PD Provider Summit

July 14, 2022 @ CSTA Annual Conference in Chicago

Enjoy your lunch

Meet some new people and

Welcome to the

2022 CSTA

PD Provider

Summit

Program kicks off at 1:00pm

Welcome & Kickoff�to the 2022 PD Provider Summit

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Introducing the Organizers

CSTA PD Provider Working Group

• GT Wrobel
• Dr. Jared O’Leary
• Dianne O’Grady-Cunniff

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Facilitators

• Gail Chapman
• Dr. Joanna Goode

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CSTA Staff

• Dr. Amanda Bell
• Bryan “BT” Twarek

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CSTA PD Committee

• Dr. Abigail Joseph, Co-Chair
• James Koontz, Co-Chair
• Dr. Michelle Friend, Chair Emeritus
• Members:
• Quiana Bannerman
• Cathleen Edgar
• Stephen King
• Katie Mills
• Dr. Jared O'Leary
• Andrea M Robertson- Nottingham
• Andrew Rothman
• Lea Sloan
• Hana Zimmerman Karl

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Our Community

View resources + directory at

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Framing Our Summit

• Curriculum and PD providers have a unique and challenging job, with significant power and influence
• We can collectively transform the teaching and learning of K-12 CS education in this country
• We need to learn, grow, ask questions, and build community
• Plus, meeting other curriculum and PD nerds is fun!

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Use today to work towards a vision of effective and equitable K-12 CS instruction for all students. Think big! Be curious, idealistic, reflective, and supportive.

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1. CS Knowledge & Skills

2. Equity & Inclusion

3. Professional Growth �& Identity

4. Instructional Design

5. Classroom Practice

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interactive display

PDFs

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Standard 2. Equity & Inclusion

2a. Examine issues of equity in CS

2b. Minimize threats to inclusion

2c. Represent diverse perspectives

2d. Use data for decision-making to improve equity

2e. Use accessible instructional materials

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Goals

• Community building
• Problem solving collective challenges.
• Focus on Standard 2: Equity and Inclusion
• How do we better integrate tenets of identity-inclusive computing education in our (curriculum + PD) programs?
• Sharing best practices

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Agenda

12:30 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 1:25 Kickoff, Framing, & Introductions

1:25 - 2:25 Better Integrating Equitable and Identity-Inclusive Computing Practices in Our PD Programs

2:25 - 2:40 Coffee + Snack Break

2:40 - 3:25 Interactive Panel

3:25 - 3:30 Stretch Break

3:30 - 4:00 Birds of a Feather Discussions

4:00 - 4:20 Share-out

4:20 - 4:30 Close-out

Kickoff ends at 1:15

7 Norms of Collaboration

from Adaptive Schools

1. Pausing
2. Paraphrasing
3. Posing questions
4. Putting ideas on the table
5. Providing data
6. Paying attention to self and others
7. Presuming positive intentions

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Kickoff ends at 1:15

Framing�the 2022 PD Provider Summit

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Framing: The Game Plan

Inequitable Access & Participation

Rough Time for Teachers

CS Teachers, their Contexts, Backgrounds, and Needs

AiiCE + Final Framing

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csteachers.org/landscape

advocacy.code.org/stateofcs

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Increased Access

Percentage of public high schools offering foundational CS courses

Disparities in Participation

AP Computer Science Exam Participation

by Gender Over Time*

*Participation data includes students attending both public and private schools.

Disparities in Access

Percent of schools where CS is taught, based on percent of B/L/I/N/PI Students

Disparities in Access

Disparities in Access

Percentage of public high schools offering foundational CS courses

Disparities in Participation

Participation in Foundational High School Computer Science Courses by Demographic

Disparities in Participation

AP Computer Science Exam Participation

by Race / Ethnicity (2020)

*Participation data includes students attending both public and private schools.

Disparities in Participation

Population of Students in Schools Offering AP Computer Science and Exams Taken by Gender and Race / Ethnicity (2020)

Disparities in Participation

Participation in Foundational High School Computer Science Courses by Demographic

Framing: The Game Plan

Inequitable Access & Participation

Rough Time for Teachers

CS Teachers, their Contexts, Backgrounds, and Needs

AiiCE + Final Framing

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csteachers.org/landscape

advocacy.code.org/stateofcs

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It’s a Rough Time for Teachers

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It’s a Rough Time for Teachers

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It’s a Rough Time for Teachers

March 2022 National Educational Association (NEA) Survey

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Framing: The Game Plan

Inequitable Access & Participation

Rough Time for Teachers

CS Teachers, their Contexts, Backgrounds, and Needs

AiiCE + Final Framing

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csteachers.org/landscape

advocacy.code.org/stateofcs

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Interactive Dashboard

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csteachers.org/�landscape

CS Teacher Demographic Backgrounds

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Gender

Race/�Ethnicity

Credentials

CS Teaching Exp.

