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?uYou are passionate about teaching computer

science!

u Why are you in this session?uYou want to grow your computer science program.

uYou want to know more about computer science honor society.

uYou wandered in room 215.

Who am I?

uBuffie HolleyuHigh 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 TeacheruGraduate Student (M.S. Computer Science)

Who are my lovely assistants?

u Anna Baberu Incoming freshman University of Rochester

uBiomedical Engineering MajoruComputer Science Honor Society Member (graduated)

uNCWIT Aspirations National Certificate of Distinction Winner 2018

u Grace Barrett-Johnsonu Incoming first year University of VirginiauComputer Science Major

uComputer Science Honor Society Member (graduated)uAP CS A Senior InternuNCWIT Aspirations State Runner-up 2017, State Winner 2018

Computer Science Club

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

students

uVariety of activities to engage new and veteran students

u Fun atmosphere that fosters support and comradery

uOpen to ALL students

Suggested CS Club Activitiesu Programming Competitions

uACSL American Computer Science League

uZero RoboticsuUSA Computing OlympiaduVirginia Tech High School

Programming Contest

uCheck with local Universities or Community colleges to see if they do any local competitions.

Suggested CS Club Activities cont.

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

(Registration September)

u EasyCTF Usually February

uHSCTF Usually MayuTJCTF Usually June

uRUSecure CTF Starts in FalluCyberPatriot Registration Open NOW

uCyber 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 Speakersu Experts in the field (University, Companies,

Local business)

u Previous students

Suggested CS Club Activities cont.

u Community Outreachu Partner with a middle school or elementary school

to have a monthly event

uHost an Hour of Code (at your school or another)

u Invite community members to see projects or activities

uHost 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 theComputer 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 providedu Constitution copy provided

u Service centered organization (10 hours per year)

u Students must have taken highest level course at your school

uMinimum grade requirement B average in courses

Success Story #1

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

year)u50% female membershipuNow TWO CS teachers!

Success Story #2u 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 Perspectiveu 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

uAnna

uGrace

Questions?

u Amazon

uParchment Paper

uRubber Ducks

u Etsy

uRoll Book

u Potato Pirates

Resources