We are CSTA Greater Los Angeles!

CSTA Greater Los Angeles is a local community for computer science educators in the Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties of California. CSTA GLA was created to connect you with other teachers of computer science, provide professional development to help you improve your craft, and connect your local voice to the national computer science education community.

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Latest Announcements

CSEdWeek Is Here!

CSTA is hosting free virtual events all week long! Learn more & register for any or all of these at csedweek.org/events:

  • Dec. 8 – CSEdWeek Official Kickoff Event
  • Dec. 9 – CS Powers AI Innovation: A Celebration of Rising Heroes 
  • Dec. 10 – The 2025 CS Teacher Landscape Survey: Empowering Advocacy Through Teacher Voices 
  • Dec. 10 – AI and Beyond: Updates to the 2026 CSTA Standards 
  • Dec. 11 – AI in Action Series: Kickoff Event! 
  • Dec. 12 – AI Advocacy Community of Practice

  • CSTA California - How Do LLMs Work hosted by CSTA Greater Los Angeles

    Jan 22, 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM (PT)

    CSTA Greater Los Angeles is excited to host the third California CSTA statewide virtual community of practice event of the 2025-26 school year. We invite you to join us on 1/22/26 from 5pm-6:30pm PT as we use Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham" to explore how LLMs (like ChatGPT) work. 

    This free virtual event is open to members and non-members alike and includes both an hour-long professional learning activity followed by a half-hour of processing and networking time with our chapter!

    Register at https://tinyurl.com/cstaca260122 for this free event to connect with passionate educators from across the state, share resources, and leave with ideas you can use with students and share with fellow educators.

Latest News & Publications

  • CSEdWeek 2025

    2 days ago

    CSTA is hosting free virtual events all week long! Learn more & register for any or all of these at csedweek.org/events : Dec. 8 – CSEdWeek Official Kickoff Event Dec. 9 – CS Powers AI Innovation: A Celebration of Rising Heroes Dec. 10 – The 2025 CS Teacher Landscape Survey: Empowering Advocacy Through Teacher Voices Dec. 10 – AI and Beyond: Updates to the 2026 CSTA Standards Dec. 11 – AI in Action Series: Kickoff Event! Dec. 12 – AI Advocacy Community of Practice Looking ...

  • 3rd Annual SITE Awards

    2 months ago

    Are you a TK-12 teacher in the Greater Los Angeles area? Do you teach or integrate computer science into your classroom? Are you able to attend the awards ceremony at California State University, Dominguez Hills on Thursday, December 4th from 5:30-8pm PT? Did you answer yes to all of the questions? You are eligible to apply for one of the three $500 awards from the Snap Inc. Institute for Technology & Education! To be considered for the award you need to complete ...

  • What's Happening at CSTA GLA

    2 months ago

    The school year has begun and we are very excited for what's going to be happening in our CSTA Greater Los Angeles Community this year. We encourage you to register for our upcoming events and invite your colleagues to join us! We will be collaborating with other CSTA Chapters in California to bring you four amazing virtual professional learning opportunities this school year kicking off the year with CSforEL hosted by CSTA San Diego on September 18th from 5-6:30pm PT. CSTA GLA will also be ...

About Us

Chapter Leadership

  • President: Vicky Sedgwick
    Retired Elementary Computer Science Teacher
  • Vice-President (Communications): Richard Kick
    High School Computer Science Teacher
  • Vice-President (Advocacy): JD DeVaughn-Brown
    High School Computer Science Teacher / CS Department Chair
  • Secretary: Myra Deister
    High School Computer Science & Math Teacher
  • Treasurer: Allison Jonas
    Instructional Technology Integration Coordinator
  • K-8 (Elementary) Representative: Gloria Amador
    Kindergarten Teacher
  • K-8 (Middle School) Representative: Sara Gifford
    Middle School STEM Teacher
  • High School Representative: Richard Kick
    High School Computer Science Teacher
  • Higher Ed Representative: Mitch Middler
    Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Regional Representatives

  • Los Angeles County: Debbie Spear
    Teacher Educator
  • Orange County: Kim Hermans
    Professor of Informatics
  • Riverside County: Lisa Moe
    6th Grade Teacher
  • San Bernardino County: Tonya Coats
    Program Specialist at SBCSS
  • Ventura County: Richard Kick
    High School Computer Science Teacher

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Educators learning together at the CSTA 2025 Conference

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CSTA Online PD Courses


CSTA online professional development (PD) courses provide a flexible, deep learning experience that you can complete at your own pace. Course content includes meaningful and interactive activities focused on application to your CS classroom—you’ll do a lot more than just read and watch. Plus, you’ll experience asynchronous collaboration with other CS educators as you both give and get feedback and exchange ideas.

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Congratulations to our CSTA GLA Member Speakers at CSTA 2025 Annual Conference

CSTA Greater Los Angeles was well represented at the CSTA Annual Conference with members who presented or co-presented sessions, workshops, or were part of the daily Keynotes.

Congratulations to all. Check out what they did and let us know if there are any listed sessions that you would love to see at a CSTA GLA meeting during the 2025-26 school year!

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CSTA Members at CSTA 2025 Annual Conference

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