Organize a TAG workshop
and expand the path to computing majors
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No experience needed |
TAG workshop activities – provide teachers with state-of-the-art
materials, pedagogy, and practices to
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Attract more and diverse students to high school and college computing programs
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Learn how to influence the perceptions of students, parents, guidance counselors, administrators, and other teachers on the importance of their courses and the opportunities they provide
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Share strategies, practices, and good ideas for teaching computer science
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Explore activities for gaining the interest of all students
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Interact with national experts on teaching and diversity practices
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Form a network of like-minded people for ongoing curriculum discussion and development
Available support for organizing and running a workshop
- Professionals will help you organize an informative and successful workshop for your region
- Resources are supplied for hosting a workshop and supporting teacher attendance
- Proven materials for recruiting diverse students are available for free
- Organizers receive scholarships for attending the NCWIT Summit
- Survey instruments are furnished for measuring workshop efficacy
Testimonials
- “ In my twenty-two years of teaching, your workshop was the most beneficial in addressing my needs [as] an educator. ...The number of female students.... increased by 50% ” ‒ 2009 participant
- “After completing course selection we have enough students for the first time in four years to run an AP level Computer Science.” ‒ 2008 participant
- After trying active recruiting for the first time, one teacher enrolled 64 students in his CS AP course and noted it was “by far the biggest I have taught in AP”. More students wanted to take the course but he had to turn them away due to space constraints. At the same time, the gender composition of his class rose from his typical 12% girls to 31% girls. Another indication of this teacher’s effectiveness with his female students is that three of the girls from his class won this year’s regional NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Awards, a competitive honor granted by the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). ‒ 2009 participant
Sample outcomes
- 100% actively try to recruit girls and minority students into their computing classes
- 86% succeeded in recruiting girls into their computing classes
- 81% succeeded in recruiting minority students into their computing classes
- 85% succeeded in recruiting more students into their computing classes
Questions and next steps
- A brochure is available for sharing your interest in the TAG Workshops with colleagues.
- A form to apply to become a TAG Workshop organizer is now online. Applications are due by mid December.
- If help is needed or there are questions to be answered, please contact the TAG Workshop team by email at tagworkshops@virginia.edu or call us at 434-243-2143.
Sponsors
- University of Virginia Department of Computer Science
- University of Virginia Department of Science, Technology, & Society
- University of Texas, at Austin
- NCWIT — National Center for Women & IT
- CSTA —Computer Science Teachers Association
- National Science Foundation BPC grant 0739254
Previous workshops
2012
University of Virginia Tapestry 2012 Workshop
Department of Computer Science
Charlottesville, VA
June 26 – 28, 2012
University of Pennsylvania Tapestry 2012 Workshop
Department of Computer Science
University of Pennsylvania
July 11 – 13, 2012
Philadelphia, PA
North Carolina State University Tapestry 2012 Workshop
North Carolina State University Department of Computer Science
Raleigh, NC
July 18 – 20, 2012
University of Nebraska Tapestry 2012 Workshop
Department of Computer Science
Lincoln, NE
July 23 – 25, 2012
Michigan State University & Oakland Universty Tapestry 2012 Workshop
Departments of Computer Science
East Lansing, MI
August 1 – 3, 2012
College of Saint Scholastica Tapestry 2012 Workshop
Department of Computer Science
Duluth, MN
August 6 – 8, 2012
2011
University of Virginia Tapestry 2011 Workshop
Department of Computer Science
June 27 – 29, 2011
Charlottesville, VATennessee Tech Tapestry 2011 Workshop
Department of Computer Science
July 5 – 7, 2011
Cookeville, TN
UDo.CS at University of Delaware 2011 Workshop
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
July 26 – 28, 2011
Newark, DE2010
University of Virginia Tapestry 2010 Workshop
Department of Computer Science
July 6 – 8, 2010
Charlottesville, VA
2009
University of Virginia Tapestry 2009 Workshop
Department of Computer Science
July 14 – 16, 2009
Charlottesville, VA
2008
University of Virginia Tapestry 2008 Workshop
Department of Computer Science
July 8 – 10, 2008
Charlottesville, VA