Prairie Lakes AEA, in collaboration with Drake University, has been awarded grant funding from the Iowa Computer Science Professional Development Incentive Fund (CSPDIF). Registration for these courses is now open to all Iowa educators. Only 20 of the 60 seats remain available so if you're interested, register now! The grant provides teachers with university-level computer science courses at no tuition cost to them. Participants will be responsible for purchasing any required textbooks.
By July 1, 2023, schools must have a computer science offering that is aligned to the CSTA K-12 CS Standards in at least one grade level in grades 1-6 and 7-8 by July 1, 2023. High schools need to have one computer science course offering (CSTA standard aligned) in place by July 1, 2022. (The new legislation can be viewed in HF 2629 pages 7-9.) Iowa Department of Education: Obtaining a Computer Science Endorsement outlines the specifics of obtaining a computer science endorsement.
Please fill out this form if you are interested in attending one or more of the following three computer science courses from Drake University this summer: Computer Science in the Elementary Classroom, Secondary Computer Science Methods, or Introduction to Computer Science (not a prerequisite).
Contact Torrey Proctor at Prairie Lakes AEA for assistance.
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