

Khurram 'Ko' Hassan, Facilitator, CS4GA collective impact network

Hi! I'm Paula Moore, Digital Literacy and Computer Science Program Coordinator for Massachusetts

Maureen LaRaviere, The College Board

Allen Antoine, Associate Director for Computer Science, Rice University STEM

Will this recording be available to us afterwards? I think it would be beneficial to share with my team.

Hello from Teri Kriege, KC STEM Alliance

https://advocacy.code.org/state-policy-forum

Hi Everyone! Anisa Bora, CSforALL

Hello :) Chris Standerford w/ Michigan's STEM (MiSTEM) Network!

Larry Wyn - CS Program Manager, MiSTEM Network - Michigan! w00t w00t!

The 2020 State of CS Education report - https://advocacy.code.org/stateofcs

Carla Lewis, C Spire, Mississippi

Could our chat moderator copy the links into the chat so we can click on them?

Hi all y’all. Guy Trainin code.org regional partner UNL Nebraska

Janice Mak, AZSBE, CSTA

Hi Everyone! Esther here from Newark, NJ Board of Education; former NJDOE CS/EdTech Specialist.

Hello - Emilio Vargas, Systems Analyst, CSforALL

State sessions and webinars: https://advocacy.code.org/state-policy-forum

The 2020 State of CS Education report - https://advocacy.code.org/stateofcs

Melissa Scott, Nevada CTE

Hi everyone! Stephanie Wortel-London, Director of Research at CSforALL :-D

Hello Everyone - Lesley Quizhpe, Project Coordinator at CSforALL, NYC

Hello from Utah! Will this recording be available to us afterwards?

Hello from UT Austin! Lisa Garbrecht, Expanding Pathways in Computing (EPIC) STEM Evaluation Services

Hi Kristina, we are recording this session and will have it available afterwards

Hi, Dr. Fletcher.....Hook 'Em Horns!!

Yo - will pop you up at 2 pm

Greetings from Newark, Delaware.

Hello from West Virginia! Gay Stewart, CodeWV.

Please make sure your chats are sent to Panelists and Attendees (not just panelists) so everyone can see them!

Hello from Maine! Jason Judd, Executive Director at Educate Maine

Hello from UT Dallas! Amin Lalani, Master Teacher within UTeach Dallas!!!

Hello! Leolin Bowen Regional Manager from Code.org in Austin TX

Hello! Mckenzie Haines, Marzano Research/ REL Central, WY, NE, ND, CO, KS, SD, MO

Good morning! I'm Dan Stormont, Microsoft Philanthropies TEALS Program Regional Manager for Arizona, based in Tucson.

Josh Pudaloff - Michigan CSTA

Koichi Sato from UNL, NE again.

Hi, Finia Dinh, CS Program Manager, Idaho STEM Action Center

Good morning! Tom Greene, ExcelinEd

Hello from Illinois - Caroline Sanchez Crozier, Digital Latinx Leaders Now and LULAC

Renee Fall, Nat’l Center for CS Education based in Minnesota

Hello From New Jersey - Mayra Bachrach - CSTANJ

Kathie Lanman, Einstein Fellow for Senator Jacky Rosen (NV)

Dustin Hoffman

FYI - Pat had many mullets back in the day

Good afternoon from North Carolina! Dave Frye from The Friday Institute for Educational innovation. Excited to see so many friends and colleagues here today!

You should ask him about it

Haha! Good answer, Pat!

Hello from Tennessee. Zachary Adams, TDOE/TBR

andre Agassi hair http://coolmenshair.com/andre-agassi-mullet-hair/

Jason Ravitz, independent research & evaluation (evalxdesign.com). Xoogler

Thank you Maggie!

Hey I was math teacher too!!!

Sent earlier to all panelists, but noticed Carol’s chat to be sure to include all attendees … HI from California — CSforCA.

Pat mullet: https://twitter.com/MrYongpradit/status/752953009861070848/photo/1

That is the BEST picture! Thanks for sharing Cameron!

Great movie!

Heidi Williams from WI - Computer Science Curriculum Specialist at Marquette University

Curly hair is the best!

