Trends in CS Teacher Professional Development: A Report from the CSTA PD Committee

Michelle Friend, Bryan Twarek, James Koontz, Amanda Bell, Abigail Joseph

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Abstract

The Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) Professional Development (PD) committee is responsible for curating a list of PD opportunities for dissemination to CS teachers. The committee developed and revised a research-based rubric and has used it to accredit PD programs that meet a baseline of quality. This paper reports on the process of accreditation and trends in CS teacher PD, as well as recommendations to PD providers based on trends in the data collected by the committee. This paper is a story of the evolution of the accreditation process and the tool used to measure quality PD. PD providers are encouraged to adopt best practices in supporting teacher growth.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationSIGCSE 2022 - Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages390-396
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781450390705
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 22 2022
Event53rd Annual ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2022 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: Mar 3 2022Mar 5 2022

Publication series

NameSIGCSE 2022 - Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Volume1

Conference

Conference53rd Annual ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period3/3/223/5/22

Keywords

  • cs teachers
  • professional development
  • rubric
  • teacher preparation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science(all)
  • Education

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