Professional development workshops are traditionally scheduled in the Spring and Summer. As information about upcoming events becomes available, the announcement will be posted here.

If you are organizing a professional development event for computer science teachers, please email the following information:

Date of Workshop
City and State
Name of workshop
One sentence description
Email for contact person
Event URL

to l.clayborn@hq.acm.org.


These workshops have been generously supported by Google Inc.

The Greater Boston CSTA Chapter
Dates of Workshop: July 31st-August 2nd
City and State: Lowell, MA
Name of workshop: CS4HS/CSTA @ UML Workshop
Description: UMass Lowell and the CSTA Greater Boston Chapter are delighted to announce a 3-day, hands-on workshop and conference for regional middle- and high-school computer science, mathematics, and technology teachers. The event is supported by Google Education, the Computer Science Teachers Association, and the Commonwealth Alliance for IT Education. Please join us for workshops on App Inventor and the Finch Robot, panels on equity and advocacy in CS, talks on CS pedagogy including the new CS Principles course, and more!
Event URL: cs.uml.edu/cs4hs/

The Greater Boston CSTA Chapter
Dates of Workshop: Week 1: July 9th-13th, Week 6: August 13th-17th**
**this is a multiple week commitment; please see the event url for details
City and State: Marlborough, MA
Name of workshop: Teaching a new CS Principles Course, The Beauty and Joy of Computing
Description: The Greater Boston CSTA Chapter welcomes instructors from the University of California Berkeley to the AMSA Charter School to offer teacher preparation for one of the new pilot CS Principles courses, titled "The Beauty and Joy of Computing." This course has been piloted at Berkeley as a new AP CS course targeted for approval from the College Board in 2015. For more information about the pilot, visit bjc.berkeley.edu.
Contact: kelpowers@gmail.com
Event URL: cstagreaterbostonsummer.eventbrite.com

Colorado CSTA Chapter
Date of Workshop: June 15-17, 2012
City and State: Boulder, CO
Name of workshop: CS4HS Teacher Training @CU Boulder
Description: Apply for this FREE Google, AgentSheets Inc., and CU sponsored hands-on training workshop for High School teachers who have a passion for integrating computational thinking and CS to get teens excited in the classroom. Visit Google in Boulder, learn the AgentSheets visual programming system for game design – bring motivating fun into your classroom while addressing required educational standards.
Contact: Yasko.Endo@colorado.edu
Event URL: Apply to CS4HS @ University of Colorado, Boulder


Connecticut CSTA Chapter
Date of Workshop: July 17-19, 2012
City and State: New Britain, CT
Description: This workshop at Quinnipiac University will feature speakers Joanne Cohoon and Fran Trees. In parallel hands-on workshops, participants will explore three CS Principles Pilot courses: Scratch, "The Beauty and Joy of Computing" lead by Brian Harvey, and Appinventor lead by Ralph Morelli. A teacher support community will be created.
Event URL: ctcsta.org/events/workshops/20120717

Ohio CSTA Chapter
Date of Workshop: July 23-25, 2012
City and State: Columbus, OH
Name of workshop: CS Rocks Ohio 2012
Description: Want to bring the WOW back into your computer classes? Interested in new programs, teaching techniques, sharing ideas, and seeing where computer science can take your students? If so then CS Rocks Ohio is for you! Topics will include the new CS standards, curriculum, programming apps, game design, robots, CS unplugged and many other "rocking" CS topics.
Contact: angie_thorne@hboe.org OR smhoeppner@gmail.com
Event URL: cstaohio.com

Philadelphia CSTA Chapter
Date of Workshop: August 13-15, 2012
City and State: Philadelphia, PA
Name of workshop: Reboot, Renew, Retreat
Description: Reboot your computer science curriculum with hands on workshops in topics like Scratch, Greenfoot, App Inventor, Robots and more. Renew your teaching strategies with sessions on the new CSTA Standards, CS-POGIL, and recruiting tips. Enjoy the calm and peaceful setting in the woods on Philadelphia's main line. Retreat means connecting with your fellow teachers and renewing or forging your professional network.
Contact: tpirmann@gmail.com
Event URL: sites.google.com/site/cstaphilly/

Florida CSTA Chapter
Date of Workshop: November 8, 2012
City and State: Orlando, FL
Name of workshop: Computer Science and Stem – The Quest for Balance
Description: The workshop will be held at the Hyatt Regency Orlando Airport. Attendees for this special one-day computer science conference will have the opportunity to interact with speakers on many current topics. Experts in the field will present information about the latest practices and ideas in computer science education. This conference is free for FCIS attendees, and is open to anyone interested in K-12 computer science education.
Contact: jbarrettsrq@gmail.com
Event URL: www.fcis.org




