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3. Who is Code.org?  A public 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to bringing computer science to every school, and increasing participation by under  Producer of online courses in 30,000 classrooms  The computer science PD partner for 30 of the largest districts nationwide, including NYC, LA, and Chicago  The organizer of the Hour of Code campaign

4. Educate Advocate Celebrate Let’s look at the details…

6. Code.org’s curriculum/PD efforts  Elementary school  Free curriculum (blended, online)  Free PD workshops, open to all  We don’t pay teacher stipends  Middle school and High school  Free curriculum (traditional model)  Free PD workshops for partner districts  We pay teacher stipends

7. Code Studio: CS in grades K-5  3, Short 20-hour courses for elementary school  Free, open-source, online “games”  Lectures by Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Bosh, Bill Gates, etc  Aligned to reinforce Math, Science, ELA standards  Already adopted by 30,000 teachers. 98% recommend it  Free professional development workshops nationwide  Any district, school, or teacher can participate

8. High quality, free PD workshops  Single-day workshops hosted by Code.org Affiliates  Facilitated by professional computer science educators  Free of charge for all K-5 teachers  Free PD  Free curriculum  Free classroom supplies for unplugged activities!  For more info and signup: code.org/k5code.org/k5

9. Code.org’s curriculum/PD efforts  Elementary school  Free curriculum (blended, online)  Free PD workshops, open to all  We don’t pay teacher stipends  Middle school and High school  Free curriculum (traditional model)  Free PD workshops for partner districts  We pay teacher stipends

10. Middle school, high school courses  Teaching middle school math using CS.  Focus on functions, word problems  In partnership with Bootstrap  Teaching middle school science using CS  Modeling and simulation of earth, life, physical sciences  In partnership with Project GUTS  Crosswalk to NGSS co-authored with Achieve.org  High school courses:  Exploring Computer Science  AP Computer Science Principles  100% free curriculum  We partner with school districts to deliver the PD for free, including paying stipends

11. District partnerships and PD Schools# Total HS210 Total MS51 Total ES44 Total schools305 Teachers# Total HS363 Total MS176 Total ES185 Total teachers724 Counselors/admins167 Metro AreaFinal # HS Chicago39 New York City42 Denver15 Broward County, FL24 Spokane, WA21 Seattle20 Greater DC area15 Massachusetts15 Richmond, VA19 Total210 Online and summer PD are complete. Exceptional results (Mid-year PD and wrap-up phases remain)

12. Evaluation results from PD so far  “This was the absolute best PD ever” – 80% agree!  96% of teachers would recommend Code.org PD  88% felt the PD met their prior CS experience level

13. Celebrate -- Hour of Code 2014  Save the date for CS Ed Week: Dec 8 – 14  Already 1 out of ever 3 US students have participated  2014 Goal: 100 million students  We want every school to participate. And non-school participants too (companies, etc)

14. Advocacy  Federal – Computer Science Education Act  State – Make CS “Count”

15. Start of 2013 WashingtonMath, Science TennesseeMath WisconsinMath AlabamaMath MarylandMath IdahoMath, Science KentuckyMath ArizonaMath Florida*Math, Science IllinoisMath OhioMath Pipeline 25CaliforniaMath (sort of) 26New JerseyMath & Science 27New YorkMath 28NevadaMath? Winding Down Make CS “Count”

16. Advocacy -- State policy Recommendations  Define CS standards  Allow rigorous CS to satisfy HS graduation requirements*  Allow rigorous CS to satisfy UC admission requirements  Allocate funding for PD  Clarify certification pathways for CS  Incentives at schools of ed to bring CS to pre-service teachers  Establish dedicated CS positions at state and LEAs  Long-term: require CS offered in all high schools