CoderZ Code Farm – Ready to Teach
CoderZ Code Farm – Ready to Teach
Curriculum: Students explore concepts through 45 hours of coding challenges and open-ended projects, with teacher supports for content delivery and assessment.
- Standards Alignment: Strong alignment to CSTA, NGSS-ETS, ISTE, and 21st Century Skills. Loose crosswalk to CC-Math, CC-ELA. Local alignments include TEKS (TX) and NY CSDF (NY).
- Curriculum Features: Lesson plans, videos, discussion questions, and activity guides. Assessment with coding tasks, quizzes, reflection questions, and project rubrics.
- Programming Language(s): Blockly
Grades: 5-6
PD: Introductory workshops are 6 hours long, online or in-person, and follow-up PLC sessions range from 1.5 to 2 hours. The PD covers all course content as well as pedagogical features and how they can be leveraged to facilitate effective and equitable learning.
- Ongoing Support: Newsletters; deep dive webinars; online help desk; office hours, Facebook group; PLC sessions.
- Geographic Limits: None
Cost: PD cost varies with district requirements. 20 hour virtual program for 15 teachers costs $5,000. Curriculum costs $2,400 per school site or $660 per classroom.
Accredited by the CSTA PD Committee on 11/28/2023, Information last updated on 12/8/2023.