I have a big interest in helping people and being a CS professional, I see the need for more people to become involved with CS. As such, we need more teachers who can teach computer science and I felt that becoming a CodeHS Teacher Trainer would help with this.

I have been extremely happy with the support that I have received from CodeHS ever since I started using them 3 years ago. Account Managers that respond right away, KarelCon, visiting my school to lead Hour of Code sessions, etc. I want to reciprocate that support, but also share these experiences with other teachers. My students have thrived while using CodeHS, and I want other students in other schools to have that same opportunity and experience.

I’ve been a tremendous fan of CodeHS since I stumbled across the VR curriculum in December 2018. Last summer I became a CodeHS Certified Educator, so becoming a Teacher Trainer seems like the perfect next step. I love giving professional development and this program gives me the opportunity to expand my repertoire and work closely with a company that I’ve come to respect and love.

I would like to share my experiences with CodeHS (7 years and counting) so that more teachers will be excited to teach CS even if they don't feel that confident in their coding skill. I started teaching AP Java without ever having written a line of Java code.

My students love a challenge and like using Computer Science to solve societal problems. My students won state finalist in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest using problem solving skills. CodeHS helps to develop the problem solving skills needed for my students to compete on a national level.

My classroom is organized chaos! Through various funding sources, including a generous local education foundation, I have secured a variety of kits and resources for my students so they can explore and create. For my computer science students, I have Android tablets, numerous small robots (ittyBitty bots, mBots, cyber:bots), Arduinos, Raspberry Pi, and micro:bits. My students enjoy being able to see these items in action as they explore computer science.

I believe in the CodeHS curriculum. It is great for both the students and the teacher. It is flexible enough to appeal to many different learning styles. I believe everyone should learn to code and CodeHS is the best path to that goal.

As an educational leader and curriculum developer, I'm a lifetime learner always looking for something new to learn and to teach. While I love working with students, I'd like to 'pay it forward' by helping other CS teachers master their craft by sharing my successes (and failures!) as I've grown as a CS teaching professional. I've done summer school teaching for over 20 years and now I'd enjoy using at least part of my summers to mentor other teachers with materials I've developed over the last 20 plus years.

I wanted to become a CodeHS Teacher Trainer because I believe receiving quality PD is so important and having a teacher to bounce ideas off of is an invaluable resource. I want to be the support system I wish I had when I began teaching Computer Science since there are no other Computer Science teachers at my school.

I wanted to be a CodeHS Teacher Trainer to network, learn about other parts of CodeHS for my classroom, and most of all...teach others about technology.

I wanted to be a teacher trainer because I think computer programming is an essential skill for the modern world and CodeHS makes it possible for anyone to teach it at their school without a Computer Science degree. When my students ask me why I did not get a computer science degree, I tell them that if I had they would not be my students because I would be making a lot more money writing code!

Computer programming is not something that came easy for me. I want help teachers learn more about computer programming and computer science. I want to make sure every student and teacher can succeed in computer science.

I first used CodeHS to learn Java so that I could prepare for the state Computer Science exam which I am happy to report that I passed on my first attempt. Having no prior experience with pseudocode or Java, CodeHS really helped me understand how to read this code and be able to write some of my own code. I was interested in becoming a CodeHS teacher trainer so that I could share what I learned to help other teachers prepare for their Computer Science exam or to incorporate the CodeHS program in their classroom.

"I want to share with you how Codehs allowed me to offer additional coursework for students who want to learn more than what the school currently offers. The fall of 2019 was the first year we ran APCS-A and the students covered the whole gamut of student types. One third of the class were honor students who wanted the “grade bump up”, a third were students who loved programming and had done some coding on their own, and a third were students who I had taught the year before in Computer Science 1. We had football players, swimmers, lacrosse players, volleyball players, and nerds. One day I put the students in teams to solve a programming problem and I noticed that a shy girl was on a team with 3 football players. I noticed that the boys would argue a lot about different approaches and the girl would wait and offer answers quietly. As time was running out the football captain yelled - “everyone shut-up she knows what she’s doing let her talk”. We all looked over and saw this group of football players sitting quietly while the quiet sophomore implemented and explained the answer. I received an email from this shy girl's mom asking how she could continue her computer science studies after APCS-A? I offered to teach her daughter APCS-principles as an independent study student. The principal approved the independent study because I could show that the student would use an effective, accessible curriculum. In 2020/2021 I had two independent study students. This year I have 4 independent study students. Codehs provided our school with a totally accessible environment which allows our students to expand their knowledge in areas that are interesting to them. These students are the drivers in building our Karelers+ community. This year the computer science students are assisting with middle school student recruitment, organizing and running our Hour of Code effort, entering computer science competitions and setting up our Karel.the.dog tick tock account. We have ordered a Karel costume that will be worn when we do our “Kareling” before the holidays. Yes I have many other success stories to tell but this one shows how the use of Codehs not only provides students with knowledge and confidence but provides an expanded pathway for studying computer science in high school. My next challenge is to convince the administration to offer more computer science courses. Wish me luck! "My three favorite tools are : collaborate, docs and the autograder. I use collaborate to gamify team competitions within the classroom. My favorite tool is the autograder. When the students complain that it’s too picky I explain the complexity of how the tool works - and we laugh. Docs - creates independent students and eliminates some of their fear of coding.

When - My first year of teaching CS What - Developing/Finding practice problems How - CodeHS helping me very much my first year teaching. I was able to obtain all the resources I needed for all the courses I was teaching all in one place. It can be overwhelming trying to find CS content on the internet. CodeHS simplifies that process. Python Turtle Graphics is my favorite part about CodeHS. Turtle graphics on other platforms is messy and can be complicated for a new CS student. CodeHS simplifies this and makes Tracy a great intro to python for many new CS students.

I am ever so grateful to CodeHS for helping me teach Python, Javascript (Karel), HTML & CSS, Cyber Security, and MicroBit lessons.