TeachEngineering Summer Virtual PD – ASEE Endorsed!
Posted on April 18th, 2022 by Mary Lord
Learn how to integrate engineering design into your STEM curriculum this summer with a pair of TeachEngineering two-day virtual workshops – the nation’s first engineering teacher professional development endorsed by the American Society for Engineering Education.
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Learn skills and tools to help you integrate engineering and design in your STEM classes with TeachEngineering’s virtual professional development summer workshops for PreK-12 teachers. ASEE endorsed! 
Join engineering educator Barbara Oakley, creator of “Learning How to Learn,” the world’s most popular MOOC, for an ASEE master class on using brain-science insights to create a practical guide for instructors of all levels. January 6-8, 2021, 1 to 4 p.m. Eastern. Register 
Want to involve your middle or high school STEM students in rigorous research and top-level competions but not sure how? Sign up to attend the Society for Science & the Public’s annual research teachers conference – all expenses paid! Lottery closes August 15, 2020 for the middle school virtual conference September 11-13 or high school conference October 2-4. 
A new consensus report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine finds PreK-12 teachers of engineering lack preparation, support, and professional development. (Links to PD options and other resources included at end of this post.) 
The Trustey Family STEM Teaching Fellows program at the University of Notre Dame’s Center for STEM Education provides top-tier professional development and continual feedback to teachers in grades 5 to 8 over the course of two years. The program, which covers travel, meals, and lodging for a two-week summer institutes on campus and January summit, includes a $6,000 stipend. Apply by Feb. 21, 2020.
Science research competitions can spur confidence and open college doors, but many students – particularly those from underrepresented groups – don’t know about these opportunities. The Society for Science & the Public seeks to broaden participation through its Advocate Grant Program, which offers training, a $3,000 stipend, and paid trip to Washington, D.C., for individuals to help a minimum of three underserved students navigate the transition from conducting to presenting their research at a competition. Apply by March 4, 2020. 
Competitions – whether an in-class design challenge or national science fair – can inspire students to pursue STEM. But problem-based learning also can energize and even change teachers, says Owensville (Missouri) High School science teacher Kevin Lay, whose students won top honors and $100,000 at the 2019 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest. 
Pre-service and in-service middle school science teachers are sought for a graduate research project aimed at developing an assessment instrument to improve the teaching of engineering practices and incorporation of design in science classrooms, as outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards and other state science-education reforms. 
