Posted by Jackie Corricelli on Sep 13, 2019
So honored to join Seth Freeman and Shannon Marimon in Las Vegas, NV for Global CS Ed Con! 
 
I have spent the past two days sharing and learning from amazing CS educators, policy advocates, and district leaders from across the US.  I am in awe of the amount of passion and creative thinking that can happen when inspired people assemble together.  I felt honored to take part in this first-of-its-kind Global CS Ed Conference!  
 
Some things you must know:
1) There are CSTA Educator Standards - these are the things CS Teachers need to do well.  You should check them out and review them!  Do this HERE.
2) CS For All has created SCRIPT, a support system complete with RUBRICS and RESOURCES to support districts to come up with a plan for themselves.  
3) CT CSTA and CSTA are here for you.  Please join us at meetings!  We cannot wait to create and share more ideas in person!
I have spent the past two days sharing and learning from amazing CS educators, policy advocates, and district leaders from across the US.  I am in awe of the amount of passion and creative thinking that can happen when inspired people assemble together.  I felt honored to take part in this first-of-its-kind Global CS Ed Conference!  
 
Some key takeaways:
1) We all need to find our way to contribute and move CS forward locally, statewide, and nationally.  
2) Teamwork makes the dream work - if we work together, each of us using our skills and improving our weaknesses, we will get CSForAll to be a reality!
3) We need (and there are many concrete examples of these!) to have measurable ways to determine success, communicate needs, and support teachers and districts.  I learned of supports that I did not even know existed! 
 
Cannot wait to tell you more at our next meeting!