CSinPA April 2023

Sarah Kemp (Athens Area SD) recently penned a blog article for CSTA on her experience in educational grant programs to expand CS and STEM learning. Thanks for sharing your story with the national CS community, Sarah!

While you're reading Sarah's article on the CSTA site, go ahead and join! Basic membership is free and allows you to join all of Pennsylvania's local chapters (Pittsburgh, Susquehanna, Longwood, Philadelphia).

Leaders of Pennsylvania's four CSTA chapters did a great organizing and hosting the second (hopefully annual) PA-CSTA virtual unconference on March 18.

Two unconference participants were selected at random to receive a travel scholarship to attend the 2023 CSforAllPA Summit: Rebecca Gutosky (Canon McMillan SD) and Tracy Driver (Shaler Area SD). Congratulations, Rebecca and Tracy!

April 25, 2023: Arrays, 1D and 2D, and data structures

Registration closes April 19. Participants may attend in-person at PaTAN Central, PaTTAN West or virtually. This stand-alone session is part of the four-part Praxis Prep Workshop series designed to help educators prepare for the 7-12 CS certification exam. Stipends are provided for substitute coverage, and travel assistance is available.

Registration for the "Spring" cohort of the Pathway (online, self-paced course) also closes April 19.

Registration is open for the sixth annual Pennsylvania Computer Science For All (CSforAllPA) Summit, held June 14-15, 2023 at PaTTAN Harrisburg and online.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for... CS and ice cream!

Registration is now open for CSinPA Brain Freeze!, a free summer camp for college-bound high school students who are on the autism spectrum.

The camp takes place July 31 - August 3 at the Penn Stater Conference Center alongside the National Autism Conference. Campers will explore how CS is used by the people who make the food we eat (especially frozen treats), tour Penn State food science facilities, and engage in fun computer science activities.

We are accepting applications for an educational consultant to join the PaTTAN CSinPA team.

The full-time educational consultant: PAsmart Computer Science position will provide training and technical assistance to school districts, intermediate units, and agencies in Pennsylvania in the area of Computer Science and STEM. The position is available ASAP and has a minimum annual salary of $89,758.

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