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Professional Development for K-12 Teachers
Code/Art’s Intro to Creative Coding Professional Development (PD) workshops provide K-12 teachers with training, curriculum, and post-training support to lead code-based art lessons in the classroom! Each easy-to-teach lesson is geared toward inspiring students with the creative possibilities of computer programming, expanding their creativity and teaching them on-demand computing skills. No previous computer programming experience is required or expected.
To date, Code/Art has trained over 400 K-12 teachers from over 200 unique schools, 68% of those being Title I schools!

Innovative

Support
Beyond the training, Code/Art provides teachers with university-level teaching assistants to help teachers lead the lesson in the classroom.

Inclusive
Training provides pedagogical tips on how to make coding and computer science more welcoming and inclusive to all students at your school.
Intro To Creative Coding PD
- Learn easy-to-teach lessons that don’t require prior coding experience
- Get post PD support from Code/Art trained instructors to ensure success (if this option is chosen)
- Curriculum is aligned to FLDOE and CSTA standards; PD is CSTA accredited
- Great way to promote cross-curricular learning
Make an impact
After taking our PD courses and having access to our Code/Art curriculum, teachers are able to:
- Lead creative coding lessons in their classrooms during the school day or in after school clubs
- Start new Creative Coding elective courses at high schools and middle schools
- Implement curriculum geared toward increasing gender, racial and ethnic diversity in CS by implementing equitable teaching practices
Fun Competitions for your Students
Code/Art lessons tie with our annual coding competitions for girls and non-binary students in grades 3-12. Encourage your female students to participate each school year for a chance to win prizes and have their project showcased in our annual conference and published book! Teachers with the most student submissions are awarded cash prizes as well.
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FAQs
What programming languages will we learn to teach?
Scratch, JavaScript + Processing.js, and Tinkercad 3D.
Will the lessons be taught to us the way we are to deliver them?
Yes.
What supporting materials will be provided?
You will have access to a video tutorial, a detailed lesson plan, and a slide presentation for each of the four coding lessons.
We find that most teachers use the video tutorial and pause it for students to work where noted in the lesson plan when leading each of the Code/Art lessons.
Is there support if I get stuck implementing a particular lesson?
Each non-auditing PD participant may schedule up to two 2-hr sessions with two Code/Art trained university-level TAs (2-2-2 support), to assist as best fits their needs — help with prepping, answering student questions, assisting, or leading the lesson. TA support will be available on a virtual basis through Jan 15th, 2021.
In addition, you can access the resource section in the Code/Art Teacher Portal through your Code/Art login (given to all non-auditing PD participants).
Lastly, you can email questions to info@code-art.com, which will be answered in the order received, typically within 48 hours.