<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">Jan and I are on this list, is anyone else interested in attending a session at the CSTA conference of CSP providers?</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Dianne<br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello fellow CSP Providers,</div><div><br></div><div>Over the last months there've been many casual conversations about scheduling a CSP Providers Summit at CSTA this summer. So far I've only heard excitement at the idea but with the summer quickly approaching it's time to start nailing some plans down.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Please have at least one member of your team complete <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/3npIR4R7OOeoB1Eo2" target="_blank">this short survey</a> by Monday morning </b>so that we can judge overall interest and start locking down the calendar in particular. To help, here's some front matter on both aspects of the summit.</div><div><ul><li><b>Schedule:</b> After speaking with CSTA the most promising time slot is the afternoon of Tuesday, July 10th from 2:30 - 6:00pm inside the conference center. This is immediately following closing ceremonies. After a few hours of focused work time we could get dinner together and then plan on leaving Omaha the following morning. <br><br>We want a calendar that works for everyone but locking on a date is the most time-sensitive issue at the moment so quick responses on this are appreciated.<br><br></li><li><b>Goals:</b> This event is designed so that our curriculum and PD teams can share, learn, and collaborate in ways that our schedules often prevent. We'd like to collectively develop some clear goals will ensure we use our time together effectively and make use of all the expertise we'll have in the room. In particular, a useful framing mechanism we'd like to encourage is agreeing ahead of time on some artifact / document that should result from the meeting. Get creative, though, and share how you think we could best use this unique opportunity.</li></ul></div><div>Here's a proposed schedule for the next few weeks</div><div><ul><li>Week of April 11 - Collect survey responses<br></li><li>Week of April 16 - Proposed summit date and goals shared with team for approval, feedback incorporated<br></li><li>Week of April 20 - Dates and goals approved, communicate with CSTA to lock venue<br></li><li>Week of April 27 - Draft agenda shared with team<br></li><li>May - June: Ongoing discussions leading up to CSTA </li></ul>As always, feel free to reach out if you have suggestions or questions.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div>GT and the Code.org CSP Team</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. If there are folks I neglected to include in this email who fit the bill for this event please share this information with them. Their exclusion was entirely incidental.</div></div>
</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Dianne O'Grady-Cunniff</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Acting Director, Maryland Center for Computing Education</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">CS Matters in Maryland</div><div style="font-size:small">VP Maryland Computer Science Teachers' Association</div></div></div></div></div>
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