CSinPA February 2023

Join us in congratulating schools awarded the 2022 Advanced Placement (AP) CS Female Diversity Award, given to schools with females representing 50%+ of all CS exam takers, or a percentage of CS exam takers meeting or exceeding the school's female population.

AP CSA and AP CSP

Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Oakland Catholic HS, Wyomissing Area Junior Senior HS

AP CSA

Bentworth Senior High School (HS), Chambersburg Area Senior HS, Lansdale Catholic HS, Palisades HS, The Ellis School, Valley View HS, Warwick HS

AP CSP

Baldwin Senior HS, Chichester Senior HS, Community Academy of Philadelphia Charter School, Conneaut Area Senior HS, Connellsville Area Senior HS, Constitution HS, Cornell HS, Delaware County Christian School, Dock Mennonite Academy HS, East HS, Frankford HS, Franklin Regional Senior HS, Germantown Academy, Grier School, Grove City Senior HS, Gwynedd Mercy Academy HS, Hanover HS, Harriton HS, Jefferson-Morgan Middle HS, Keystone Oaks HS, Kiski Area HS, Lower Moreland HS, Mastery Charter School: H. Williams, McGuffey HS, Muhlenberg Senior HS, Nazareth Prep, Northwest Area Junior Senior HS, Oley Valley HS, Penn-Trafford HS, Peters Township HS, Phoenixville Area Senior HS, Plum Senior HS, Pocono Mountain East HS, Samuel Fels HS, Saucon Valley Senior HS, The Episcopal Academy, Villa Maria Academy, William Allen HS, William Penn HS

We’d like to extend a special thank you to our recent CSinPA virtual community guest moderators: Heather Lister (cybersecurity) and Matthew Strine (music in CS). In February, we’ll explore equity in CS with Bryan Hower and coding in manufacturing with Stephanie Staub.

The guest moderator program is a great opportunity to share about an area of CS that excites you (and get paid to do it!). Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

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. Additional workshops are scheduled for April 25 and June 13. Stipends are provided for substitute coverage, and travel assistance is available.

Registration is now open for the "Spring" cohort (registration will close 4/19).

This pathway is open to PA 7-12 educators who are teaching or will soon be teaching CS courses. The pathway will help educators prepare for the PA 7-12 CS Certification Exam (Praxis exam 5652) via an online, self-paced course.

Saturday, March 18: 9:00 am - 12:30 pm

Registration is open for the PA-CSTA virtual unconference. Leaders of the Pennsylvania chapters of the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) and the PaTTAN CSinPA team will facilitate breakout discussions on developing your CS capacity, teaching CS, recruiting students, and building community partnerships. All eligible participants will be entered into a special drawing for a scholarship to attend the 2023 CSforAllPA Summit.* Act 48 credit is available.

*Participants must be currently employed at a Pennsylvania K-12 school/district to be eligible for the drawing. Two (2) scholarships will be awarded, each including: reimbursement for round-trip mileage, two-night hotel accommodations, meal stipends.

The sixth annual Computer Science For All Pennsylvania (CSforAllPA) Summit will be held June 14-15, 2023 at PaTTAN Harrisburg and online.

The request for proposals (RFP) for the Summit is open. The deadline to submit a presentation proposal has been extended to February 20.

In conjunction with the 2023 CSforAllPA Summit, the CSinPA team would like to recognize outstanding K-12 CS educators for their efforts to expand CS learning for all with the CS Exemplary Educator Award. Nominations are welcome. Applications are due March 1.

The PaTTAN CSinPA team is hiring content developers for the CS Educator Toolkit.

Content developers will design content focusing on CS college and career pathways, family & community engagement, and/or lesson resources.

The position is 100% virtual and offers flexible scheduling. Content Developers will be paid a stipend of $25 per hour (total time varies by project). Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

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