Computer Science



Beginning with the entering ninth grade class of 2022-2023, a public high school student shall be required to earn one (1) unit of credit in an ADE-approved high school computer science course before the student graduates.  The one (1) unit required may be earned in grades eight through twelve (8-12).  There are nine courses that may be provided to students in Grades 8-12 without any additional approval from the ADE. Additional information about these courses can be found in Commissioner's Memo COM-21-099 


Arkansas Computer Science Teaching Positions 

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http://csforar.info/CSConnectForm 



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Arkansas Computer Science Initiative  Website

https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/ar-comp-sci-initiative 

Contact Information

The CSforAR Team

Arkansas Department of Education 

Four State Capitol Mall

Little Rock, AR 72201

Office Phone: (501) 682-0459

Email: CSforAR@ade.arkansas.gov

Some of you may have already seen this but here is a good Python programming bundle found on the Humble Bundle website. For $1 you can get 4 digital books for teaching Python and 15 digital books for $18. The books cover various topics using Python (e.g., games, mathematics, automation, creating/cracking ciphers, and natural language processing). I have purchased several bundles (e.g., programming, science, game assets) in the past and currently have several of these books.


Zackary Spink

Computer Science Specialist

NEA Education Cooperative

211 W Hickory St.

Walnut Ridge, Arkansas 72476


Computer Science Standards and Courses

Grades K-8 - Valid beginning July 2021

K-4 Computer Science Standards 

(PDF / DOCX / GDOC)



5-8 Computer Science Standards 

(PDF / DOCX / GDOC)



Coding Block for Grades 7 or 8

(PDF / DOCX / GDOC)