Yes! Jillian you are such a Rockstar!!! I love it.

Hi everyone - State Representative Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. I want #CSforIL

Penny doesn't seem to have the Tennessee accent that I was expecting.

This was really fun!

Hi Jillian (Sup Balow!)! Love from AK!

Jackie Corricelli, PK-12 CS Curriculum Specialist & HS CS Teacher in West Hartford, CT

We LOVE BootUp Wyoming 2022 - Clark (from BootUp, not formally affiliated, but huge fans!

Just spent an hour using CS + MicroBits this morning with a students in Kayce Wyoming!

Kaycee, WY - home!

Put questions in the Q/A to make sure they get addressed

@ALL - Thanks for the WY love! Lots of friends, familiar names, colleagues, and new contacts make this opportunity even more exciting! Good on code.org!!

Cindi is a CS Rock Star!

Yes, agreed Carol!

Hello from the Center for Cyber Education at Mississippi State University! Great to be here today!

Please use #cspolicy2020 for social media.

Cindi is amazing to work with!!!

@pat CSTA Maine is tweeting right now using #cspolicy2020

Aww shucks! Thank you Carol and Connie :) Team effort!! LOVE our Sup Jhone!!

Hi Connie!!!! :)

Cindi Chang is the catalyst behind so much of the work around CS in Nevada THANK YOU Cindi!!

Not just Nevada...leading the work and inspiring us in similar roles across the state.

Hello All! Angel Pineiro from CompTIA, Global Technology Trade Association

It is amazing to work with Cindi!

Hello Rhonda Tate, Jason Judd, Matt Drewette-Card, Josh Young from Maine!

TN commissioner Schwinn mentioned policy changes that took place via the Governor. What were those changes?

Tiandra CS Teacher MSAD 53 , from Maine!

Yes - Deborah Knoll is a great CS leader in TN!

Deb is a tremendous partner and supporter of teachers in TN - she's a real treasure to us!

Wow!

This is what Jhone is referring to: https://connectingkidsnv.org/

Hello Tia from Maine!

Hi Sean! Glad I got to be here today!

Cindi Chang is fantastic and willing to work with her colleagues outside Nevada; she collaborated with me on taking a team from our Utah district to their CS conference which was cancelled due to COVID, but I look forward to future opportunities to work with Cindi and the Utah education programs.

@Ed - we are taking our Summit virtual in February. You and your team are invited again! :) Let's connect!

YES! @Karen North!

@Cindi: Most definitely! Please share that information via email; I will distribute to our team. Thanks!

What is TSIN?

Tennesse Stem Innovation Network

https://www.tsin.org/

Tennessee STEM Innovation Network https://tsin.org

Thank you!!

TSIN - Tennessee Stem Innovation Network. Great partner!!

Teri Kriege: I have the State of CS Education Report that I'm happy to share with you and KCSA as well!

what are key challenges schools in your states are facing in growing their CS classes?

Emily Meyer: Thank you!!

I appreciate hearing an administrator say "I needed to understand that difference between remote learning and computer science" ! THANK YOU for not assuming they are mutually exclusive!

We do an annual survey in our region and are hearing lack of qualified teachers and lack of student interest as the top two challenges faced by districts

Kim - I just sent your question to the Q&A!

@David - check out STE(A)M resource Hub at —> https://bestforall.tnedu.gov/binder/featured-family-resources

Hi from Houston, TX, ISTE CSN, NCWIT, AAUW, CS4TX. CS Education Activist since 1990’s and Code.org “grandmother”.

Agreed, Alicia. Thanks for putting that out there.

I agree Alicia!

Now that virtual learning has become the new reality is there a movement to make information technology courses mandatory for all students? It has been my experience that sometimes students are unable to perform the simple task of keyboarding.

Need help setting a vision? Check out CSforALL’s vision quiz! visionsquiz.csforall.org

Thanks for passing along, Leigh Ann. Will take this back to Illinois stakeholders.

Always good to see Karen North on a call :-)

Kim, sounds about right...teachers and interest. The state and higher ed could coordinate a little more to support CS in K-12 too.

