[Csmatters] Maryland Computing Education Summit Plans

[Dianne O'Grady-Cunniff]

I also want to have a session on developing regional support partnerships
and get groups together that have expressed an interest in hosting events
and being cheerleaders/leaders in the different areas around the state for
the teachers in their area. After talking with a number of successful rural
districts around the country, the common topic that emerged is the value of
having local, regional experts to support teachers (invite them to lunch
and to meet each other and the college CS majors, competitions, hackathons,
Scratch meetups/EdCamps and PD)

Out west we have Garrett County and Frostberg U. Also Hood College is
hosting code.org and has done other k-12 teacher events in the past
Out east we have Salisbury U, University of Washington, Talbot County and
Worcester county who have expressed an interest in hosting events and
reaching out to other in their area
Down south we have St. Mary's college & Charles County
Centrally we have our usual core of UM BC, College park, Anne Arundel CC,
PGCC and Howard and Montgomery Counties have resources and have hosted
events.
In Baltimore City we have Code in the Schools and Digital Harbor

We put in a Google CSTA grant application to help bring more teachers in
from the remote areas to the summit so it would be great if they could meet
each other as well as their local support systems to do some brainstorming
on what they want and need most to start with.

Dianne


On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 2:58 PM, Megean Garvin <mgarvin at umbc.edu> wrote:

> Hello Everyone
>
> We will have the summit on April 18th. Please go to this poll
> <https://doodle.com/poll/e6kca7brdwhwx4p7>and let me know your
> availability for a summit planning call early next week. During the
> conference call, we will discuss logistics and begin to plan the sessions.
>
> Below are the suggested session topics from steering committee members and
> attached is the program from last year.
>
> Suggested Session Topics
> follow up sessions from the steering committee meeting. a session for
> regional support people who want to take the lead in their local area to
> hold events, PD, mentoring, etc.
> K-5 best practices, k-5 CS curriculum & pd providers (lightning talks),
> implementation grant guidance k-5 for Governor’s $M
> Integrating STEM and Computation Thinking
> K-5 best practices, k-5 CS curriculum & pd providers (lightning talks),
> implementation grant guidance k-5 for Governor’s $M
> Status of MD House and Senate bills; update on CS Standards; HANDS-ON
> demos from CodeHS, CodeCombat, CoderZ or other vendors; update on Cisco
> Networking pathway revisions; working session for P-TECH Grant schools and
> MSDE (?); recruiting girls and nontraditionals to CS; session to focus on
> guest speakers, field trips and teacher externships; summer camps and
> student competition opportunities :)
> Advocacy; Pre-service teacher development; resources; funding opportunities
> IT CTE Programs of Study (Cisco, Oracle, and PLTW); Employer Panel;
> Student (secondary and postsecondary) panels; PLTW Launch and Gateway; CS
> Standards
>
> Please let me know if anyone else should be added to this call.
>
> Thank you for your assistance,
>
> Megean Garvin, Ph.D.
> cell 443-243-0509 <(443)%20243-0509>
>



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Dianne O'Grady-Cunniff
Acting Director, Maryland Center for Computing Education
CS Matters in Maryland
VP Maryland Computer Science Teachers' Association
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