Students can sign up to attend a variety of fun, creative activities online and in person, as outlined below. This is a great opportunity for young people to reengage with their friends and meet new people while learning and gaining new skills!

Only current high school students are eligible for Free credit classes-Graduating Seniors are not eligible to take Summer classes for Free. (Classes begin June 28)

We still have a few openings available in the following camps:

The Mid-Valley STEM-CTE Hub created Closing the Gap to highlight professional women from our region who are working in STEM & Trades fields. This way, girls see local women working in these careers and consider these careers for themselves.

Meet our Closing the Gap role model for June: Savannah Herrell! Savannah is an electrician with Reynolds Electric. Learn more about Savannah here.

If you're interested in participating in any or all of these opportunities, please fill out this brief interest form. Thank you for your consideration!

We know that even with all the exciting opportunities in CTE and STEM right now, it can still be tough to find ways to share ideas with others who are teaching similar courses. To that goal, we wish to pull together a cadre of CTE teachers to attend some sessions with others who teach the same subject (Culinary, Health Occs, Computer Science, Paxton-Patterson, etc.). 

Right now, we have two groups formed (Culinary Arts & Health Occupations), who have had their first meeting. Other groups are just one or two people short of getting started. Please take a few moments and let us know your interest and availability by completing this Google Form.

For questions or more information, please contact Chris Singer. 

Our friend John Spencer, (see his excellent STEM Week talk on Project-Based Learning here), has an excellent article for teachers titled, "Own Your Professional Learning."

"Professional development is not the same as attending a training or going to a conference. It’s what happens when you gain new skills, expand your worldview, and improve your conceptual understanding within your profession. It involves attitudes, beliefs, mindsets, and values. It goes to the core of your professional identity. And ultimately, there are specific ways that you can own your professional learning. In this series, we explore how to make that a reality."

See the complete ongoing series at https://spencerauthor.com/own-your-pd/.

As many professional development opportunities for K-12 educators continue to be virtual, Oregon's STEM Hub network (STEM Oregon) has put together this spreadsheet of summer professional opportunities for educators. This list is updated automatically every five minutes and each of the 13 STEM Hubs is adding more opportunities as they become aware of them.

To access this spreadsheet, please click here.

If you know of any opportunities you'd like to share on that spreadsheet, please message us at midvalleystemctehub@gmail.com.

The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) is seeking K-12 educators, administrators, pre-service educators, and career science and engineer practitioners to participate on a Science Standards Advisory Panel in support of reviewing and revising the Oregon Science Standards.

The Science Standards Advisory Panel will begin meeting in June 2021 and continue through the 2021-2022 school year with much of the work happening during the summer, after school hours, and offline.

The application deadline is Monday, June 7th*. Selected applicants will be notified by June 11^th with additional information about meeting dates and next steps.

Please note – Classroom educators will need approval from the school administrator to apply and all applicants will need to be able to participate remotely on:

If you are not available to apply to the science standards advisory panel but would like to provide input, please use the K-12 Oregon Science Standards Review form.

For additional information or questions, please contact Jamie Rumage, ODE Science Education Specialist at jamie.rumage@state.or.us or 503-947-6504.

Miss out on the STEM Week fun? Check out some recordings of our STEM Week presentations below! You can also check out the rest of our STEM Week activities, presentations, and daily challenges on our website.