Teachers are experts: experts in teaching, experts in learning, and experts in creating community. In this session, we’ll explore how to use a strengths model to support new-to-CS elementary teachers. We’ll dive into some professional development activities that leverage teachers’ experience and expertise while exposing them to new content and discipline-specific CS pedagogy. As we examine the challenges in developing the elementary teaching force, we’ll look at how a professional development program that values teachers as professionals can support even...