CS4NY Meeting

Meeting agenda

CTE is a state-by-state decision on implementation, supported by Perkins or Vitea. In NYS,

In TX, if a course is designated as CTE, that exists at a course level. In NYS, you cannot have standalone CTE courses; they must be part of a state-approved pathway. And teachers would need a CTE designation.

A lot of districts sign over their Perkins money to BOCES.

  1. Every student needs to be on a standards-complete CS pathway in K-12.
  2. Every community needs age-appropriate deep learning opportunities.

How do we create a workforce for both of these?

Districts are looking for langauge to share.

State CS advocacy organizations produce:

  • advocacy
  • data

CS4All: Policy to Practice

Policy and Advocacy

Goals

  • Fund and Hire a New York State Computer Science Education Supervisor at NYSED
  • Create a State Plan for Computer Science Education
  • Activate the Governor’s Office for Communication about Computer Science Education

Look at Asa Hutchinson’s advocacay.

States with a strong urban center came in first with equity. States without the bifurcation didn’t have this pattern inequity. These states have been more effective in coalescing around a state-level narrative.

-> Follow up with Leigh Ann. Interesting groundedness of intellectual ideas.