Computer Science Education in Wisconsin and the CSTA WI- Dairyland Chapter Friday, May 8, 2015 Kern-Cary, Green Lake Center, WI Joe Kmoch

Lots to Discuss Who am I, who are you? What is CSTA WI-Dairyland and What have we done? The new CS Education in WI trifold, updates on CS licensing and counting CS as math, creating community with our CSTA WI-Dairyland chapter - gathering suggestions for activities and volunteering opportunities.

Introductions Who I am Who are you – Name, school – CS courses you teach – What do you want to know about?

CSTA WI-Dairyland What have we been involved with since January 2013 – Very involved with successful NSF grant at MU – Developing a CS strand each year at this conference – Involved with WI DPI and CS – CS Competitions at MU – CS4HS

CSTA WI-Dairyland Communications – Listserve (WI-CSandIT-Teachers) and list of national CSTA members in WI. – Website – Designed and distributed the trifold on Computer Science Education in WI

WI DPI and CS Encouraged and attended several meetings with DPI to deal with licensing and CS Standards Activities – Obtaining the CS endorsement license (405) – What courses are counted as Computer Science – Work toward getting CS to count as a math course – Establish WI CS Standards in the future – Obtaining CS Ed Week in WI Proclamation

Obtaining a CS (405) license There is now a Praxis CS test If you have a 400 (mathematics) license, there has always been a pathway to getting the 405 license by taking a Praxis test Now such a Praxis test for CS exists from ETS DPI has to set the pass value; once done teachers can schedule their online exam; anticipated to start in June, 2015

Obtaining a CS (405) license For new teachers, have what amounts to a CS minor, take a CS methods course and student teaching experience For current teachers, take a set of CS courses essentially a minor), take a CS methods course and have several outside observations.

Alternative pathway to CS Current Proposal to DPI: CSTA WI-Dairyland would be the accrediting agency Take a set of 5 CS courses to achieve certain CS objectives These can be – online (free or low cost), – community college (low cost) – (summer) workshops (low or no cost) – regular university CS courses Assessments are similar to those provided to students in those courses Methods course; observations Developing a Portfolio option

CS Counting as Math – DPI Guidance This has just been released; courses that can count; still depends on each school board decision e/tepdl/pdf/Computer-Science-Guidance.pdf Expect stiff, legitimate resistance from math department (CCSS-M, etc)

Futures for CSTA Schedule several meetings per year – Mix of F2F and online (Google Hangout) – Need topics – Survey of possible topics Activities/workshops? Communications improvements – Website – Social media

What should you do? Become a member of CSTA – it’s free – Sign this session’s attendance sheet – we’ll make sure you’re one our WI-CSandIT Listserve Fill out the Survey of CSTA Chapter Activities and add your own ideas Volunteer some time for CSTA WI-Dairyland – Develop a presentation highlighting something you do in class – Plan and facilitate an activity, workshop, meeting – Communications Market activities Social Media Website This presentation is on