KEY INFORMATION

• LOCATION: City College of NY, North Academic Center (NAC) building at 137th and Convent Ave., Manhattan
• DATES & TIMES: 4-day workshop, from Monday, July 20 – Thursday, July 23, 2026, 9am – 3pm daily.
• LED BY: Chris Resch
• CTLE AVAILABLE: 24
• THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: Regents Biology teachers looking to experience and discuss implementation of the 3 state-required labs.

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

Life Science doesn’t have to be about memorization. It’s a story of interconnected models—systems interacting across scales to explain how life works. With NGSS and updated NYS Regents standards pushing toward conceptual, model-based learning, the real challenge isn’t just what to teach but how to teach it.

Are you ready to refine and elevate your practice to the next level? Join us this summer for our 4-day Biology Regents Bootcamp, a hands-on, collaborative workshop designed for veteran and novice teachers who teach the new Regents Biology labs and curriculum.

Over the past two years, we have learned a lot while offering workshops about the new labs. This summer we are expanding and rethinking the offering, and you can expect to:

• Experience all three Regents Biology investigations from the student and teachers points of view.
• Share what’s been working (and what’s not)
• Brainstorm ways to adapt the three Regents Biology labs for your students and setting
• Strengthen alignment to Regents expectations
• Build more meaningful, student-centered experiences
• Analyze implementation, troubleshoot challenges, and co-develop strategies you can bring back to your classroom immediately.

As educators, we are always looking to create learning experiences that truly stick – ones that are meaningful, memorable, and relevant for our students. Join us to explore active learning strategies that help students connect big ideas, build lasting understandings, and connect their lives to what they are learning. You will leave with practical ways to deepen student understanding while building a classroom that is student-centered and aligned with NGSS/NYS Regents expectations.

ABOUT STEMteachersNYC

Since 2011, STEMteachersNYC has delivered professional development workshops for teachers, by teachers, about teaching. We are an approved CTLE and NYCPS MTAC vendor. All workshops over 2hrs offer CTLE. Below is some important information, but please see our official Registration FAQ on our website for full details and policies.

Pricing: workshop/event pricing reflects a desire to offer affordable professional learning experiences. Some workshops are subsidized and offered at a discount or for free. Some workshops include extra materials costs. Often, there is both a “Full Price” ticket for people who can pay full price and for schools/organizations paying for their staff to attend, and a “Teacher Price” ticket for teachers/educators paying out of pocket. If price is a barrier to your participation, please keep reading for several options.

CUNY & other partner campus pre-service students: If you are training to be a teacher, we want to welcome you to attend our workshops for free! Please email registration@stemteachersnyc.org for details and to see if you qualify.

Want to pay by invoice or purchase order? We encourage you to ask your school or organization if this is a possibility. Please see the Registration FAQ for the process, which includes a template letter with messaging geared towards administrators.

Are there discounts available? Often, yes! In the summers, we offer Early Bird and Teacher discounts alongside a Full Price ticket meant for those whose school or organization is funding their ticket. In the summer, we also have full scholarships, and a Fellowship available. All year, we announce specials and discounts on our social media (@STEMteachersNYC on Instagram, LinkedIn, Bluesky, and Facebook), and in our Weekly Newsletter – sign up here. Additionally, we partner with several organizations and CUNY to offer free tickets to teachers and pre-service teachers involved, and if at any time price is a barrier to you purchasing a ticket, please contact us at registration@STEMteachersNYC.org

Refunds, cancellations, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies.

Please note: We take screenshots, photographs and record video of our workshops in order to publicize a positive image of science teaching, and of STEMteachersNYC – a recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization – and to support future teacher leaders. If you register, you are agreeing to be photographed and to have your voice and image video-recorded. You are also agreeing to relinquish all your rights to the photographs and video recordings.

If you do not wish to be photographed or video-recorded – you must inform us before the workshop starts. For in-person workshops, we may take one photograph of your face so that we can erase your image if we happen to catch it by chance during the workshop, and we will do our best to avoid you.

Have more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies, or contact us directly:

• Registration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org
• Questions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org
• Any other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org