CS for Teachers

There are many curricula available, free and not. When selecting a curriculum, it is important that you provide students with the opportunity to do both synchronous and asynchronous work. This includes (but is not limited to): Unplugged activities, learning about the CS Concepts, Practices, and Perspectives, and block or text-based coding. The following are curriculum that you can start with (not all curricula below include all the items above, and most are not yet aligned to the new NYS CS Standards):

• NYC CS Education (CS4All) Curriculum

• Code.org

• Google CS First

• Creative Computing Curriculum

• CSforAll Curriculum Directory

By 2024, all schools in NY are expected to fully implement the NYS CS&DF Standards in all grade bands K-12. To help with this matter, the state and others have started providing some resources, with more to come:

• New York State K-12 Computer Science and Digital Fluency Learning Standards

• Glossary of Terms

• Implementation Examples

• Additional Resources (Standards by Grade Band, At a Glance documents)

• Unpacking the Standards

• Standards Timeline

• Standards FAQ

Book Office Hours with Dan Gaylord, CS Ed Manager

Join the MS Teams D26 CS Channel for posts, ideas, sharing of resources, and more with a community of teachers around the district

BootUp: Through a grant from Amazon Future Engineers, D26 teachers have been working with BootUp to further develop CS teaching and learning in our schools with cohorts of teachers.

• Slides for 3-5 (Scratch)

• Slides for K-2 (ScratchJr)

• Recordings

• Lesson Plans