CSTA 2023 Annual Conference

Connect with the world’s largest computer science department at the CSTA 2023 Virtual Conference, set for July 11-13, 2023.

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CSTA is your place to belong, grow as a CS teacher, and impact your classroom and beyond. Join 19,000 teachers and counting and gain access to tools and resources to help take your teaching practice to the next level.

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State of CS Report

The 2022 State of Computer Science Education: Understanding Our National Imperative is the annual report from Code.org, CSTA, and ECEP on K-12 computer science in the U.S. which includes policy trends, maps, state-by-state summaries, and implementation data.

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Join the Conversation on the CSTA Virtual Community

Connect with your fellow teachers and CS advocates on the new CSTA Virtual Community — available to all members!

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2022 Teacher Landscape Report

CSTA teamed up with the Kapor Center and AIICE to create a full report and interactive dashboard based on a nationwide survey of CS teachers. The report focuses on teacher perceptions of moving towards a vision of equitable computer science.

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New Standards Resources

CSTA recently published several teacher standards-aligned resources designed specifically for teachers, administrators, PD providers, schools of education, and policymakers.

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CS is Foundational

The CSTA standards outline the computer science content and practices that every student should learn over their K-12 experience.

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Wednesday, May 31st Chapter Meeting
Virtual-Join Zoom Meeting

May 31, 2023
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
CSTANJ 2023 CSPDWeek
The College of New Jersey (TCNJ)

Aug 07, 2023 - Aug 10, 2023

Upcoming Nifty Lesson Presenters

Lori Piazza

Tech Current Events Grades 9-12

Toni Dunlap

Grade 6 to 8 -JS Pong Game Tutorial

Sue Casey

Grades 6-8 - Digital Citizenship

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Paige Besthoff

Grades K to 5

Animated Fish Tank

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March 8, 2023 Chapter Meeting Nifty Lesson Presenters

Resources for thse presentations are avalable on the March 8th Slide Deck You can find it attached to the Past Event.

Karen Wester

Microbit Pet

Jeff Beck

Exporing Brownian Motion w APPLAB part II

Richard Bell

Teaching Java with Jeroo

Don't forget to register for our UPCOMING CSTANJ April Meeting - Make sure that you SIGN IN TO CSTA Membernbova BEFORE Clicking the Register Button Below

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2022-2023 Planned Meeting Dates

Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022
Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022
Office Hours for CSEDWeek Tuesday or Wednesday Nov. 29 or 30, 2022
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022
Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Have You Subscribed to the CSTA Calendar?

Did you know that you can subscribe to the CSTA national Calendar so you can stay up to date on all the amazing events CSTA has to offer? All CSTANJ events appear on the National Calendar automatically so, there will be no need to remember to set up an event on your personal calendar!

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NJ CS Hub Links

Program Website Contact Information Central New Jersey CS Hub at the College of New Jersey Rebecca Turner, turner25@tcnj.edu

Coastal New Jersey CS Hub at Richard Stockton University Patty Weeks, cscoastalhub@stockton.edu

North New Jersey CS Hub at Montclair State University Katherine Herbert, herbertk@montclair.edu

CS4NJ Curriculum Directories

The CS for All consortium has compiled a comprehensive list of curriculums and programs that can be filtered by CS concept, subconcept and grade band.

Check here to see an up to date list of offerings.

NJDOE CS Email and Standards Website Update

2022 is a big year for Computer Science in NJ, with the implementation of the NJ CS Standards in September. All one million K-8 students will be required to learn CS and all high schools will be required to offer CS.

Mayra Bachrach is the NJDOE Computer Science Coordinator and a great resource. If you have questions about computer science education or the implementation of the CS standards, you can send emails to ComputerScience@doe.nj.gov

The NJDOE standards department recently up their Computer Science website with some resources, links and definitions.

Here is the link - https://www.nj.gov/education/standards/compsci/Index.shtml

We look forward to continues collaboration with NJDOE as we implement the NJ Computer Science Action Plan to ensure all students have access to equitable and quality computer science education.

Stay well

Daryl

NJDOE Broadcast : CS Grant opportunities.

State Funded Programs in Support of Computer Science Education

State funded programs have been established at four New Jersey institutions of higher education to provide
computer science professional learning, support the implementation of the 2020 New Jersey Student Learning
Standards in Computer Science (NJSLS-CS), and promote the expansion of K-12 computer science education.
School districts and schools are encouraged to make use of the services and resources available.

Link to PDF for More Info

Governors: Support CS

Hi all,

Just had a conversation with Code.org. Excited to share that New Jersey has the 5th highest participation rate of any state on the number of CS emails to the Governor.

Those states ahead of us started 2 days ago, we started 4 hours ago!! NJ Rocks!