Event Type: Professional Development

Does your school or district need assistance with shifting to inquiry-based and phenomena-based STEM instruction? The Wade Institute for Science Education offers interactive professional learning programs to help educators incorporate these strategies into their teaching. These programs will focus on: – Align curriculum with Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering (STE) Framework and The Next Generation Science … Read more

The Wade Institute for Science Education is hosting OpenSciEd Professional Learning Workshops. Elevate your teachers’ skills with their interactive professional learning programs on OpenSciEd’s high-quality, open-source curriculum. Their programs offer: ● Launch programs and unit-specific deep dives, including DESE and OpenSciEd Scope and Sequence options ● Phenomena-based learning exploration including the Anchoring Phenomena Routine ● … Read more

Expanding the Bench is accepting applications for the Advancing Culturally-responsive and Equitable Evaluation (ACE) Network. The Advancing Culturally-responsive and Equitable (ACE) Evaluation Network is committed to supporting and strengthening relationships; creating and increasing equitable opportunities for racially and ethnically diverse Evaluators who have been historically and/or are presently underrepresented or marginalized in the U.S.; and … Read more

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with the National Informal STEM Education (NISE) Network (September 15th – October 15th each year). Join them for a two-part online workshop focused on engaging Hispanic/Latinx communities. During part 1, participants will hear from those leading their Engaging Hispanic Communities Initiative who will share about forming partnerships with local Hispanic/Latinx … Read more

The University of Rhode Island’s Metcalf Institute, Michigan State University’s Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, and the URI Science and Story Lab launched the SciComm Identities Project (SCIP) to prepare the next generation of science communicators from underrepresented ethnic and racial backgrounds. The ambitious five-year collaborative project, will address a significant gap in science communication … Read more

Each year, the ARC Network selects two to four Virtual Visiting Scholars to conduct research on existing or emerging themes from scholarly literature on intersectional gender equity in STEM workplaces. Virtual Visiting Scholars employ qualitative and/or quantitative meta-analytic and meta-synthesis techniques to identify best practices, structural barriers, or other larger themes from existing literature. This … Read more

Beginning in the Fall, offered in partnership with over 50 non-profit organizations, this course serves to support participants in deepening their understanding of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives while strengthening connections with the local Land and supporting more respectful, reciprocal relationships. Early Bird Registration Closes June 30 Learn more and register.