Cindi - can you answer this question and I will post answer - Are there any examples in NV of secondary CS programs that are utilized as dual enrollment for skilled technical workforce? Can students get certifications by graduation?

Thanks Steve! We tried to take our visions activity from SCRIPT and translate it onto a useful online tool

Yep Ryan - Karen makes great connections and has a ton of CS knowledge!

Is Ted E. here too?

The focus on policy —> students is so important! Thanks for highlighting that!

I love seeing the CSforAll SCRIPT discussions. th

Yes, TedE is here and has a new button for https://www.reinventedmagazine.com/

Districts that have implemented SCRIPT in KY are making huge strides.

GREAT question

Nice touch, Alexis!

I think that “butts in seats” is a great way to start but are there conversations about different measurements to examine how we assess deeper engagement in CS?

can anyone give me links to secondary CS programs that are part of a dual enrollment program? Specifically looking for programs that have certification/apprenticeship options for skilled technical work

The SCRIPT workshop held here in Milwaukee WI area have already begun to make a big difference in attitudes toward planning and future direction despite the CYA thinking going on within this pandemic.

Another area of equity has been in groups of students with disabilities. AP CS Principles has really opened the equity door with these kids.

Engagement for CS must begin K-5!

Mississippi has a DE/DC program in software development: https://cs4ms.wpengine.com/k12courses/sdp/ would be happy to share more: shelly.hollis@rcu.msstate.edu

@kathleen - are you talking about college in the HS? (We have https://www.uwhs.uw.edu/) but a lot of students in WA state also do “Running Start)

Exactly Penny! We don't want to "wait too long" Provide access starting in k-8 so all students know they can do it.

Hi Kathleen, URI has a Concurrent enrollment program http://k12.cs.uri.edu/

From Heidi Williams to Panelists and Attendees: (12:48 PM)The SCRIPT workshop held here in Milwaukee WI area have already begun to make a big difference in attitudes toward planning and future direction despite the CYA thinking going on within this pandemic.

Teacher capacity is SO important

Since 2018, SB 200 was adopted a year later mandating 100% of Nevada high schools will offer Computer Science programs by the year 2022. We’ve made great strides since then going from 60% or our schools to 80% this year. At this pace we will meet that mandate ahead of schedule!

Yes, college dual enrollment, but for non-four-year degree programs.

Check out the CAPE framework developed by Dr. Fletcher and Dr. Warner from UT Austin: https://utexas.app.box.com/file/664555213314?s=t0d8mugfd8qvaxwk0uoeaqlxf65bdlrb

@Kathleen - KY has implemented dual credit Digital Literacy in partnership with our community college system with an emphasis on 3D printing and manufacturing where students can continue with an industry certificate.

Maine has dual enrollment in Early College for ME and Rural U https://ruralu.umfk.edu/

So glad to hear that SCRIPT has already started to move your CS Ed strategy forward, Heidi! If anyone wants more information about SCRIPT: https://www.csforall.org/projects_and_programs/script/

Per what Supt Balow just said - Lots of this additional data is in the 2020 State of CS report!

Over the last 3 years, 3500+ middle school female students were exposed to career exploration and hands-on activities in various STEM and Information Technology fields.

As people are considering how to use data to identify and develop CS ed strategies, check out the state landscape reports that ECEP states have published. https://ecepalliance.org/resources/landscape-reports

There are lots of examples specifically focused on closing the gender gap. I would love to hear specific examples focused on closing the racial and ethnic gap beyond access. There is data that shows that even when there is access, White and Asian students are enrolled at much higher levels than Black and Latino students.

Unfortunately, most CS Curricula is not designed to be accessible to students with disabilities, especially blind students. Are states addressing this?

Kathleen, UT has this dual credit course: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~engage/

We must be careful about conflating conversations about race and ethnicity with conversations about CS4ALL.

I love that competitiveness @Penny

great points @tamara Pearson!

Very good point Tamara. Access is just one piece of the puzzle, and we can’t stop at that.

Tamara, why?

@Tamara: I am in full agreement with you.

@Tamara I would love to read over that data if you have any resource links handy.

