Communities of practice are instrumental for the advancement of computer science education. Among their benefits, they build support networks for teachers and create spaces for resource sharing. Below are a couple of professional communities and newsletters we recommend joining to stay updated with computer science curricula and pedagogy. This is not an exhaustive list, and we encourage you to explore other local or global communities of practice.
- Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA)
- CSTA Greater Boston (Learn more)
- CSTA Western Mass (Learn more)
- 5 Steps to Getting Started on the CSTA Community (Read here)
- CS Ed Research Weekly Discussion Group. Meet with CS educators and researchers to learn about recent research in CS education and how it might be useful to your classrooms (Join here)
- Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) STEM Newsletter. (Sign up for the newsletter)
- Massachusetts Computer Using Educators (MassCUE). (Sign up for the newsletter)
- Code.org. Learn what’s happening at Code.org and throughout the CS community. (Sign up for the newsletter)
