Professional Learning Series

How it Works

Every monthly PLS session includes three segments, back to back:

Register once for the full 90-minute session. You can also join live or catch the recording after — resources and recordings are archived for members.

Benefits

For every PLS webinar you attend, you receive:

• A certificate of completion for attending
• 1.5 CEU credits
• Free access for CSTA members, including all resources and recordings

2026–27 PLS Sessions

PLS runs monthly, September through May, live at 5:30–7 p.m. CT. Here’s what’s coming this season:

Date	Theme	Session
September 30, 2026	Connected Community	Work Smarter, Not Harder: Start the Year With a Network — Standards refresh, building regional networks, and chapter health, with space to set year-long goals with other CS teachers. Register for September PLS.
October 14, 2026	Classroom-Ready Pedagogy	No-Stress Data Literacy: Ready-to-Teach Data Lessons for Every Grade — K–12 data literacy strategies and a CSTA Fellows toolkit, with grade-band breakout rooms. Register for October PLS.
November 18, 2026	Educational Wellness & Sustainability	Cross-Curricular CS: Coding Connections with Less Prep, More Impact — Cross-curricular strategies, a veteran-teacher panel on workload and connection, plus a CSEdWeek preview.
December 9, 2026	AI & Emerging Technology	AI in Your Classroom: Let’s Make Sense of It Together — What the standards say about AI, K–12 AI literacy strategies, and a Fellows module on machine learning ethics and bias.
January 13, 2027	Classroom-Ready Pedagogy	Unplugged Abstractions: Big CS Ideas, Zero Tech, Building Student Grit Together — UDL strategies and growth mindset, featuring IMPACT and RAI Fellows’ work, with affinity group breakouts.
February 10, 2027	Connected Community	From Your Classroom to Student Careers: Making the Connection — Career exploration and specialty standards, with a higher ed and industry guest panel and a chapter leadership roundtable.
March 10, 2027	AI & Emerging Technology	Cybersecurity & Ethical Dilemmas: the “What Would You Do?” Conversations — Impacts and ethics in the standards, cybersecurity and physical computing strategies, with grade-band showcases.
April 14, 2027	Classroom-Ready Pedagogy	Bridging the Divide: Low-Bandwidth CS Lessons on Tech and Society — Strategies for the digital divide and low-bandwidth CS, plus dedicated planning time for the CSTA Conference.
May 12, 2027	Educational Wellness & Sustainability	The Reflective Educator: You Made It, Reflecting Together and Prepping Stress-Free — Year-end reflection, stress-free summer planning, and a joint RAI/IMPACT Fellows open mic.

PLS webinars are added to our events calendar a few weeks before they occur. If the session you’re interested in hasn’t appeared on the calendar yet, check back later!

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