How do you close gaps, other than increasing access? States are prioritizing grant applications that focus on underrepresented groups of students and requiring enrollment data, among other things.

@Penny and @Jilian - Is your team’s strategic plan available?

Tamara - great points. Code.org has a few resources to recruit students who are traditionally underrepresented in CS to courses. https://code.org/educate/resources/recruit

Nevada CS Strategic Plan - https://drive.google.com/file/d/10LXbVjvD8ZooHrL1znJVekwmQqAQgCll/view?usp=sharing

@Tamera - in Wisconsin we have a grass roots group called WIT Wisconsin . They provide mentors for college age girls, and hands on mentoring /coding sessions for girls in middle school and high school

The 2020 State of CS Education goes beyond Access - and features participation and disparity data

@Samantha is the next step a requirement for all students? Would that come after the teaching core is sufficiently built or before?

@Patricia: Because just like there are unique challenges related to closing the gender gap, there are unique challenges related to race and ethnicity. Access for all is not enough and is often shown to only maintain the gap because enrollment in all groups grows.

See NCWIT material about including women and students of color. There is much more than access to consider.

Code.org also works with our amazing Regional Partners to make sure teachers who are preparing to teach computer science know how critical it is to recruit students to their courses and create welcoming and open classrooms

Absolutely. It is not inconceivable that a diverse school offers computer science classes that do not reflect the school’s demographics.

@Bryan, I think that a requirement for all students, at least K–8 may be helpful, but students also need to feel welcome in CS and see themselves represented and supported in that content.

@Tamara, @Pat: Efforts such as those occurring in Chicago Public Schools go beyond access and achieve participation of all.

Microsoft TEALS is also in over 35+ states and has resources available regarding increasing participation among females and minority students.

Let’s go Chicago! Proud of you all

@Tamara I see what you are saying. I misunderstood. I am with you on that 100%

Wow. Just skimmed through the dataset released alongside the Report. This is outstanding.

@Bryan, I think that subjects like math have similar problems. All students are required to take it, but not all feel supported or represented in the work and learning they are doing.

@Steven it is awesome isn't it!

@Luis - The work of Jane Margolis and her team addresses this.

CT CS Plan https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SDE/Board/BoardMaterials110619/Connecticut_Computer_Science_Plan.pdf?la=en

@Tamara thank you I will take a look.

@Ronald, do you have a link to the Chicago results?

@Luis - numerous data points appropriate to share with multiple state-level stakeholders.. especially when needed for an “elevator speech".

@Tamara: I should have said also "equal outcomes for all". See the SIGCSE paper with those words in the titel.

Thank you for a greta conversation! Unfortunately I have to run to another meeting.

@Ronald I’m attending the policy specifically for Illinois tomorrow

Steven McGee, Randi McGee-Tekula, Jennifer Duck, Catherine McGee, Lucia Dettori, Ronald I. Greenberg, Eric Snow, Daisy Rutstein, Dale Reed, Brenda Wilkerson, Don Yanek, Andrew M. Rasmussen, and Dennis Brylow. Equal outcomes 4 all: A study of student learning in ECS. In Proceedings of the 49th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, pages 50–55. Association for Computing Machinery, February 2018. Baltimore, MD. https://doi.org/10.1145/3159450.3159529.

Absolutely! Thanks for saying it all so well!!!

@Steven it definitely does !

I am working to develop a district Physical Computing Training System to engage teachers and students with see, feel, hear, and touch aspects which I feel will move CS forward.

In December 2019, the KC STEM Alliance released a CS Ed Report for Kansas City and shared that 90% of the public high schools in KC offer a CS course and many have a full pathway, with a significant implementation of Project Lead The Way along with Code.org and AP CS courses.

@meechele7

Follow for follow?

Outstanding job Superintendent Ebert!! We are so proud to have you lead Nevada!!!

@seanwasson

I’m moving to Wyoming, Tennessee, and Nevada after this discussion

haha

I love it!

@dan_blier

@CSTAMaine

@estherlewars

https://twitter.com/AlexisHarrigan 352 and climbing, @Alexis!

