The Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) is a

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whose mission to “empower, engage and advocate for K-12 CS teachers worldwide.” It supports and encourages

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in the field of

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and related areas. Started in 2004, CSTA supports computer science education in elementary schools,

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, and

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. It sponsors the Computer Science Honor Society.

Awards

Together with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the CSTA offers the ACM/CSTA Cutler-Bell Prize in High School Computing. The award provides four $10,000 scholarships to each of four winners along with travel to a reception each February.

Computer Science Education Standards

CSTA publishes a set of recommended Computer Science Standards for kindergarten through high school. CSTA the Association for Computing Machinery publish an interactive State-By-State map showing the degree to which the recommended computer science standards have been included in the state educational standards. CSTA recommendations for computer science education include beginning introductory lessons as early as kindergarten. A recent report by Association for Computing Machinery and the ''CSTA, Running on Empty: The Failure to Teach K-12 Computer Science in the Digital Age'', found that in the

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, most high schools count computer science as an elective and most secondary schools have few educational standards related to computer science.

Code.org Advocacy Coalition

CSTA is one of the participating organizations in the Code.org Advocacy Coalition (previously called Computing in the Core (CinC)). The Code.org Advocacy Coalition is a group of organizations that works on public outreach and advocacy to encourage additional support for computer science in the core curriculum and includes members such as

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, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology,

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, and others.

Chapters

CSTA has more than 50 chapters in the

and international affiliates in

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, and the

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Newsletters

CSTA publishes a monthly newsletter, the CSTA Voice, that highlights issues related to computer science education.

Governance

The 2022-23 CSTA Board of Directors consists of: Dan Blier ''Board Chair, School District Representative (Chair July 2021 - June 2023; Term July 2019 - June 2024)'' Nimmi Arunachalam ''At Large Representative, (July 2022 - June 2024)'' Greg Bianchi ''Partner Representative, Microsoft (July 2021 - June 2023)'' Cindi Chang ''State Department Representative (July 2022 - June 2024)'' Charity Freeman ''Board Chair-Elect, Teacher Education Representative (July 2022 - June 2026)'' Michelle Friend ''At-Large Representative (July 2021 - June 2023)'' Abigail Joseph ''K-8 Teacher Representative (July 2022 - June 2024)'' Audra Kaplan ''K-8 Representative (July 2021 - June 2023)'' Richard Ladner University Representative ''(July 2022 - June 2024)'' Art Lopez ''9–12 Representative (July 2021 - June 2023)'' Yolanda Lozano ''9-12 Teacher Representative,'' ''(July 2022 - June 2024)'' Andrew McGettrick ''ACM Representative,'' ''(July 2022 - June 2024)'' Michelle Page ''Treasurer (July 2022- June 2024)'' CSTA Committees include:

References

External links

Official Website

Official website

Association for Computing Machinery

Computer Science Education Week

ACM/CSTA Cutler-Bell Prize in High School Computing
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