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The Region One STEM Center of South Texas recruited 21 WeTeach_CS Collaborative Teachers (CSCTs) to participate in a new WeTeach_CS initiative that is part of the Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching (TRC). WeTeach_CS is a program of the University of Texas at Austin’s Center for STEM Education, a research, teaching, and service unit located in the College of Education. The goal of the WeTeach_CS program is to provide intensive and sustained K-12 professional development for Texas Computer Science teachers with a focus on the following measurable outcomes:
- To increase the number of certified Computer Science teachers in Texas, in support of the nation’s CS for All initiative;
- To increase the number of high schools that offer CS;
- To increase the number of students that enroll in HS CS courses;
- To broaden and diversify student enrollment in CS courses to open doors for EVERY student; and
- To expand coding, programming, computational thinking, and CS opportunities for students in grades K-8 to build a pipeline for the CS pathway in the STEM endorsement.
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Region One ESC WeTeach_CS COLLABORATIVE MEMBERS
Veronica C. Baca - Harlingen CISD
Rama Krishna Chintapalli - Donna ISD
Argelia Colby - PSJA ISD
Christopher Cole - McAllen ISD
Patricia Cruz Conde - Valley View ISD
Juan Esparza - McAllen ISD
Gerardo Flores - Vanguard Academy Charter School
Julia Garcia - PSJA ISD
Ana Hernandez - IDEA Public Schools
Janet Johnston - McAllen ISD
Lee E. Keyes - McAllen ISD
Janett Landeros Ramos - IDEA Public Schools
Edmundo Lopez - Harlingen CISD
Carlos Melendez, Jr. - Brownsville ISD
Paul Mendiola - Donna ISD
Julio C. Navarro, Jr. - Donna ISD
Elias Ramos - IDEA Public Schools
Esther Sauceda - Donna ISD
Deann Sweeper - United ISD
Angel Trevino - Donna ISD
Gilberto Vasquez-Gonzalez - Lyford CISD
