The CS Principles Providers and Teachers Forum is the second gathering of CS Principles educators, providers and teachers in a structured session at SIGCSE. This forum was created to fill the need for a community for CS Principles providers and teachers to discuss best practices, feedback, or share teaching experiences.
The CS Principles Providers and Teachers Forum aims to increase collaboration and discussion among College Board endorsed providers and teachers by offering a diverse agenda. Topics that may be discussed this year include but are not limited to:
- Successes and failures of CSP professional development
- Common teaching issues providers and teachers encounter
- Teacher recruitment strategies and keeping in touch with teachers
- Student recruitment strategies
- Preparing for the AP CSP exam
- How to read the results of the AP CSP exam
The forum will be a half-day event (4.5 hours) with the following schedule:
1:30 PM Introduction and Short Talks I (2 15-minute talks)
2:00 PM Short Talks I Discussion
2:15 PM Short Talks II (2 15- minute talks)
2:45 PM Short Talks II Discussion
3:00 PM Break
3:30 PM Short Talks III (2 15-minute talks)
4:00 PM Short Talks III Discussion
4:15 PM Short Talks IV (2 15-minute talks)
4:45 PM Short Talks IV Discussion
5:00 PM End
If you would like to submit a topic to present on, please fill out the form below. Presenters will be each given 15 minutes, and there will be a joint discussion time after all presentations on a particular topic have been given. However, if your presentation is shorter than this, please let us know below so that we can allow for more presenters in each topic session.
Topic submissions are due by Friday, February 15 at 11:59 PM PST.
Please email us at
sigcse-csp-forum@bjc.berkeley.edu if you have any questions.