Comp. & Tech Sciences Degree

Challenges to Building Equitable CS Classrooms

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Access to Resources

• Only 65% of teachers had sufficient resources to implement CS
• There were large disparities by school profile: income, race/ethnicity of students, grade level

Challenges to Building Equitable CS Classrooms

Issues of Broadening Student Participation

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24% of teachers reported concern about students’ lack of CS exposure and 21% of teachers reporting concern about students’ lack of interest in CS

Culturally Relevant CS Teaching: Usage & Challenges

• 65% believe existing curricular resources meet the needs of a diverse student body

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• Only 61% of teachers across school profiles believed topics of inequity should be covered in class

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• 55% revise existing curricula to make it more engaging & relevant

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• 57% feel equipped to utilize culturally-�relevant teaching practices

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• Greatest support needed for:
• elementary school teachers
• early-career CS teachers
• white teachers

Framing: The Game Plan

Inequitable Access & Participation

Rough Time for Teachers

CS Teachers, their Contexts, Backgrounds, and Needs

AiiCE + Final Framing

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csteachers.org/landscape

advocacy.code.org/stateofcs

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Alliance for Identity-Inclusive Computing Education (AiiCE)

• increase CS student and educator knowledge and use of identity and related topics,
• support educators and leaders in fostering academic cultures that are more inclusive of non-dominant identities, and
• increase K-16 policy-driven changes to CS education that infuse identity-inclusive strategies.

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AiiCE Overview ends at 2:00

identityincs.org

CSTA’s AiiCE Projects

• Develop Intro to Identity Toolkit (online PD)�Launching “Identity Inclusion for K-12 CS Educators” next week
• Develop CSTA Teacher Inquiry Groups�Launching this fall with five CSTA chapters
• Develop CSTA Monthly Identity-Inclusive Webinars
• Develop Community & Annual Summit for CS PD Providers
• Update/Distribute Biennial Survey of K-12 CS Teachers�Currently underway, will close at end of July
• Develop Teacher-Led Policy Committee and Advocacy Toolkit�Launched in early 2022, presenting at CLS + CSTA Conference

Final Framing Notes

Facilitators

Dr. Joanna Goode

Gail Chapman

Professor, College of Ed.

University of Oregon

Director of Outreach

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Exploring Computer Science

Better Integrating

Equitable & Identity-Inclusive Computing Practices�in Our PD Programs

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What does the phrase “equitable and identity-inclusive computing practices” mean to you?

1. 2. 3.

Think & write individually. Discuss in breakouts. Share out.

3-5 mins 10 mins 10 mins

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Share-out

• Create materials that are inclusive
• gender, pronouns
• diversify ideas about what CS is
• Increase research-based practices to offer teachers
• Prepare students to become whole people, not just technologists
• Importance of the PD provider organization being a diverse group themselves
• Different ways to teach the content to diverse students
• Disrupting dominant stereotypes with examples not creating new stereotypes
• Do not assume that we know which identities students experience
• Make a cultural connection ourselves
• Student agency in project selection/design leads to students fealing that the class content is culturally relevant to them

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Alliance for Identity-Inclusive Computing Education (AiiCE)

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Includes:

1. Definitions of identity (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, and disability), intersectionality, oppression, power, and other relevant concepts.

2. Examination of disparities related to identity (racism, sexism, xenophobia, classism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, and more) and how they're reflected in CS education & the tech industry.

3. Reflection on the current state of Identity-Inclusive Computing in schools, departments, and other institutions.

4. Support for the development of pedagogy and/or practices that lead to anti-oppressive and identity-inclusive spaces.

5. Guidance to develop or adapt identity-inclusive curricula and assessments.

6. Strategies to empower individuals to enact change.

Identity-Inclusive Professional Development

identityincs.org

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@identityincs

Identity-Inclusive Computing (IIC) PD should include:

1. Definitions of identity (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, and disability), intersectionality, oppression, power, and other relevant concepts.
2. Examination of disparities related to identity (racism, sexism, xenophobia, classism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, and more) and how they're reflected in CS education & the tech industry.
3. Reflection on the current state of IIC in schools, departments, and other institutions.
4. Support for the development of pedagogy and/or practices that lead to anti-oppressive and identity-inclusive spaces.
5. Guidance to develop or adapt identity-inclusive curricula and assessments.
6. Strategies to empower individuals to enact change.

AiiCE Overview ends at 2:00

Which identity-inclusive computing (IIC) tenets are currently in your PD?

Think & write individually (in your graphic organizer).

