Day 1
01 Workshop Opener 02 Reflecting on Equity 03 Break 04 Unit 9 Lesson Jigsaw 05 Lunch 06 Unit 10 Overview 07 Break 08 AP Test Prep 09 Connecting to the Community 10 Wrap Up

Session 9: Connecting to the Community Going Forward

20 minutes

discussion-based

Purpose

As this is the last time this group will be coming together, we want to leave the workshop on the note of community and leadership. This session is designed to make participants aware of opportunities to connect to the larger CS community and ways they can benefit and contribute to those communities.

Objectives

  • Participants are aware of CS professional learning communities (PLCs) available to them and different ways to engage as a learner or leader in those communities.
  • Participants have a plan to continuously develop new skills after this workshop.

Supplies & Prep

Room Setup:

  • None

Facilitator Supplies:

  • CSP Slides - Workshop 4 - 21-22
    • Talk to your Regional Partner prior to this session to understand plans or opportunities they have to keep the cohort connected in the future.

Participant Materials:

  • Journal 

Agenda

What We've Done Together (8 minutes)

Staying Connected (12 minutes)

Facilitation Guide

What We've Done Together (8 minutes)

💷 Set context by reviewing how far the community as come and the need for CS community.

Remarks

We started this adventure together last summer. Since then, we have gone through much of the material in Code.org’s CSP curriculum, discussed teaching CSP with an equitable lens, brainstormed solutions to problems, and began to more fully understand the AP Exam. While we covered a lot of content, and we hope that this stays with you beyond this year, we also want to acknowledge the community we have built here and also connect you with the larger CS community.

Teaching itself can be an isolating career. Teaching CS often means you have even fewer colleagues who understand the unique challenges of teaching the topic. We have come together periodically for these events, but knowing that this is our last official workshop together we want to pause to think about what getting support will look like in the future.

💷 Think-Pair-Share (1 minute, 2 minutes, 4 minutes)

  • What have you appreciated about this time together?
  • What else do you need going forward?

Staying Connected (12 minutes)

Facilitator Tip

Please reach out to your Regional Partner to help understand what plans they have to help participants stay connected to one another to the larger CS community. Note that different Regional Partners have different levels of capacity to support post-workshop connections. You also may want to brainstorm ideas you and your co-facilitator have for staying connected to the CS community. This might be through social media channels that are CS focused or through local organizations that focus on CS education.

💷 (1 minute) Use the slides to provide an overview of the different opportunities available to teachers, including:

  • Ways we can stay connected with one another:

    • Keeping communication channels open such as Facebook groups or mailing lists
    • Sharing contact information
    • Joining (or creating) your own CSTA branch chapter

  • Ways we can stay connected with the larger CS community:

    • Become a CSTA member to receive newsletters about opportunities for CS teachers across the nation.
    • Join social media outlets for CS education.
    • Look for other PD opportunities for CS teachers.

Remarks

These are some places you can connect with the CS community and with one another, but connecting with the CSed community should be meaningful for you and them.

💷 Think-Pair (2 minutes-3 minutes)

  • What do you need from the CSed community either in this room or outside it?

    • Examples include: Need more AP specific PD, Need to learn more about AP CSA, etc.

  • What can you offer to the CSed community either in this room or outside it?

    • Examples include: Project ideas you used in your classroom that you could share on a Facebook group, strategies for recruiting girls and students of color to CS, AP review games you created, etc.

💷 Pair-Share (2 minutes - 3 minutes)

  • Thinking back to the ideas we have provided so far, where/how do you think you might want to connect to the CS education community in the future?

Remarks

You may decide you just need to take some time to process what you learned this year and be an active participant of the CSed community in the future. That is fine - there are many opportunities for you to plug into.