CS Education Week Prep Webinar with Experts - Join Us Live!

1. Welcome to our webinar! • Who is in the room? • Please introduce yourself in the chat window: • Your name • Your position • Your city/state Don’t forget to call in so that you can chat orally with us! We want to HEAR from you.  • Conference number: 866-767-8829 • Conference code: 239 039 2569

2. Preparing for CS Education Week (Part One) • Cullen White from Teach for America, along with Jaishri Shankar, and Claire Shorall • November 3, 2016 American Institutes for Research.

3. Preparing for CS Ed WeekPart 1 Thursday, November 3rd, 2016

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6. Tonight’s Panelists Cullen White Teach For America Director, Computer Science • Click here for notes from tonight’s webinar: • https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Exp_AYPd7aqEJbNatJcWYxH2KySeklqK1uMyucseaE/edit?usp=sharing

7. Tonight’s Panelists Claire Shorall Manager of Computer Science, Oakland Unified School District • Claire Shorall teaches Computer Science at Castlemont High School in Oakland, CA. She works tirelessly to expose her students to opportunities, experiences and careers in STEM. She recruits students of all skill levels into her classes and ensures success for all through student centered learning. In addition to her work at Castlemont, Claire supports teachers throughout her district in offering Computer Science courses at their schools through individualized support and professional development.

8. Tonight’s Panelists Jaishri Shankar Algebra I and Advanced Math & Computing Teacher Washington Leadership Academy • Jaishri currently serves as a math and computing instructor for Washington Leadership Academy in Washington, DC. She was formerly an 8th grade science teacher at Kingstree Middle School in South Carolina, where she also led her students to great success in after-school coding programs using Google’s CS First. She has also served as a robotics coach and is consistently looking for ways to integrate computational thinking and CS career information into any and all of the classes that she teaches.

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11. 2015 • Intentions: • Mobilize a group of young people to be the [Code] Champions of CS across the district • Promote CS and offer classes at all district HS in 2016-17 • Tactics: • Train a group of Code Champions • Student leadership at sites • Engage a group of for-profit and nonprofit entities • Outcomes: • CS enrollment in OUSD up 400% • Large-scale investments from for-profits • Increased general CS visibility in the district

12. 2016 • Intentions: • An “Hour” is antithetical; deep engagement • Broaden participation across the city • Expose students to a variety of opportunities in the tech sector • Tactics: • Utilize “Read-In” model to recruit and train volunteers • Branding strategy, encourage events • Encourage all principals to sign-up • [Hopeful] Outcomes: • Students see the relevancy of tech to their lives • Oakland’s tech ecosystem sees common purpose behind support of CS education

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14. Engaging Local Partners in CS Ed Week

15. Tips for Hour of Code Events (and AspireIT apps) Learn more about AspireIT here: https://www.ncwit.org/project/aspireit-k-12-outreach-program

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19. Additional Resources • Make sure to check out our notes from this evening’s call here: • https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Exp_AYPd7aqEJbNatJcWYxH2KySeklqK1uMyucseaE/edit?usp=sharing • Find more information about NCWIT’s Aspire IT Initiative here: • https://www.ncwit.org/project/aspireit-k-12-outreach-program

20. Thank you!

21. Upcoming activities • November 16: Preparing for CS Ed Week webinar (Part Two) with Colleen Lewis of CSTeachingTips • November 30: Diversity does not equal equity webinar with Gail Chapman • December 5-11: #CSEdWeekPhotoChallenge2016

22. CS for All Teachers Email: csforallteachers@air.org Website: https://csforallteachers.org/ Twitter: @CSforAllTchrs