From your Board: It's TIME!
 
Well friends, we're off to the races!  Perhaps you're sitting through your third day of setting PLC norms, learning about efficacy, or using RULER to bring about positive SEL exposure like we have been!  I know my mind is on my classroom, how I'm going to greet them, and how we're going to get this school year started off right. 
 
I think I'm going to bust out my Dicebreakers to provoke conversations and pre-assess the logical thought processes of my students.  Can you find the assessment?  (Find the answer at the bottom of our Newsletter)
 
In this Bulletin: The year laid out for you!
๐Ÿ“…Our Meeting Calendar ๐Ÿ“…
 
This year our theme is all about building community, leadership, and uplifting our educators.  Each meeting will have time for the Computer Science Praxis preparation, sharing out of best practices in the five TEAM modules, and more!  Take a look below at a VERY brief view of what we've put together.  Each meeting will also have a guest speaker, product demo, or the like.  
 
WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED!
 
Date & Time: Monday the 13th | 5pm - 7pm
โœ” Agenda  ๐Ÿ“…  Calendar Entry (click me to add me to your calendar!)
Praxis Subject Area:  Algorithms and Computational Thinking
TEAM Module Show & Tell - Module 1 - Classroom Environment (Share out photos of your Classroom - likes/dislikes/best practices)
 
Date & Time Monday the 8th | 5pm - 7pm
โœ” Agenda  ๐Ÿ“…  Calendar Entry (click me to add me to your calendar!)
Praxis Subject Area:  Data
TEAM Module Show & Tell - Module 2 - Planning (Share out what cool hardware you're using!)
 
Date & Time Monday the 7th | 5pm - 7pm
โœ” Agenda  ๐Ÿ“…  Calendar Entry (click me to add me to your calendar!)
Praxis Subject Area:  Programming (and Recursion! (and recursion!)) 
TEAM Module Show & Tell - Module 3 - Instruction (Share out what cool software you're using!)
 
Date & Time Monday the 4th | 5pm - 7pm
โœ” Agenda  ๐Ÿ“…  Calendar Entry (click me to add me to your calendar!)
Praxis Subject Area:  Impacts of Computing
TEAM Module Show & Tell - Module 4 - Assessment (Share out a cool Rubric you've made for assessments!)
 
Date & Time Monday the 9th | 5pm - 7pm
โœ” Agenda  ๐Ÿ“…  Calendar Entry (click me to add me to your calendar!)
Praxis Subject Area:  Computing Systems and Networks
TEAM Module Show & Tell - Module 5 - Professional Responsibilities (Share out that cool website, PD, you've found!  Self-nominate for a CT CSTA position!)
 

Upcoming Events

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We've been speaking about how our chapter leaders won a grant to fund a Computer Science cohorted PD for teachers to earn their State of Connecticut Initial Support Teacher Training qualification.  This is a great opportunity to become a stronger, more reflective teacher and do it with fellow content area educators!  
 
This will also be a focus of our first chapter meeting!  If you're on the fence our trainer will be present to ask any questions you may have!
 
For more information or register check out event page.
Upcoming Events
Virtual Chapter Meeting - September 2021
Sep 13, 2021
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
 
CSK-5 - National Webinar on CS in Elementary School
Virtual Conference
Sep 22, 2021
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
 
Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week October 18 - 23, 2021 | NIST
Oct 18, 2021 - Oct 23, 2021
 
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Remember, your Connecticut Computer Science Teacher's association loves you! Thanks for everything you do!
 
DICEBREAKER Assessment:  You're rolling 2 6-sided dice, therefor you can never roll a 1!  As such the first question can never be asked!
 
Bonus:  As a formative assessment ask them which is 'my' favorite question?  (Answer:  #7 because the odds of a 7 are highest on two 6 sided dice!)