Join us in Congratulating Ms. Dianne O'Grady-Cunnif
March Golden Crab Winner
Dianne is no stranger to the world of Computer Science in Maryland and was a pioneer in our state starting in the early 2000’s when she moved to Maryland and started teaching in our public school system. In search of more interesting resources, she found CS4HS projects at Hood College and Carnegie Mellon and began connecting with other Computer Science teachers and the early CSTA members. Dianne joined forces with Marie DesJardines and Jan Plane at UMBC and UMD who were working to broaden participation in CS. She had the opportunity to be part of the teams to develop the CS Framework for K-12, the CSTA national standards, the ISTE computational thinking standards, and later the AI4K12 resources.
After legislation was passed to create the Maryland Center for Computing Education (MCCE), Dianne took on the role of director of the center, her dream job. She worked throughout her 5 year tenure to bring computer science statewide. MCCE capitalized on Maryland's diverse and fairly affluent population, strong school systems and higher education programs, and legislators and a governor who saw value in funding computer science education to support our PK-12 and Higher Ed Program leaders with a focus on equity and access to quality computing education for all.
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