Event Type: Professional Development

Cambio is a National Science Foundation-funded professional development project for informal learning institutions—zoos, children’s museums, science centers, and other similar organizations—across the United States. It’s built on the premise that by developing cultural competence specific to Latinx communities and STEM—the fields known collectively as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—coupled with intentional changes in practice, museums … Read more

The Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement’s (CSCCE) Community Manager Certification Program builds upon their foundational Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals (CEF) course to create a longer-form, multi-component, online program for STEM community managers. The program will equip community managers and their organizations with the necessary skills and frameworks to ground their work in a community-centric leadership … Read more

The STEMM Opportunity Alliance (SOA) and their host, Micron Technology, are pleased to invite you to the NW STEMM Summit – Achieving Equity and Excellence. The Summit will bring together federal decision makers with STEM leaders from industry, state-level STEMM agencies, higher education institutions, education organizations, research institutions, and more. The Summit will provide participants … Read more

For the United States to capitalize on the investments made in the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, the Nation requires intentional education pathways that will meet microelectronics workforce needs in the near- and long-term. Come participate in this NSF-organized virtual workshop that brings together members of different communities involved in microelectronics education to discuss … Read more

Planetary scientists and astrobiologists (including graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, engineers and technicians) and informal (out-of-school time) educators are invited to apply to attend a Culturally Inclusive Planetary Engagement professional development workshop. During the workshop, scientists and educators are paired together and supported in bi-directional conversations around diversity and inclusion in engaging Black and Latinx audiences in planetary … Read more

Watershed Science and Engineering in the Berkshires A Summer Professional Development Institute for Grades 6-12 Educators Enjoy a week in the Berkshires in collaboration with local scientists and engineers, conservation organizations and higher education faculty to explore how engineering supports natural systems and habitats in Berkshire County. Join the Wade Institute for Science Education and … Read more

Thriving Earth Exchange Community Science Fellows are current and future leaders in the community science movement. Community Science is the process by which communities and scientists do science together to advance one or more community priorities.  “Doing science” includes defining questions, designing protocols, collecting and analyzing data, and using scientific knowledge in decision-making and planning. … Read more

Is your school or school district transitioning to implementation of more inquiry-based and phenomena-based STEM instruction? The Wade Institute for Science Education’s interactive science professional learning programs provide resources for educators to engage the curiosity and wonder of students by bringing inquiry and phenomena based teaching strategies into their current teaching practices! The Wade Institute … Read more

Connecting Science and Literacy in the Elementary Classroom A 3-day professional learning opportunity for grades 3-5 educators Join the Wade Institute and Hitchcock Center for the Environment for an exciting 3-day professional learning institute! Engage in minds-on, hands-on learning which will provide you with science knowledge, classroom investigations aligned to the standards, books for your … Read more

This professional learning opportunity is an Approved Course for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Accelerating Science: Open Access Professional Learning. It is free for eligible Massachusetts educators! Check your eligibility to attend for free and learn more about the MA DESE OAPL program: https://www.doe.mass.edu/instruction/ela/oapl   Whales’ Tales, Turtle Hurdles, and Migration Phenomena … Read more