Date of Workshop: June 12-13, 2012
City and State: Lebanon, IL
Name of workshop: CS4HS - McKendree University
Description: This workshop is aimed at teachers in every discipline who are looking for exciting content to introduce to their junior high and high school students. Join teachers from across the region as we explore curricular and extra-curricular activities that you can use to engage students in computer science and computational thinking.
Contact: nawhite@mckendree.edu
Event URL: lance.mckendree.edu/cs4hs

Date of Workshop: June 18-22, 2012
City and State: Pittsburgh, PA--Carnegie Mellon University
Name of workshop: Alice 2.2 Workshop
Description: Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a freely available teaching tool designed to be a student's first exposure to object-oriented programming. This workshop will explore the Alice 2.2 programming environment as an effective and engaging tool to introduce students from middle school through college level to programming and Computer Science. We will also explore how Alice 2.2 can be used in multi-disciplinary K-12 classrooms.
Contact: dslater@cmu.edu
Event URL: web.campusservices.cmu.edu/conferences

Date of Workshop: June 25-29, 2012
City and State: Pittsburgh, PA--Carnegie Mellon University
Name of workshop: Alice 3 Workshop
Description: Alice 3 is a tool uses 3D graphics and animations to introduce introductory programming students to fundamental programming concepts and transition them to Java. This workshop will explore the Alice 3 programming environment as an effective and engaging tool for students in a Computer Science 1 or Advanced Placement course in Java. Alice 3 will come out of beta this summer and be ready for use in classrooms this fall. This workshop will explore the instructor course materials that are being developed, also for use in fall classes.
Contact: dslater@cmu.edu
Event URL: web.campusservices.cmu.edu/conferences

Date of Workshop: June 25-29, 2012
City and State: Pittsburgh, PA--Carnegie Mellon University
Name of workshop: Alice 2.2 Workshop for Spanish-speaking populations
Description: For the first time, we are presenting a workshop for teachers interested in using Alice with a Spanish-speaking population. The workshop will be presented primarily in English, though the primary presenter speaks fluent Spanish and will be able to clarify concepts and answer questions in both Spanish and English. Workshop attendees will receive two copies of the latest version of Alice 2.2, one in English and one in Spanish. All instructional materials used in the workshop will have an English and a Spanish version.
Contacts: dslater@cmu.edu, jacobo@cs.cmu.edu
Event URL: web.campusservices.cmu.edu/conferences

Date of Workshop: June 25-27, 2012
City and State: Sandy, UT
Name of workshop: Teaching of introductory programming concepts using AppInventor
Description: Would you like a new way to introduce students to programming? Thinking about jumping on to the mobile development craze? Then I have a summer workshop for you. It is a three day workshop held in Sandy, Utah. We will be stressing the teaching of introductory programming concepts using AppInventor. We will be covering how to introduce topics in computer science and programming using the visual environment. We will also go over how to load these apps onto an Android device and the benefits of using a graphical language.
Contact: cody.henrichsen@gmail.com
Event URL: www.tinyurl.com/appinventorclass

Date of Workshop: June 25-29, 2012
City and State: Cary, NC
Name of workshop: SAS Programming 1 for High School
Description: Join us for the SAS Programming for High School Summer Workshop and learn to teach SAS Programming to your students. You will receive all instructional materials, assessments and software.
Contact: Julie.Petlick@sas.com
Event URL: support.sas.com/learn/ap/hs/index.html#t1

Date of Workshop: July 9-13, 2012
City and State: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Name of workshop: ACTIVATE: Computing with Alice
Description: Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science is running a set of three NSF-sponsored FREE workshops for STEM high school teachers in PA, OH, WV and MD to help them show their students computational principles, increasing awareness of computer science in their schools. This workshop features the use of Alice to create STEM-based animations. No programming experience required.
Contact: Tom Cortina: tcortina@cs.cmu.edu
Event URL: cs.cmu.edu/activate/alice.html

Date of Workshop: July 16-20, 2012
City and State: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Name of workshop: ACTIVATE: Computational Thinking with Python
Description: Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science is running a set of three NSF-sponsored FREE workshops for STEM high school teachers in PA, OH, WV and MD to help them show their students computational principles, increasing awareness of computer science in their schools. This workshop features an introduction to Python and a look at computational principles. No programming experience required.
Contact: Tom Cortina: tcortina@cs.cmu.edu
Event URL: cs.cmu.edu/activate/ct.html

