Upcoming Opportunity: District CS Planning Workshop

[Tom Cozzolino]

Hello Everyone,

Our team at the Northern Lights Collaborative for Computing Education wanted to share an exciting upcoming opportunity for Minnesota schools and districts looking to increase computer science education opportunities for your students.

See below for the details of this workshop, and feel free to let us know if you have any questions! You can reach out to our team at nlcolla...@umn.edu or me directly at cozz...@umn.edu.

Thank you!

Tom Cozzolino

District Support Coordinator

Northern Lights Collaborative for Computing Education

District CS Planning Workshop

Are you a district that wants to take the first steps building a computer science pathway, or grow your current computer science offerings for students? The District CS Planning Workshop is intended for groups of 3-5 attendees from districts hoping to increase computing education opportunities for students. Full workshop details can be found on the District Support portion of our webpage, under the 'District planning workshops' heading.

During the workshop:

• Evaluate your district’s current CS related offerings and set goals for next steps

• Survey staff and create a district ‘State of CS’ report to help guide planning efforts

• Utilize research-backed frameworks for equitable and engaging computer science education

Dates: Tuesdays starting April 8th through May 13th, from 4pm-5pm

Location: Online via Zoom

Price: $3,000 per district team (up to 5 people)

Register here

After submission of the workshop fee, we will send your team a link for individual team members to complete the enrollment process for the course.