Elementary School

Are you an educator that is interested in:

  • Being a part of a comprehensive K-12 CS pipeline?
  • Curriculum and training available and appropriate for your classrooms?
  • Best practices and strategies to integrate computer science and computational thinking into core curricula?

Please see the initiatives, workshops, and resources below to help you launch computer science in your classroom!

Initiatives, Workshops, and Events

WeTeach_CS Summit 2025

Join us for the 2025 WeTeach_CS Summit, a 2-day conference hosted by WeTeach_CS, an Expanding Pathways in Computing (EPIC) program. At this event, attendees connect with passionate educators committed to broadening participation in K-12 computer science (CS) and cybersecurity education.

Launch K-5 Computer Science

Launch_K5 CS is a program that empowers K-5 educators with the tools and training to seamlessly integrate the Technology Applications TEKS (standards) into their teaching practices.

Introduction to Programming (K-5)

This introductory programming class will provide elementary teachers with foundational knowledge of computational thinking and in coding. It is aligned to the computational thinking and computer science competencies of the STEM for the Elementary Grades Praxis exam (5036.)

Introduction to Programming in Python

This introductory programming class will provide teachers with foundational knowledge of computational thinking and in coding using the trinket.io platform, and will encompass transitioning from block to text based coding in Python.

WeTeach_Scratch

Join the WeTeach_CS team to help your students explore and learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.

Code.org

Nonprofit dedicated to the vision that every student in every school has the opportunity to learn computer science and artificial intelligence as part of their core K-12 education.

Cyber.org — WeTeach_Cyber

WeTeach_Cyber has partnered with Cyber.org to offer cybersecurity webinars and workshops at no cost to Texas teachers.

Resources

K-5 Integrated Sample Lessons

The new Technology Applications TEKS are here, and we have created sample lessons on how to integrate these standards into core curricula!

K-8 Tech Apps TEKS Vertical Alignment Document

The State Board of Education (SBOE) adopted new standards for Technology Applications in 2022. These standards are to be implemented by school districts beginning with the 2024 - 2025 school year.

Code.org TEKS Alignment

Code.org lessons fully aligned to Texas Technology Applications TEKS for CS Fundamentals and CS Discoveries.