@Luis - This is a great report out of CA - https://mk0kaporcenter5ld71a.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Computer-Science-in-California-Schools.pdf

@MoniqueMRice

@ecep_cs @csforall @lsudol

@CindiChang | @CSforNV

@neb_tech and @jonavandeun

https://advocacy.code.org/stateofcs

https://advocacy.code.org/stateofcs

@csedresearch

Jinx!

@SvetlikCS | @CSForIL

@amandacdykes and @cs4alabama

@MrRock26

@DrJacksonCS

@conniethomson7

If you’re in Texas, you have access to an extended set of data that is housed here: https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/epic/research/cs-regional-data/2018-2019

@dahlbys and @NewBoCo

@CS4IL #Chicago

@Malinda_Jtrlvr

@CSforAR

https://mandrillapp.com/track/click/30166792/miro.com?p=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

Funding map looks great, but MO only had funding for one year, and the Govenor did not revew :(

Certification and Preservice is super important! Check out the computingteacher.org resources to share with your local schools of education about how to get started!

West Virginia does now!

@CEISMC @AlbaCGutierrez

My apologies for the accidental URL send - a copy/paste snafu!

Hi to all CS supervisors here!

Erika Klose is awesome for West Virginia.

My first Ed Policy battle was with the Texas SBOE to keep CS Certification when TEA was going to remove it in 1990s. Started me on my advocacy road.

I would think time would be a big issue at the classroom level. Adding standards without removing other standards--when do you teach it? If CS is embedded with existing standards it will help.

we thank all of your CS specialists for your work! You are so important!

define “offer” for each case.

Sorry Katie! Busy looking at all my new twitter followers. :)

KANSAS! Time to step up our game!

Connecticut has this as a local decision

To the many questions in the chat about equity and inclusion, CSforALL is currently working on a set of tools for district administrators (co-designed with many from our district equity cohort!) focused on centering justice in decision-making and policy planning for district-wide CS initiatives. Will be able to share in the coming months!

Grateful, all. Have to head back to class!

@CodeWV

Hey Jake!

So much to celebrate. However, so much work left to do. I am so glad everyone is here to work together to improve CS opportunities for ALL students.

@Kathleen - Each of Nevada's CS standards have crosswalks to our other core subject standards to support cross-subject integration, especially at the elementary level

Thank you, Jake! :)

Let’s go teachers!

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Thanks, Katie! Always love seeing the maps!

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@cindi is there a link for your crosswalk document

Hello @ Carol from UTeach Dallas!

@Kathleen - Here is our standards document with the connections on each standard page: http://www.doe.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/nde.doe.nv.gov/content/Nevada_Academic_Standards/Comp_Tech_Standards/NevadaAcademicContentStandards_forrev.pdf

that’s an incredible point @Jake. I can’t believe that 6% number.

@cindi--that is great! Helps teachers understand how to add CS without losing something else. Thank you for the link to the NV CS standards.

Thank you for sharing this, Cindi!

399!

@cindi Thank You!!

@Kathleen - exactly! Work smarter, not harder. We need to do a better job at connecting ALL of our subject areas for our students.

400! Thank you All! @lulac was the last to get to my goal.

yay Carol! another CS education rockstar!

Check out some amazing resources at www.ecepalliance.org

Forgive me if I missed this, will the slides be available for later reference?

Carol, Maine has been working with the ECEP New England cohort!

And follow ECEP on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ECEP_CS

I believe we need to get parents to understand the value of students learning CS; it is hard to get a parent to recommend that their child take a CS course if they don't understand CS themselves; hence, we need to develop community outreach for parents so they will learn about CS and related careers so parents can then encourage their children to enroll in CS classes.

Re @Kathleen's question: Pedagogically, is it best practice to integrate CS standards into existing standards? Or do they need to be own standards - as in CS is just as important as Math, ELA, etc? Personally, I feel like integration ensures higher adoption...but, where we are now, is it the best way to teach rigorous cs?

This is great!!

“Access alone will not lead to equity” - great quote

as a Black Woman how can we move past these numbers that keep us at low percentages every year in CS?

