Preface

An earlier version of this Playbook was first created by Rosemary Bianchi based on South Carolina’s CSPDWeek events in 2020 and 2021. Inspiration for South Carolina’s CSPDWeek came from the 2019 CSTA Annual Conference presentation by Arizona and New Mexico teams, as well as a 2019 ECEP Convening / CSEdCon Panel Discussion with Nevada, Missouri, New Jersey and Arizona teams. These sessions proved to be very valuable in all phases of ideation and planning. We hope that this guide provides the same value in creating your own CSPDWeek.

Prior to the CSPDWeek model, the SC Department of Education (SCDE) hosted a CS Symposium in June 2017 (2 days) and June 2018 (3 days). They were looking to expand this symposium to a 5-day experience for teachers and reached out to CSTA South Carolina for assistance. The CSPDWeek model was pitched and ultimately decided upon for summer PD moving forward.

This Playbook has been updated to include resources from CSPDWeek events in South Carolina, Indiana, and Arizona, with guidance for both in-person and virtual events with different budget templates. 

Partners

• SC CSPDWeek is a collaborative effort between CSTA South Carolina, CSTA, the SCDE, and The Citadel. 
• IN CSPDWeek is a collaboration between CSTA Indiana, CSTA, Indiana DOE, and Nextech. 
• AZ CSPDWeek 2022 was a collaboration between CSTA Arizona, CSTA, and AZ DOE.

Funding

• SC CSPDWeek 2020 was funded through a CSTA Chapter Grant and through funding from the SCDE. Additionally, participants paid a $50 registration fee to participate.
• SC CSPDWeek 2021 and 2022 and IN CSPDWeek 2022 were funded by the US Department of Education EIR program with 10% matching funds from The Citadel, the SCDE, Nextech, and the IN DOE: Press Release
• AZ CSPDWeek 2022 was funded by Infosys Foundation USA, with funding for teacher & facilitator travel from the  Arizona Community Foundation and Imagine Learning.