Who Are We?
CSTA Indiana was established as your local computer science community. This chapter was built to connect you with other computer science teachers, provide professional development to improve your craft, and connect your local voice to the national computer science education community.
Our Leadership
Statewide
President
Rebekah Randall - Rebekah Randall currently teaches Computer Science and mathematics at Canterbury High School in Ft. Wayne. She also has enjoyed teaching physics, research, and coaching robotics, rocketry, and science Olympiad teams.
She has previously served CSTA as the treasurer and looks forward to helping keep our chapter strong.
Past President
Julie Alano - Hamilton Southeastern High School
Mrs. Julie Alano began teaching at Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) High School in Fishers, Indiana in 1998. She has seen many changes in the school and community, including in her classrooms and courses. She has taught Algebra II and other math courses but now focuses on computer science. She teaches AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles, and Software Development and has also taught Intro to Computer Science, Computer Science I, and Cybersecurity. Mrs. Alano started the CybeRoyals student-led tech squad at the school and sponsors a computer club as well as the first CS Honor Society in Indiana. As founder and past president of CSTA Indiana, she works to promote and support K-12 computer science education across the state. In 2015-2016, she worked as a writer for the national Framework for K-12 Computer Science Education. She has also served on standards writing committees at the state level in Indiana. Julie became a code.org Computer Science Principles Facilitator in the fall of 2016, the first year the course was offered as AP and is also now an Computer Science A Facilitator. Mrs. Alano was named Teacher of the Year for HSE High School and HSE Schools (a district of over 21,000 students) in May 2016. In April of 2017, she was named State Tech Educator of the Year by the TechPoint Foundation in Indiana. Julie is also the head girls’ track coach at HSE High School and was named USA Today Girls Track Coach of the Year in 2018. She is the conference director for the Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches, after serving 11 years as secretary, and 2 years as vice president, and 2 years as president. In her spare time, she helps at her family’s orchard near Shelbyville, Indiana and can be found selling fresh produce at a local farmers’ market on Saturdays.
President Elect
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Treasurer
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Webmaster/Communication
Holly Swartz - LaVille Elementary School
Union United North School Corporation
Equity Fellow
Leontae Gray-Ward - Leontae Gray Ward is a lifelong learner who enjoys finding tools and resources that will help provide the students in her district and community with exposure to and opportunities in STEM and CS education. She is currently pursuing her M.Ed. in computer science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. For the past three years she has served as the Project Lead the Way instructor for the School City of Hammond in Indiana. She is the founder and director of S.T.E.A.M City Tek Exec, where she facilitates STEP workshops for students in Northwest Indiana by partnering with local universities, churches and organizations. Leontae is a 2021–22 CSTA Equity Fellow alum.
Equity Fellow
Beth Kimball -
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Central Hub Leadership
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Southwest Hub Leadership
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