Coding in Scratch

In Spring 2013 an after-school coding class was offered at Monte Vista Elementary School.  It lasted 6-weeks and was quite successful.  The outline of the program, research, and results are available here.

Lesson Plans for After-School Coding Classes

The goal is that each school site will offer free after-school coding/programming classes at all Foothill schools.  A parent or teacher is needed at each school site who is looking to take on this exciting opportunity.  The curriculum has been developed and researched.  Training for the coding teachers is available for free online at #CCOW.  Training, co-teaching, or speaking to teachers/principals about the value of the program is available as a free resource.  Ultimately, each school site should self-sustainable.  This is easily done with the resources available online for free.

STEManiacs Lessons for Scratch by Leslie Dickson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at https://sites.google.com/a/technocage.com/stemaniacs/home.

WANTED - Programming Teacher 

Looking for a parent, teacher or grandparent interested in leading children to the wonderful world of computer programming/coding. Must love children and learning. Experience not required, but preferred. Teacher will be required to lead students in a variety of activities using Scratch and also assist students in project collaboration. Ability to work with 20+ excited students is a must.

Training will be offered and curriculum and equipment is provided. Additional online self-learning will also be made available. 

Networking among school sites using Google Groups will allow us to connect STEM educators in our area to share resources that will include lessons plans for coding, but will also reach out to FLL coaches as well.  Click here to request to join our Google Group or look for La Crescenta STEM Educators.  You should join the group if you are an educator at a Foothill School, interested parent at the Foothill Schools, or PTA member interested in bringing coding classes to your school site.