CSTA ACM SGB Update Chris Stephenson CSTA Executive Director cstephenson@csta.acm

1. CSTA ACM SGB Update Chris StephensonCSTA Executive Directorcstephenson@csta.acm.org Back Up 9.0 Chris Stephenson

2. Agenda • CSTA Update • CSTA Sustainability • What’s Next Chris Stephenson

3. Recent Quotes CSTA has supported the development of a community of educators at all levels dedicated to supporting K-12 computing education through its supportive partnerships with colleges and universities, other educational associations, non-profit organizations, equity researchers, and corporate partners. Through its sponsorship of conferences and workshops and its various online and print publications, CSTA has also created a national dissemination channel for information about best practices, effective research, and new teaching and learning resources. CS Faculty Member, Brooklyn College We consider CSTA to be the most valuable partner in our work of broadening the participation in computer science in the Los Angeles high schools. CSTA provides the leadership, resources, national and international perspective that is necessary in this work. Few organizations are able to step across multiple worlds (K-12, higher ed, public policy, computer science, education, organizational change) with the clarity and intelligence that they do. Jane Margolis, University of California, Los Angeles Chris Stephenson

4. CSTA Update

5. Membership Update • Rapid growth to 5360 members • Identification of greatest K-12 teacher needs • Certification and Standards • Professional Development • Community • Curriculum and materials • What needs to be done in 2008-2012? • Continued growth to 10,000 members Chris Stephenson

6. Building Membership Chris Stephenson

7. CSTA Update Certification and Standards • How SGB Funds Have Been Used? • Searchable database of state-level computer science teacher certification requirements • Formation of an expert committee to produce a white paper on establishing workable models for computer science teacher certification • Creation of model curricular standards and implementation support documents • What needs to be done in 2008-2012? • Statewide creation of certification and standards – a local challenge Chris Stephenson

8. CSTA Update Professional Development • How SGB Funds Have Been Used? • Conference presentations: SIGCSE, TCEA, NECC, CCSC • Numerous TECS and JETT workshops • What needs to be done in 2008-2012? • Significantly more professional development, particularly at local and regional levels (conferences and workshops) • Closer partnerships with the ACM SIGs and CCSCs Chris Stephenson

9. TECS workshops Chris Stephenson

10. JETT workshops Chris Stephenson

11. CSTA Update Community • How SGB Funds Have Been Used? • Four local “proof-of-concept” local organizations (FL, PA, Oregon, CA(N)) • Bi-monthly publication of The Voice • What needs to be done in 2008-2012? • Creation of local CSTA chapters and affiliates • Increase publication of Voice by two more issues per year • Set up member forum for community discussions Chris Stephenson

12. CSTA Update Curriculum and materials • How SGB Funds Have Been Used? • The Source Online Repository for K-12 Teaching and Learning materials • Creation of several careers materials, most recently: • IT is All About Me classroom poster • *ACM Computer degrees and careers brochure (CSTA assistance) • Careers in Computing brochure for middle school students and parents (English and Spanish language versions) • The K-12 Alliance Girls Gotta Have IT kit distributed at the National Educational Computer Conference • What needs to be done in 2008-2012? • Addition of additional quality curricular materials to the Source • Translation of more careers materials into Spanish • Development of new sharable resources that can be customized for use by university CS outreach programs Chris Stephenson

13. CSTA Update Funding-dependent projects for the coming three years: • Publication of white paper on CS teacher certification • Continued research on the state of K-12 CS education in the US and abroad • Continued partnership work with other similarly focused organizations (e.g. ACSE, BSC, Israeli CS Teachers Association) • Workshop to help universities improve their K-12 outreach • Materials development workshop for the Source repository • A new K-8 curriculum resource • Customizable/shareable careers resources • Local chapter development in partnership with universities and colleges • The Computer Science and Information Technology Symposium • The JETT and TECS workshops Chris Stephenson

14. CSTA Sustainability

15. Sustainability Ensuring the long-term sustainability of a K-12 professional educational association is an extremely challenging undertaking. The hallmarks of a successful organization include: • a committed leadership structure • solid strategic planning • a diversified revenue stream • good fiscal management • a skilled and dedicated staff • the support/partnership of the broader educational and industrial community CSTA has made considerable progress in all of these areas, but close attention must be paid if CSTA’s successes are to continue Chris Stephenson

16. Association Types Chris Stephenson

17. Revenues 2007-08 Chris Stephenson

18. Building for Sustainability Chris Stephenson

19. Building Revenue To achieve revenue growth, CSTA is undertaking these activities: • Build membership by producing unique, high-quality benefits that K-12 teachers will perceive as relevant, beneficial, and valuable • Develop local communities through our new chapters and the work under CSTA’s new local capacity-building grant • Continue to attract the support of corporate and philanthropic organizations through the development of solid proposals and the successful completion of funded projects • Seek out and develop proposals and projects that will continue to attract support from federal grant sources • Explore new possibilities for developing beneficial partnerships with vendors Chris Stephenson

20. ACM Support Over the next five years, CSTA will continue to build upon its strength and to increase its capacity as an organization. During this next growth phase, CSTA continues to require ACM’s fiscal support but the extent of ACM’s fiscal support should be decreased as revenue capacity is developed and improved in other areas. Over the next five years the percentage of support from ACM should continue to diminish from the current level of 32% to 13%. Chris Stephenson

21. Revenue Predictions • Assumptions: • CSTA does not start charging for CSTA individual membership prior to 2012 • CSTA does not receive significant corporate support prior to 2013 Chris Stephenson

22. CSTA: What’s Next?

23. Current and Upcoming Projects • New five-year CSTA strategic plan • Review of state level data on high school CS education • Report of the CSTA Committee on Computer Science Teacher Certification • Translation of major/selected CS documents • New curriculum resource focussing on teaching fundamental CDS concepts in K-8 • Upgrade of the CSTA, JETT and TECS websites • Task force to oversee the development of local CSTA chapters • Participation in the College Board Commission of the Revision of the AP CS Exam • Introduction of the CSTA CS Snipits podcasts • Continuing evolution of CSTA member communications, including more issues of the Voice per year • Application for National Science Foundation ITEST, ATE, and special project grants (and ISE grant longer term) Chris Stephenson

24. Contact Information Chris Stephenson Executive Director, CSTA Phone: 1-800-401-1799 Fax: 1-541-687-1840 cstephenson@csta.acm.org Chris Stephenson