5 mins

Journaling ends at 2:05

Share-out

• I didn’t see anything in the PD that we contracted out that intentionally addressed any of the tenets (maybe because of the climate out there…)
• DEI content got siphoned off into a separate piece of content delivered to teachers but how can we integrate it into the CS PD.
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Group Discussion Ends at 2:25

Moving Towards Robust Inclusion of IIC Tenets in PD

Group Discussion Ends at 2:25

Break!

Enjoy some coffee, tea, and snacks

Panel starts at 2:40

Exploring Computer Science - Past, Present, & Future:

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• Funded by the National Science Foundation(NSF),
• Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) - Alliance program

1. Out of the Loop (2007-2017)
2. REAL-CS (2017-2022): Researching Equity, Access, and Learning in CS
3. REAL-CS (2022-2024): Researching Equity and Antiracist Learning in CS

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Cycle of (PD + Curriculum + Research)

Towards Identity-Inclusive Computing & Culturally Responsive-Sustaining CS Education

https://www.kaporcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1_CRCSFramework-Report_v7_for-web-redesign-.pdf

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Group Jigsaw:

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1. Read the Assigned component
2. Discuss as small group, connect to ECS PD agenda and facilitation
3. Poster share-out summary or examples

Interactive Panel

Moving Things Forward:

from Theory to Practice

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Moving Things Forward:�from Theory to Practice

Faythe Brannon

ECS Facilitator & Teacher

Leon Tynes, Esq.

Quiana Bannerman

Brianna Blaser, Ph.D.

Chicago, IL

Teacher & Equity Fellow

Phoenix, AZ

District Administrator

Prince George County, MD

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AccessComputing Proj. Mgr.

Seattle, WA

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Panel ends at 3:15

How can you more fully integrate identity-inclusive computing in your PD?

Think & write individually (Add notes to your graphic organizer).

8-10 mins

Quick stretch break begins at 3:25

Break!

Enjoy some coffee, tea, and snacks

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Add your ideas to mcce.info/bof

BOFs start at 3:30

Birds of a Feather

Discussions

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Birds of a Feather Discussions

Join a group based on similar characteristics �(e.g., grade bands, length of PD) or interests, and:

• Add ideas to requirements
• Create action plan with milestones: Q1, July 2023

BOF Discussions end at 4:00

Share-out

What did you learn?

What are your commitments for this year?

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Share-out: Great Ideas

• There are great tensions we all experience with the relationship with the tech industry, economics, and public education. Discussion of the systemic impacts of capitalism.
• Small cohorts of teachers with activities and interdependent relationships (they rely on one another to gain knowledge), have the opportunity to share idea, observe and learn from each other, and the relationships persist (not just short term).
• It is challenging to localize curriculum / adapt from wide-scale materials. Ideas: sharing examples of how other teachers are doing this, and flexible and modular curriculum development.
• We can’t isolate conversations around CS education.
• Use resource made available today and highlight different avenues teachers can take; increase awareness.

BOF Discussions end at 4:00

Share-out: Moving Towards Action

• Reminder - what we create needs to be situated around people we are designing for, and their voice needs to be central to this; students at the center; so what we created is implemented, learn from it, iterate, and expand from that
• [Anti-capitalist group] We decided it’s probably too early to jump into what is going to happen next. But, we do believe CS can disrupt the status quo. We need to be louder, get other people’s opinions.
• Teachers need mechanisms for ongoing support. We need to create PLCs for teachers to share ideas, since they are often the only ones at their schools. And, identify mentors for teachers to vent and receive support – someone they can rely on to respond to questions..

BOF Discussions end at 4:00

Close-out

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Thank You for Joining!

Announcements

• Resources (including archive from past sessions) and directory are available at csteachers.org/pd-provider-summit
• Submit PD programs for accreditation by CSTA PD Committee
• Two-year accreditation, promoted in interactive PD display
• Deadlines: Aug. 31, Jan. 6, Feb. 28, and April 30
• Apply to join the CSTA PD Committee (3 spots open)
• Volunteer application: csteachers.org/engage
• Opening keynote starts at 5:00pm in Skyline Ballroom (3rd floor), followed by a welcome reception (6:00 - 7:30pm) in the Exhibit Hall

Join Our Virtual Quarterly Convenings

tentative dates: Oct. 8, Jan. 20, & April 21 + July 14

• 2:00 - 2:15 Introductions & Opening
• 2:15 - 2:35 Presentation
• 2:35 - 2:55 Breakout Discussions
• 2:55 - 3:05 Debrief
• 3:05 - 3:10 Break
• 3:10 - 3:45 Birds of a Feather Discussions � (breakouts selected based on interest)
• 3:45 - 4:00 Close-out

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