CS-SAIG Update — SDCOE Cohort for All Starts in July. Only a few slots left!!

Attention San Diego County Administrators and Teachers:

The California Legislature has been considering making computer science a mandated offering and maybe even a graduation requirement. Are we prepared for that eventuality?

Wishing you could find credential-compliant computer science teachers? Wishing you could be a computer science teacher? The San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) can help! SDCOE has applied and been provisionally accepted for the Computer Science Supplemental Authorization Grant (CS-SAIG). This program offers coursework at UCSD to attain your Supplemental Authorization (SA) at no cost to you or your district. The high-quality coursework is completely online and asynchronous. Further, quarterly cohort gatherings will offer more support and extra learning opportunities which will compensate you for your extra time. Letters of commitment from teachers and a site administrator are required.

The NewCSinSD program will gather 2 Cohorts. The first is specifically intended for rural and small schools and convened on March 26. A second cohort opened to everyone will start on July 23. There are 35 total slots available. Priority acceptance will be given to rural schools, schools with a high unduplicated pupil percentage, and schools which do not currently offer computer science. More questions? Look over this FAQ document. This is an excellent opportunity for any subject teachers with a deep interest in digital technologies, but especially good for current teachers of Science. Express your interest by filling out this interest form.

This opportunity is a product of the California Mathematics-Science-Computer Science grant.

This program is also available to teachers at charter schools.

This program is not available to CTE Credentialed Teachers.