Eligibility | Dates | Costs and Registration | Instructional Staff

Our project offers free summer workshops on its curriculum. The workshops introduce teachers to a new program design method, a series of supportive programming languages, and the pedagogically well-founded programming environment. The project has support from several sponsors. In its first eleven years (1995 through 2005), the workshops trained 527 educators at six venues. Consequently, we took a break for the summer of 2006. Our workshops returned, with new material and additional staff, in 2007.

Eligibility

Our workshops are primarily intended for college and university faculty interested in first-year education. People who teach computer science or closely related disciplines, or are simply interested in using computation in their curricula (no matter what their discipline), are welcome.

We also welcome high school teachers who cover at least one of computer science, mathematics, and the physical sciences. We ask that you first contact your school to determine whether they will allow you to make curricular changes based on the summer course. You should find out what obstacles you will face from your school if you decide to adopt this curriculum.

Dates for 2008

Duration and Format: five days; 8am-5pm; alternating between class and lab

For more information about the venues, please see the separate page of information.

Location		Host(s)		Dates
San Luis Obispo, CA		Cal Poly		June 16-20
Garden City (Long Island), NY		Adelphi University		June 29-July 3
Boston, MA		Northeastern/WPI/Brown		July 7-11
Salt Lake City, UT		University of Utah		August 4-8

Costs and Registration

The summer course and the materials are free; there is no deposit or registration fee. The cost is borne by the sponsors.

The workshop also provides continental breakfast, lunch, and refreshments. Participants are in principle responsible for travel, dining and hotels, but the project does offer considerable financial support. You do not need to inform us of financial need; we will automatically consider you for support if you are eligible for it.

To register, email Stephen Bloch, indicating:

1. which workshop you would like to attend (please indicate all dates you are available for)
2. your currently position and employer
3. a brief description of your educational background and employment history (no more than a few sentences)

Instructional Staff

The course will be staffed primarily by the members of PLT: Stephen Bloch, John Clements, Matthias Felleisen, Robby Findler, Kathi Fisler, Matthew Flatt, Viera Proulx, and Shriram Krishnamurthi. They are researchers and educators in the Departments of Computer Science at Adelphi University, Brown University, Cal Poly, Northeastern University, the University of Chicago, the University of Utah and WPI. Between them, they have about 80 years of experience dealing with educational issues and innovative curricula. They co-authored the course texts and are the principal architects of the programming environment. In addition, they have published numerous research papers on the principles of programming, the principles of programming languages, and the implementation of programming environments.

The primary staff will be joined by participants from preivous years. These prior participants will assist in the labs, and also provide advice based on their classroom experiences. Other computer scientists from the host universities, all with extensive teaching experience, will also assist in the workshop.