Date of Workshop: July 23-27, 2012
City and State: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Name of workshop: ACTIVATE: Java for Math & Science
Description: Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science is running a set of three NSF-sponsored FREE workshops for STEM high school teachers in PA, OH, WV and MD to help them show their students computational principles, increasing awareness of computer science in their schools. This workshop features an introduction to Java to create STEM-based applications. No programming experience required.
Contact: Tom Cortina: tcortina@cs.cmu.edu
Event URL: cs.cmu.edu/activate/java.html

Date of Workshop: July 16-18, 2012
City and State: Sandy, UT
Name of workshop: Using Java to Develop Android
Description: This is a three-day workshop on using Java to develop Android apps in the eclipse environment. It will cover the installation of the SDK and the AVD manager, develop a couple of apps for Android devices, load apps onto devices as well as how to introduce your apps to the Android Marketplace. This is a great opportunity to bring students in to a popular area of computer programming that they can immediately share with friends and family and can be a great recruiting tool.
Contact: cody.henrichsen@gmail.com
Event URL: tinyurl.com/appinventorclass

Date of Workshop: July 17-19, 2012
City and State: Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT
Name of workshop: CSTA-CT CS Principles Workshop
Description: The new Computer Science course (CS Principles) is a breadth-first course that will be examined as an Advanced Placement Course in May 2016. The workshop will introduce participants to the seven Big Ideas of the CS Principles course and the learning objectives. It will support teachers and show them that they too can teach the CS Principles course. No previous knowledge of CS is needed. Opportunity will be created for participants to become a part of a community of learners who will be supported throughout the academic year with the implementation of the curriculum. Teachers will sign up to participate in one of two parallel CS Principles Pilot instructors courses. The two sessions will focus on using (1) BYOB and (2) AppInventor to teach CS principles respectively. The instructors will share their experience piloting the national course, their curriculum and other resources. A session on Scratch will be available for K-8 teachers.
Contact: chinmauche@aol.com
Event URL: ctcsta.org/events/workshops/20120717/

Date of Workshop: July 23-25, 2012
City and State: Columbus, OH
Name of workshop: CS Rocks Ohio 2012
Description: Want to bring the WOW back into your computer classes? Interested in new programs, teaching techniques, sharing ideas, and seeing where computer science can take your students? If so then CS Rocks Ohio is for you! Topics will include the new CS standards, curriculum, programming apps, game design, robots, CS unplugged and many other "rocking" CS topics.
Contact: angie_thorne@hboe.org OR smhoeppner@gmail.com
Event URL: cstaohio.com

Date of Workshop: July 31 - August 2, 2012
City and State: Marlborough, MA
Name of workshop: The Beauty and Joy of Computing
Description: Instructors from UC Berkeley will lead teacher preparation for one of the new pilot CS Principles courses. This course has been piloted at Berkeley as a new AP CS course targeted for approval from the College Board in 2015. The paid six-week program includes two weeks of on-site training and four weeks of independent work during July and August. Participating teachers will receive a stipend of $1000 and 200 hours of CEU credits upon completion, with the possibility of an additional $1000 stipend for those who teach the course in the following school year.
Event URL: bjc.berkeley.edu

Date of Workshop: August 1-3, 2012
City and State: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Name of workshop: CS4HS (Explorations in Computer Science for High School Educators)
Description: CS4HS is a workshop held by the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University for high school (and K-8) computing teachers to provide resources to help them teach computer science principles to their students in a fun and relevant way and show that CS is much more than Java programming. Cost: $50 (refundable upon workshop completion).
Contact: Tom Cortina: tcortina@cs.cmu.edu
Event URL: cs.cmu.edu/cs4hs/index.html

Date of Workshop: August 13-15, 2012
City and State: Philadelphia, PA
Name of workshop: Reboot, Renew, Retreat
Description: Reboot your computer science curriculum with hands on workshops in topics like Scratch, Greenfoot, App Inventor, Robots and more. Renew your teaching strategies with sessions on the new CSTA Standards, CS-POGIL, and recruiting tips. Enjoy the calm and peaceful setting in the woods on Philadelphia's main line. Retreat means connecting with your fellow teachers and renewing or forging your professional network.
Contact: tpirmann@gmail.com
Event URL: sites.google.com/site/cstaphilly