Community of Practice
2019-2020
This year, the CSCOP meets five times to build community and address issues in Computer Science Education. Each meeting will focus on one segment of the CA K12 CS Standards.
For teachers: Attending all five meetings earns you 1 Continuing Education Unit!
2018-2019
May 1 was our eighth meeting: CSCOP: Middle School Edition!
We heard from Sheena Vadyanathan about her experience coding in 6-8, and her new book, Creative Coding with Python.
April 3 was our seventh meeting, focusing on High School.
CS Course Provision in SMC High Schools (interactive map) <- still collecting data! email ethomforde@smcoe.org with additions/corrections
Intro CS Courses in SMC High Schools (interactive map) <- still collecting data! email ethomforde@smcoe.org with additions/corrections
Our sixth meeting was March 6th, 5:00-7:00pm at SMCOE.
At this special Elementary Edition of the COP, we discussed where we are and where we're going. The topics on our minds included curriculum integration, professional development, and allaying fear. We wrote some questions for the High School stakeholders to answer in April:
What do you expect kids to know coming into HS?
How can HS students mentor and work with K-5 students?
What opportunities will you give every student?
How are you preparing students for meaningful employment in a world increasingly using AI and RI?
Our fifth meeting was February 6th, 5:00-7:00pm at SMCOE.
Our fourth meeting was January 10th, 5:00-7:00pm at SMCOE.
All are welcome, youth included!
STEAM Center, San Mateo County Office of Education, 101 Twin Dolphin Drive, RWC
Our third meeting was December 6th, 4:30-5:30pm at SMCOE.
We celebrated Computer Science Education Week with pizza and saw all the Hour of Code projects made by participants throughout the day.
Our second meeting was November 1st, 4:00-5:30pm at SMCOE.
We took portraits, shared our commitment statements, and discussed how we're each working toward #CSforAll.
Our first meeting was October 4th, 4:30-6:30pm at SMCOE.
Meeting Resources:
Preliminary Results of the 2018 CS Landscape Survey
California Computer Science Strategic Implementation Plan - DRAFT