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WeTeach_CS Opens New Fall trainings



The University of Texas Center for STEM Education's WeTeach_CS program announced last week two new trainings for the fall to help teachers certify and teach Computer Science.

Foundations of Computer Science for Teachers is a self-paced course designed to prepare teachers to take the TExES 241 Grades 8-12 Computer Science certification exam or any Praxis based CS certification exam. While Foundations of Computer Science for Teachers is designed as a 7-week course, the fall session will run through December 15th to make sure you have plenty of time to finish the course and review before taking the CS certification exam.   Course materials provide extensive detailed instruction, examples, and practice on everything from introductory programming topics such as variables, functions, loops, and logical expressions to more advanced topics such as data structures, recursion, and object-oriented programming.  Registration on UTakeIt is now open.

WeTeach_CS is also partnering with Oracle Academy to offer the popular Keep Calm and Java On virtual courses again this fall--for free! But interested teachers need to hurry, because registration closes on September 12th. Read more here.

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Shawn Schlueter
K-12 STEM Specialist
Region 14 Education Service Center

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