Leaders: Kate Macaulay and Michelle Park

Dates: July 10, 2025, 9 AM-12:00PM, in-person at The Marymount School

About the Workshop

Supporting Executive Functioning in the STEM Classroom

In today’s STEM classrooms, students are asked to solve complex problems, collaborate with peers, and manage multi-step tasks. But success in these areas doesn’t depend on content knowledge alone—it requires strong executive functioning skills like planning, organization, working memory, and self-regulation.

“Executive function weakness has a greater impact on academic success than language or intellectual ability”? Blair & Razza, 2007; Duckworth & Seligman, 2005; Espy et al., 2004.

This hands-on workshop is designed to help STEM educators understand and support executive functioning as a core component of academic success. Participants will explore how to create learning environments that foster independence, persistence, and flexible thinking.

We’ll examine how a well-organized, intentionally structured classroom—complete with clear routines, posted agendas, visual cues, and scaffolded tasks—can serve as a model for students to internalize executive functioning habits over time. You’ll leave with strategies you can implement right away to help all learners thrive—whether they’re designing experiments, building models, or solving equations.

What to Expect:

• Gain an understanding of executive functioning and its impact on learning.
• Explore learning environments that support students in their self-regulation, persistence, and flexible thinking.
• Learn classroom routines, structure, and visual supports that boost student agency and independence.
• Practice strategies to scaffold complex, multi-step STEM tasks.
• Explore ways to build students’ organizational and time management skills.
• Share successful strategies with colleagues.

Create a learning environment where all students can thrive—scientifically and cognitively!

Cost: (Limited # of tickets!)

Early Bird $55

General Admission, Teacher price $70

General Admission, School price $100

Current CUNY students with valid ID may attend summer workshops at a discount or for FREE! Please email [email protected] for details.

Email general questions to [email protected]. Note this workshop requires a minimum number of participants. In the event there are not enough participants, the workshop will be cancelled, and a refund will be issued.

Interested in an Invoice/Purchase Order Request?

Teachers! Ask your school to pay for your ticket! All the school needs to do is send us a Purchase Order (PO). Fill out our PO/Invoice survey and we will prepare you an invoice for you to submit to your school/district. Or just copy and paste the information above and let them know the workshop you want to attend. Don’t be afraid to ask. There’s always a chance the money will be available and they’ll say yes, but if you don’t ask, there’s no chance at all.

Districts/Schools, to request an invoice for a STEMteachersNYC Workshop, please fill out a quick invoice survey. This is a required step in order to process your request. Any questions regarding the PO process please contact [email protected]

Please send Purchase Orders (POs) to our Billing Office

Via Email: [email protected]

OR Via US Mail: STEMteachersNYC – Billing Office 245 West 107th Street, Suite 10B New York, NY 10025.

Please read the FAQs section below carefully before registering.

FAQs

Is STEMteachersNYC an approved NYC DOE CTLE Vendor?

Yes. STEMteachersNYC is a Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) vendor for the New York City Department of Education (#STE-068881). New York State Teachers will receive a CTLE certificate at the end of the workshop. (CTLE ID # 23385)

How can I contact the organizer with any questions?

Questions about registration or tickets should be addressed to [email protected].

Questions about invoice/PO issues should be addressed to [email protected]

Questions about our programs should be addressed to [email protected]

Is the full workshop fee or the balance of the workshop fee refundable?

Refunds for the balance of the full workshop fee (that is, the full fee minus the reservation fee) must be requested within one (1) week of payment and at least four (4) weeks before the start of the workshop. All such requests must be accompanied by an acceptable, documented explanation. Judgments about acceptability of explanations and documentation, and about whether or not a refund will be issued are at the sole discretion of STEMteachersNYC and are final. Refunds will not include fees charged on the initial payment by Eventbrite, credit cards, and/or banks.

Is my reservation/ticket transferrable?

If your school or organization has made the ticket purchase for you, your credit may be transferable to a school or organization colleague.

Authorization from our team will be required. Please contact the STEMteachersNYC Registrar ([email protected]) if you need to transfer your reservation to a different person/name, or if you wish to transfer your reservation to a different workshop.

Can I update my reservation information?

Yes, you can update your reservation information.

The name on the reservation/ticket doesn’t match the attendee. Is that okay?

No, please contact the STEMteachersNYC Registrar ([email protected]) to address this.

Can I receive college level credits?

In-service teachers will receive CTLE hours.

Pre-service teachers whose college is participating in our “field-site hours” program will recieve filed site hours or credit depending on that institution’s partnership agreement. Please make sure to include your faculty advisor or course professor’s name and contact when registering.

For more information about either of these, please contact [email protected].

Where can I find more information about STEMteachersNYC?

Visit our website: http://STEMTeachersNYC.org or email [email protected]

How can I join STEMteachersNYC?

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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 will 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. We would also appreciate your cooperation in positioning yourself at the edge of the group so as to help us avoid you.