Computer Science Endorsement Pathway

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.

The Computer Science Endorsement Pathway (CSEP) has been created to ensure teachers are properly trained and endorsed to deliver CS courses in middle and high school. 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 must only take three of the six modules.

Please contact Dr. Molly Plyler (mmplyler@jmcss.org) if you have questions about the CSEP.