Starting her journey with the NYC CS4ALL Sep Jr. program, she accepted the opportunity to join CS4All's Equity Ingenuity and EECS teams soon after. She found CS & Equity integration was the key to delivering meaningful, engaging and accessible instruction. With over 500 hours of professional learning in CS & Equity, she finds innovative ways to integrate CS & Equity within core content areas. She aims to bring CS & Equity education to ALL students, leading her to taking an active role in advocacy, educator recruitment, and teacher training. Selected as a CSTA 2021-22 Equity Fellow, Ashley Ufret is a leader in the CS & Equity global community. 

Lesson Plans: 

• Culture, Crown Act, Cornrows & CS Expressing Yourself and Your Culture Through Self-Presentation (Hair) ELA, Social Studies & Computer Science Grades 3 - 5.

Kristi has been an educator with the NYC Dept. of Education since 2004. She is passionate about both writing research papers with her research team at Hunter College ("Formative Assessment of Computational Thinking: Cognitive and Metacognitive Processes") as well as presenting in educational conference spaces (NSTA, ISTE). She is a recipient of the NYCDOE Excellence in School Technology Award in 2016 as well as a Code/Interactive Diversity in Tech Honoree in 2018.

Lesson Plan: 

• Safe Spaces Lesson Plan  This lesson was created in conjunction with the CS4All sponsored Dr. Gholdy Muhammad workshop in June 2021, after also participating in EECS levels 1 and 2, as a means to bring the HRL framework into AP CSP curriculum.

After hearing the comment "Computer science and library? That doesn't make sense," Melissa has advocated for computer science to be integrated into every content area and facilitates staff training for other specialty teachers. Melissa states, "Computer science is a tool, like a pencil, to synthesize, communicate, and create. It doesn't make sense not to have it." After seeing some trepidation along the lines of "these kids can't learn CS because______" Melissa has advocated for CS4All as a vehicle for equitable instruction and deliverables of the CR-SE framework. She believes computer science education is not optional. She states that these are the tools our students need to succeed.  

Lesson Plan: 

• PiLa-CS PLC Unit Design Co-written with Théa Williams. 

• Can You Hack It? Utilizing the Syncretic Literacies framework, this unit was designed with student inquiry as a starting point. Who are hackers? What does it mean to hack something? Why does hacking happen? Computer science instruction, library information fluency standards, CRSE framework, and student life experience integrate together toward a final project.

Gwynn started teaching Computer Science with the Software Engineering Program Jr. in 2017. She is now a teacher trainer for SEPjr. program and School Lead for CSforALL since 2018.  She has created a Makerspace to bring STEAM activities to students. She is one of the recipients of the 2019 Excellence in School Technology award. 



Gwynn states, "This generation of young people has multiple entry points to create change on so many different levels. They should use social media, use campaigns and protests, use technology, and use the arts. I want them to understand why these injustices are happening, think about how to emotionally identify with them, then take action to lessen the harm and to create change within their communities! Our young people should never be afraid to find their voice and use it!"

Lesson Plans: 

• My Name Is Important  Grades K-2. Designed  for students to understand the significance of MLK day, students make connections between King's Legacy and the racial injustices that we are still facing today.

• Hello, My Name Is... A name is just a name...right? To Build Community, Engage our Students, and Affirm our Identities Grades 3-5. 

A District Instructional Coach for Amazon Future Engineers BootUp PD, the CSTA NYC Chapter K-5 elected Teacher Leader,  Mouse.org 2020 Distinguished Educator for Diversity in Tech. 

Presentation: 

• Culturally Responsive Project Based Learning K-5. If you'd like to find out how CRSE and PBL amplify rigorous and equitable education, take a deep dive into this presentation! 

“Designing a supportive learning experience that personalizes education for students and connects them with their passions is how I hope to improve our society and communities one mind at a time.” –Théa Williams 

Educator with the NYC Dept. of Education since 2003 and Awarded the 2013-2014 NYIT School Building Leader Award. 

Lesson Plan: 

• Recast Lesson Plan from - Exploring Equity in CS - Level 1. This is a lesson plan I created for the Level 1 Exploring Equity in Computer Science course, in which we were asked to develop a CS lesson which integrates a relevant social issue. 

“We are all about developing 21st century skills: communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking. Computer science is a medium where you can build all of those because students continually need to figure out what to do when something doesn’t go right. It’s solving one problem after another and working with your classmates to do that.” –Ross Berman

Lesson Plan: 

• COVID PSA. How might we stop the spread of the coronavirus?  This lesson explains how to create a public service announcement using Scratch to promote social distancing and hand washing.

Educator with the NYC Dept. of Education since 2003, he has a track record of establishing and testing new systems in NYC DOE schools. Awarded the 2013-2014 NYIT School Building Leader Award. 

Presentation: 

• Restorative Practices. Presented to 60 NYC Men Teach guests and community members-- this was for NYC Men Teach's first showcase. 

“ My passion to provide my students with CS opportunities so that they can be better prepared for the world they are living in motivated me to participate and become a CS teacher. I teach to give back to students who look like me.” – Donald Saint-Germain

Video: 

How Does Cyberbullying Affect Students?

AP Computer Science Principles

Blog Post: 

• Computer Science Absolutely Matters in Communities of Color. 

“I believe that Empowered Cultural Relevant Computer Science Concepts and Practices is a pathway for Equity and Access for our students. Passion and Courageous Conversations are the beginnings for many levels of incremental changes. Embracing diversity and inclusion, empowers and makes spaces for positive impact in our global society.”  –Patricia Wong

Lesson Plans: 

• Small But Mighty: Identify how children helped the civil rights movement.  

• Using Comics & Courageous Conversations to Support Culturally Relevant Education: Utilizing comics to navigate difficult discussions about social justice and identity with young students.