The session will be held from 4:30 – 6:30 PM.
As a teacher in WCPSS I appreciate the salary and mentor program established for new teachers, but would change the hiring policies for computer science teachers and the curriculum placement of computer science courses by allowing teachers with a math certification (200) and a computer science endorsement (18079) teach computer science (programming) courses no matter in which department. There is no computer science primary certification in North Carolina, but there are teachers in wake county teaching only computer science courses and having to get fully certified either CTE or math to teach the courses they are trained to teach. Wake County Public Schools, with its empowering technological universities, should be leading the state in computer science education. This cannot happen until the best for the job are hired. Please be a voice for computer science to DPI and help push the way for a certification in computer science apart from math or career and technical education.
Computer Science Courses Offered in Wake County Public High Schools
Computer Applications – Operations in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, etc)
Computer Programming – Visual Basic Computer Programming LanguageComputer Science – I/II, III/IV, and AP with C++ and Java Programming Languages
