BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20211210T030652Z UID:B0F847C4-6074-4F59-8FD5-1C5547A2FB1E DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211209T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211209T213000 DESCRIPTION:The first full week of December is ACM's CSEdWeek - and our cha pter always has a special education-related program to celebrate. This mon th’s meeting will discuss computer science curriculum for middle school and high school students.\n\nKathy Effner will talk about her experiences building a high school Computer Science curriculum. She started seven year s ago\, when her school had only one AP CSA class of 14 students. Today\, her school is running seven classes\, including robotics\, two AP classes\ , and 2 of the 3 courses needed for CCNA certification (CISCO Certified Ne twork Administrator). She is also the advisor for two FTC robotics teams t hat have been running for six years. The goal of her program is to offer a s many quality CS courses as possible\, because she believes that their st udents need the experience no matter what career path they choose. She is also working to build and implement courses that can be taught by teachers who have little or no experience with the concepts.\n\nJudd Pittman will talk about Pennsylvania’s PAsmart Initiative\, an innovative education a nd workforce strategy for STEM and Computer Science. The conversation will focus on policy and program efforts\, including a new certification progr am in Computer Science for teachers in grades 7-12. Judd is the Special Co nsultant to the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Education on S TEM\, where he has helped to build internal and external coalitions like t he CSinPA Initiative and the STEM Ecosystems Initiative that support innov ative STEM and Computer Science programs and policy.\n\nSpeaker(s): Kathy Effner\, Judd Pittman\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/282461 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/282461 ORGANIZER:dmancl@acm.org SEQUENCE:4 SUMMARY:Computer Science Education in Middle School and High School URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/282461 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The first full week of December is ACM's C SEdWeek - and our chapter always has a special education-related program t o celebrate. &nbsp\;This month&rsquo\;s meeting will discuss computer scie nce curriculum for middle school and high school students.</p>\n<p>Kathy E ffner will talk about her experiences building a high school Computer Scie nce curriculum. &nbsp\;She started seven years ago\, when her school had o nly one AP CSA class of 14 students. &nbsp\;Today\, her school is running seven classes\, including robotics\, two AP classes\, and 2 of the 3 cours es needed for CCNA certification (CISCO Certified Network Administrator). &nbsp\;She is also the advisor for two FTC robotics teams that have been r unning for six years. &nbsp\;The goal of her program is to offer as many q uality CS courses as possible\, because she believes that their students n eed the experience no matter what career path they choose. &nbsp\;She is a lso working to build and implement courses that can be taught by teachers who have little or no experience with the concepts.</p>\n<p>Judd Pittman w ill talk about Pennsylvania&rsquo\;s PAsmart Initiative\, an innovative ed ucation and workforce strategy for STEM and Computer Science.&nbsp\; The c onversation will focus on policy and program efforts\, including a new cer tification program in Computer Science for teachers in grades 7-12.&nbsp\; Judd is the Special Consultant to the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Depar tment of Education on STEM\, where he has helped to build internal and ext ernal coalitions like the CSinPA Initiative and the STEM Ecosystems Initia tive that support innovative STEM and Computer Science programs and policy .</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR