If your chapter is interested in hosting a regional Teaching Excellence Award ceremony as part of a stand-alone event or in conjunction with an already planned event, please reach out to
Chapters@csteachers.org to express your interest and/or with any questions you may have.
CSTA Teaching Excellence Award
- Where Chapters Fit In
- 5 "regions" supported by Infosys (can be a chapter or chapters)
- These can be metro-area or statewide chapters
- Chapter grant support for additional
- Chapter Timeline
- National winners selected in late March / early April
- Chapters select up to three "regional" awardees by the End of April
- Notify both awards@ & chapters@
- Host a regional TEA ceremony locally (in-person or virtual)
- Support = $4,000
- CSTA HQ provides
- $500 stipend x 3 for regional winners
- $100 x 3 for awards for regional winners
- Chapter Grant to chapter
- Chapter Grant = $2,200
- Space rental
- Food
- SWAG
- Guest Speaker
- Can be a stand-alone event or part of an already-planned event
Background - CSTA Teaching Excellence Award
- The CS Teaching Excellence Award is designed to recognize outstanding teaching by K–12 computer science teachers. CSTA and Infosys Foundation USA have been partnering since 2016 to recognize up to 15 educators for excellence in inspiring students to explore the CS field, engaging students in learning rigorous standards-aligned CS content, and broadening the participation of underrepresented students in computing.
- Visit the awards page:
- In past award seasons, the Teaching Excellence Award has launched in January, with the winners being selected in April or May.
- This year, our goal is to open applications in conjunction with CSEdWeek in December. This will hopefully enable us to select the national winners and honorable mentions by late March.
- The review process is completed by the Awards Committee and a group of reviewers selected by CSTA. Attendees can sign up for this opportunity with a CSTA team member.
- General Requirements:
- Live in the United States
- Teach K–12 Computer Science
- Current CSTA Board Members, staff, and their immediate family are not eligible for awards with prizes attached.
- Questions for Part I
- Demographics-based
- Short responses
- K-6 Essay: How do you intentionally work to engage underrepresented students in your classroom/community?
- 9-12 Essay: How do you intentionally work to broaden participation for underrepresented students in computing?
- All: How do you inspire your students to study computer science?
- All: How do you evaluate your teaching practice?
- Questions for Part Two
- CS teaching artifact requirement - can be a description of a CS lesson or unit, student work, photos, presentation, or video demonstrating how it represents one's teaching practice, as well as how one engaged students of all backgrounds and abilities in the learning of this lesson
- Essay responses
- Provide specific data, examples, or artifacts that demonstrate how you inspire students in CS
- Describe how you know that your students are successful in learning CS
- Describe how you hope to continue developing your CS knowledge and teaching practices. What are your realistic goals for the next five years?
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Jason W. Bohrer | Chapter Relations Lead
Computer Science Teachers Association | @csteachersorg
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