Texas CSTA Chapters Virtual Conference 2021

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Building Equitable and Inclusive CS Programs

#TexasCSTAChapters2021

Saturday, February 13, 2021
9:00 a.m. - 3 p.m. CST

Presented by:

Target Audience:

CSTA members from Texas
CSTA members from anywhere else
CS teachers
Administrators who support CS

Keynote Speaker: Allen Antoine

Allen Antoine, M.Ed. is the Associate Director of Mathematics and Computer Science of the Rice Office of STEM Engagement (R-STEM). In this role, he specializes in providing lesson ideas, professional development, and teacher mentoring in the fields of mathematics and CS. Particular points of emphasis include culturally responsive teaching strategies, inquiry-based learning and increasing numeracy. Additionally, Allen works with the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) through WeTeach_CS. As the project director for the Computing Educator Diversity Initiative, he has championed equity and inclusion in computer science in the state of Texas and traveled across the country facilitating teacher preparation courses for high school computer science competency exams. He also serves as a master teacher for Bootstrap, a program that aims to implement computer science principles in mathematics classrooms. Allen currently holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Xavier University of Louisiana and an M.Ed. in Teacher Leadership from Lamar University.

Conference Sessions:

We are excited to announce this year's conference sessions.

Conference Schedule:

	Session Times	Session Type
	9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.	Session 1
	9:00 a.m. - 9:55 a.m.	Break / Networking
	9:55 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.	Session 2
	10:40 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.	Break / Networking
	10:50 a.m. - 11:35 a.m.	Keynote
	11:35 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Lunch / Networking
	11:40 a.m. - 1:40 p.m.	Exhibit Hall Open
	12:15 p.m. - 12:55 p.m.	Session 3
	12:15 p.m. - 12:55 p.m.	Chapter Meetings
	12:55 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Break / Networking
	1:00 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.	Session 4
	1:40 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Break / Networking
	1:45 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.	Session 5
	2:25 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Break / Networking
	2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Closing Session