The Computing Educator Diversity Initiative (CEDI) is currently recruiting in-service teachers of color who will work within a community of practice as together they deepen their CS content knowledge, pedagogical skills, and equitable strategies and be supported to obtain their high school CS teacher certification. Participants will be awarded a $1,200 stipend upon completion of the program!
The application and additional information can be accessed here. Applications close on October 19th.
NATIONAL FAMILY CODE NIGHT
WeTeach_CS is pleased to invite every elementary school in Texas to participate in National Family Code Nights, a free live-stream family learning event for any K-5 school hosted by CSisElementary.org. Even when in-person school gatherings may be impossible, any K-5 school community can share this wonderful learning experience, in which each K-5 child pairs up with a parent or other older partner to do their very first hour of coding, together! No experience needed! It's great fun, proven in thousands of schools nationwide, and now provided via a live-stream to any school.
Schools just select their date at CSisElementary.org, and distribute a provided invitation to families. That's it! Family members, teachers and educators then join the live-stream from home or school to enjoy an important, delightful experience. A live prize drawing for a Home Robotics Bundle from Wonder Workshop will be featured at each National Family Code Night. So visit CSisElementary.org, pick the date you want your school community to attend, and give your school community a learning experience they'll love and value. If you have any questions, please direct them to info@csiselementary.org.
FOUNDATIONS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR TEACHERS WEBINAR SERIES
As a value-add this year, WeTeach_CS is providing content webinars aligned to the computer science certification exams at no cost for teachers that sign up for either of our online certification prep courses, Foundations of Computer Science for Teachers: TExES or Foundations of Computer Science for Teachers: Praxis. Recordings are also accessible to enrollees. Sessions will be from 5:30-6:30pm CST with a 30-minute period for Q& A from 6:30-7pm CST on the following Tuesdays:
October 6, 2020 - Variables and Operators (recorded)
October 27, 2020 - Conditional Statements
November 10, 2020 - Iteration
December 8, 2020 - Arrays
January 19, 2021 - Data Structures
February 16, 2021 - Object Oriented Programming
March 23, 2021 - Searches, Sorts and Order of Magnitude
April 20, 2021 - Computing Systems and Networks
May 18, 2021 - Special Topics
You can learn more and register for an online certification prep course to gain access to these webinars here!
WETEACH_JAVA ONLINE CLASS: JANUARY 25-27, 2021
This introductory programming class led by John Owen will provide teachers with foundational knowledge in Java programming, beginning with simple output techniques to data types, operators, conditionals and loops. More complex data structures such as arrays and ArrayLists will also be covered.
The 2020 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference has been reimagined into a virtual event that will feature timely and thought-provoking presentations that highlight effective collaborations, bold experiments and innovations, and other potentially game-changing methods in support of growing the cybersecurity workforce. Attendees will include training and educational leaders from academia, business, and government for two days of focused hands-on workshops and discussions in support of the NICE strategic goals: accelerate learning and skills development, nurture a diverse learning community, and guide career development and workforce planning.
Early bird registration closes October 31st. Register now.
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