2024 CSForNY State Summit

 Dr. Leigh Ann DeLyser, Executive Director of CSForAll, presents: “The Strength in our Systems: Taking an asset-based approach to CS Education” at the 2022 CSForNY State Summit. 

Dr. Michael Nagler, Superintendent of the Mineola School District

 Last year every Mineola HS ninth grader was required to take AP Computer Science Principles.  We were able to accomplish this by emphasizing the importance of CS and computational thinking as early as Pre-Kindergarten.  This session will describe our journey. 

In this session, Mike Zamansky and a team of CS teachers discuss pathways towards the new NY State certification to teach CS. Specifically the session will focus on certification programs leading to the new license.

Creating Equitable CS Pathways for Students

The NYC DOE Computer Science for All (CS4All) initiative offers a number of programs focused on helping schools to expand computer science (CS) exposure, offer access to robust CS experiences, and foster a sense of belonging in computer science for students. 

Julianne Ross-Kleinmann, Instructional Data Analysis & Technology Specialist, Ulster County BOCES

Dr. Jesse Moya, Associate Professor of Education, Siena College

Norval Connell, Instructional Leader, STEM, Middletown City Schools

 Panel: Hear from a CS education researcher, instructional leader, and equity leader about how we can help teachers engage all students in CS class. 

 It's always important to hear from our students!

Join us to hear from Pleasantville UFSD student Dana Balin about how she became interested in taking CS, why she has continued to take CS courses, and what she thinks would be helpful for schools to understand as they implement K-12 computer science programs.  

  Join the College Board and the Education Development Center (EDC) to learn how your school can increase equity and access to computer science through Advanced Placement coursework.  We'll share research on outcomes from our programs and then you'll hear from school leaders/teachers who have successfully implemented these programs in their schools and have the opportunity to ask them questions.  

 Pauline White, Teaching Professor of Computer Science at Siena College
 

Through Siena College’s work with teachers and administrators to develop CS education opportunities for all students, we recognized the need for a first course in CS prior to dual enrollment and advanced placement.  Through teacher and student feedback and incorporating research in equity and inclusivity in the CS classroom, our Discovering Computer Science course continues to evolve since the 2019-2020 academic year.  In this session, we will share key lessons learned in developing this course and how the course has positively impacted student AP opportunities.  

  We will discuss how the new high school standards can be met with a half-credit class. Overlap between the new standards and the College Board's Computer Science Principles curriculum will be discussed along with the challenge of bringing computational thinking to diverse learners.  

  As school counselors we daily accept the challenge to create systemic change through our comprehensive school counseling programs.  But are we doing enough to create that systemic change in the world of work?  We understand the importance of identifying gaps within the demographics of our schools; however, many school counselors may not realize that many jobs continue to leave out large groups of students along the lines of gender and race.  In this session school counselors will understand how to affect these gaps by exposing all students to the essential 21st Century skills often found in computer science.  School counselors will come away from this session ready to level the playing field by spreading awareness of various careers and then filling those accompanying gaps.