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Starting a CS Club & CS Honor Society Chapter to GROW your CS program!

CSTA Annual Conference July 9, 2018 B Holley buffieholley@codevirginia.org

Why are we here?

u Why are you at CSTA? u You are passionate about teaching computer

science!

u Why are you in this session? u You want to grow your computer science program. u You want to know more about computer science

honor society.

u You wandered in room 215.

Who am I?

u Buffie Holley uHigh School Teacher (Mathematics Certification) uComputer Science Honor Society Director uNCWIT Educator Award Winner 2018 (Virginia) uGenCyber and Tapestry Presenter uUniversity Adjunct Professor (Principles) uNational Board Certified Teacher uGraduate Student (M.S. Computer Science)

Who are my lovely assistants?

u Anna Baber u Incoming freshman University of Rochester u Biomedical Engineering Major u Computer Science Honor Society Member (graduated) u NCWIT Aspirations National Certificate of Distinction Winner

2018

u Grace Barrett-Johnson u Incoming first year University of Virginia u Computer Science Major u Computer Science Honor Society Member (graduated) u AP CS A Senior Intern u NCWIT Aspirations State Runner-up 2017, State Winner 2018

Computer Science Club

u What does Computer Science Club look like? u Meeting schedule that works for you and your

students

u Variety of activities to engage new and veteran

students

u Fun atmosphere that fosters support and

comradery

u Open to ALL students

Suggested CS Club Activities

u Programming Competitions u ACSL American Computer Science

League

u Zero Robotics u USA Computing Olympiad u Virginia Tech High School

Programming Contest

u Check with local Universities or

Community colleges to see if they do any local competitions.

Suggested CS Club Activities cont.

u Cybersecurity Competitions u PicoCTF 9-28-18 è10-12-18

(Registration September)

u EasyCTF Usually February u HSCTF Usually May u TJCTF Usually June u RUSecure CTF Starts in Fall u CyberPatriot Registration Open NOW u Cyber Code Quest 10-20-18

Suggested CS Club Activities cont.

u Logic

u Puzzle Boxes u Logic Puzzles u Problem Solving

u CS Game Competitions

u Potato Pirates (Programming Card Game) u Boolean (Logic Gate Card Game)

u Guest Speakers

u Experts in the field (University, Companies,

Local business)

u Previous students

Suggested CS Club Activities cont.

u Community Outreach u Partner with a middle school or elementary school

to have a monthly event

u Host an Hour of Code (at your school or another) u Invite community members to see projects or

activities

u Host a CTF (Capture the Flag) or Programming

Competition

Why start a Computer Science Honor Society Chapter?

u Now that you have students engaged in your

courses it is time to recognize their skills and achievements.

u Provide leadership opportunities for students. u Provide you with an army of workers and walking

advertisers for your program.

u Have a great time doing awesome things with

your students to increase awareness around CS.

u Our graduation cords are the BEST!!!

The Four Pillars of the Computer Science Honor Society

• u1. Service
• u2. Ethics
• u3. Honor
• u4. Leadership

How to start your own CSHS Chapter

u Handout provided with the steps u Application copy provided u Constitution copy provided u Service centered organization (10 hours per year) u Students must have taken highest level course at

your school

u Minimum grade requirement B average in courses

Success Story #1

u Powhatan High School uRural Virginia (1500 students) u17 students 1st year (1500 service hours) u50+ Members Currently (3000+ hours last

year)

u50% female membership uNow TWO CS teachers!

Success Story #2

u Albemarle High School (Suburban Central VA)

u 2000 Students u 1 Section of AP CSA 2012 è 5 Sections AP CSA + AP CSP 2018 u 21 Members Graduated 2018 with 50% Majoring in CS or related field u NCWIT Aspirations State and National winners each year

From the Advisor Perspective

u Lake Braddock High School (Northern VA) u “Although it has added to my workload, it has been such a pleasure to

see these students working hard for CS. I wasn’t sure if they would like the pins, they were wearing them and putting them on their backpacks when we left. So cute!” –Mrs. Anderson (CSHS Advisor)

From the Student Perspective

u Anna u Grace

Questions?

u Amazon uParchment Paper uRubber Ducks u Etsy uRoll Book u Potato Pirates

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