With the passage of Chapter 979 of the Public Acts of 2022 by unanimous vote of the Tennessee General Assembly, all Local Education Agencies (LEA) and public charter schools are required to provide K-12 students with grade-level appropriate computer science education. Beginning in the 2024-25 school year, computer science (CS) will be embedded in grades K-5; middle school students will be required to take CS for one grading period during their 6^th, 7^th, or 8^th grade year; and high school students will take CS as a graduation requirement.

To ensure teachers are properly trained and endorsed to deliver CS courses in middle and high school, the Computer Science Endorsement Pathway (CSEP) has been created. CSEP provides teachers with a no-cost route to computer science endorsement. The endorsement pathway contains six self-paced modules that allow teachers to demonstrate their knowledge and skills of the CS standards by embedding these practices into their current instruction. Teachers who obtained an employment standard or completed Code.org training will only be required to take three of the six modules.

Currently, the FALL 2023 and the SPRING 2024 Cohort is FULL. If you would like to be considered for the SUMMER 2024 cohort, fill out the following form to apply for the Computer Science Endorsement Pathway Course. Note: You must have an active, valid, TN Practitioner OR Professional teaching license to be eligible for this course. For questions, please contact TSIN at tsin@battelle.org.

Please complete this form to sign up for the FREE TDOE/TSIN CS Endorsement training. CS Endorsement Pathway Summer 2024 Registration (typeform.com)