@kathleen @Alicia its hard to imagine a one-sized-fits-all approach to basic CS learning. Should they learn CS first and then other content areas can use those skills? Or do the concepts get taught together? Its going to depend on teachers, school culture, grade levels, etc.

@Kathleen @Alicia we are seeing great curriculum and research for both approaches

@carol I agree with your statement that accessibility does not bring about equity; we have diverse demographics in our district and reflect that data you have shown in your slide deck; we need to bring equity into education, but we need to identify the factors that deter students from enrolling in these courses; I believe this relates to my previous message, we need to include parents in the learning process by exposing them to CS and the careers and opportunities that come from knowing CS.

We call on ALL states to collect participation data like Carol talked about. We need more than 11 states reporting that data.

This speaks to the importance of highly-qualified teachers. Too often teachers without appropriate content knowledge equate computer science with digital literacy.

@Leigh Ann - I agree. I worry about a one size fits all model as well and fear that the integration model is being toted as just that, especially in locations where administrators are unfamiliar with cs.

@Pat Maine is working with the ECEP New England cohort. The report will be ready later this month.

@Sean Wasson - can’t wait to see it!

@Pat Maine has work to do, but we are making progress.

We also need to address teacher biases and creating a more inclusive culture in computer science...

@Patricia - Yes!!

@Patricia: Yes!!

agreed!

@Patricia - Absolutely!!

I want to give a big shout out to the CSTA Equity Fellows for sharing how they’re addressing these disparities in their classrooms: csteachers.org/equity

@Alicia totally agree. Integration is *immensely* complicated, and we only have robust early knowledge n the ways that CS can enhance disciplinary learning in math and science, but for other subject areas work in incredibly early when it comes to enhancement (as opposed to just integration).

I want to give a big shout out to the CSTA Equity Fellows for sharing how they’re addressing these disparities in their classrooms: csteachers.org/equity

If we don’t find ways to enhance existing disciplines, teachers in those disciplines won’t have any incentive (rightly) to bring in CS/CT

we are actually working on a national study around this based on a Google CS-ER grant.

@Rafi - Good point!! I appreciate your insight

@Alicia - ty! These are big challenges. : )

https://www.csteachers.org/page/csta-equity-fellowship

@rafi @alicia Goog points!

Good points

Thank you for the shout out Pat!!!

@Rafi : I agree, and this is where physical computing can come in; science teachers tend to be hands-on, tinkering individuals; get them to work with Micro:bit, Arduino, or Raspberry Pi, and CS will ensue

Thank you Pat. Yes we’ll see you on the 29th.

That was a GREAT question!!

Wyoming!

South Carolina requires K-8 to all students.

Indiana

Nevada

for k-8

Nevada has K-12!

required

but not required at 9-12. but we do have standards.

Starting in Fall 2022, all NJ K-8 standards must meet or exceed the CS standards

In WA: When teaching CS - all teachers are required to teach to the standards

Here’s the link to the PRAXIS version of the online course Carol is referring to: https://utakeit.tacc.utexas.edu/foundations-cs-praxis/

Learn more about the Kapor Center’s equitable CS project and webinar series: https://www.kaporcenter.org/equitablecs/. Look out for a report on how teachers are adapting to COVID very soon and the full national K-12 CS teacher report (with state dashboard!) during CSEdWeek.

Utah is developing the K-12 CS standards; 7-12 are already established, and the K-6 are in production.

For the states that require students to meet the standards, how is that assessed and monitored?

What I love about the WeTeach_CS prep course is that it was developed by John Owen, who is a 20+ year veteran CS teacher

Indiana includes it on their 4th and 6th grade science tests.

weteachcs.org

@Rafi excellent point. re: physical computing

There’s a related question about the required standards, which is what’s accountability system is tied to it. From our research, it is complex and pretty varied. From VA’s school certifications to NV’s middle school grad credit.

Carol- CT will take you up on your offer!

John Owen is awesome!

@pat thanks!

the state is still working on developing a way to assess their involvement

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@Susan, please reach out - this is a CSTA+ feature - would be happy to talk about what CSTA is thinking

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