ITEEA Announces Slate of
Engagement Opportunities for 2023-2024
Register now and mark your calendar!
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These one-hour virtual professional learning sessions educate you to lead and implement Integrative STEM best practices and instructional strategies in your state, district, school, or institution. In each session, a subject matter expert will provide proven teaching practices and lesson examples that bring STEM to life!
FREE for ITEEA members;
$15 for non-members.
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These facilitated, discussion-style one-hour sessions explore important topics to help educators expand their toolbox and overcome challenges. The roundtable host(s) will share their own ideas and experiences, while also encouraging participants to engage in the conversation and learn from each other.
FREE for all!
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STEMINAR: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 at 4:00PM ET |
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A Unique Flipped Model of
Presenter: Dr. Donna Jagielski
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Most STEM-based family literacy programs rely on the fact that all parties are literate, which is not the case. Often adults struggle to keep up with what their children are learning. Some children are teaching their parents reading, language and lots of STEM. This STEMinar will include reading a storybook and exploring a easy hands-on activity using everyday objects that will enhance the concept of the story to achieve a better understanding of learning literacy and making together!
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ROUNDTABLE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2023 at 6:00PM ET |
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Teaching STEM Education
at the Elementary Level
Hosts: Members of ITEEA's Elementary STEM Council
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Leaders from ITEEA’s Elementary STEM Council will facilitate a discussion about strategies and opportunities to explore STEM in the elementary grades. Hosts will share some of their own effective practices and invite others to share what’s working in their elementary schools! |
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STEMINAR: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2023 at 5:00PM ET |
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Teaching Core Content
through Robotics and Coding
Presenter: Dr. Kellie Taylor
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Attendees will learn ways to teach core content through a variety of robotics platforms. In this session, sample lessons, including examples using Scratch, will be provided and various robotics will be available for hands-on experiences. Finally, Dr. Taylor will share tips to help with grant writing information for robots. |
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STEMINAR: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2023 at 7:00PM ET |
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Onshape Certification byDesign
Presenter: Ryan Novitski
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ITEEA’s STEM Center for Teaching and Learning developed the Engineering byDesign™ Industry Certification Pathway to encourage more students to work toward a selected industry credential while in high school. This session will review the suggested course pathway, which educators can follow to help prepare students for a successful attempt Onshape’s Associate’s Certification Exam. Further, learn about the teacher training ITEEA offers for this course, so you’re equipped to lead their students! |
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ROUNDTABLE: MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2024 at 6:00PM ET |
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Easy and Inexpensive
Problem-Solving Activities
Hosts: Members of ITEEA's Secondary STEM Council
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Join ITEEA's Secondary STEM Council for a night of sharing easy and inexpensive ways to engage your students in real-world problem solving activities. Middle school and high school activities will be included in our discussion, and, at the end of the roundtable, everyone will receive the design briefs and lesson plans for each of the activities. You’re encouraged to bring an activity you would like to share with the group!
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STEMINAR: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2024 at 4:00PM ET |
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Sweet Success of Engineering Design
Presenter: Don Whitman
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Stand in the candy aisle at any store, and you will soon realize all of the different geometric shapes being represented. Learn how candy can be a creative alternative choice to use when studying geometric relationships, area, volume, density, reverse engineering, and several other STEM-related concepts. Candy relates to students much more effectively than the traditional widgets that have been used in the past. |
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STEMINAR: TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2024 at 6:00PM ET |
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Project-Based Learning as a Cure for Testing
Presenters: Michael Daugherty, Vinson Carter, and Leah Cheek
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We've had the answer for decades and most of us are good at it! If you really want to know whether students understand an idea or concept, ask the students to perform a task that proves or demonstrates their understanding and competency. In this session, attendees will be provided with innovative and proven project-based learning lessons. |
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ROUNDTABLE: TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2024 at 5:00PM ET |
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Planning a STEM Festival: How to Grow STEM in Your Community
Hosts: Sarah Derry and Jesse Wilcox
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During this session, presenters will share how they’ve ignited interest in STEM learning by creating a night where students can engage hands-on with organizations in their own backyards that apply STEM every day. Be sure to bring your own ideas on how your community is bringing STEM to life! |
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STEMINAR: TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2024 at 7:00PM ET |
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Developing an Open-Sourced CAD-Based System and Curriculum for Teachers
Presenter: Ryan Novitski
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The recent widespread access to makerspaces has led to a renaissance in the development of physical instructional materials, such as mathematics manipulatives, science kits, and engineering projects. Learn more about how ITEEA is collaborating with the Make to Learn Laboratory at the University of Virginia to develop instructional units as part of the Engineering byDesign curriculum based on CAD models in an open-source repository. This project provides students with authentic manufacturing experiences and has led to increased student engagement and interest in STEM careers, potentially increasing the gender diversity of students entering manufacturing and STEM fields.
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