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SUMMARY:Learning to Lead
DESCRIPTION:Come with a workshop idea\, collaborate to develop it\, and create a plan incorporating flexible and proven approaches and strategies!\n\n\nKEY INFORMATION\nLOCATION: Hybrid\, on Zoom on Day 1\, and at the City College of New York at 137th St. and Amsterdam Ave.\, Manhattan\, on Days 2 and 3. \nDATES & TIMES – PLEASE NOTE that all 3 days are required if participating. \n\nTuesday\, June 30th\, 2026 virtual on Zoom\, 9am – 11:30am\nWednesday\, July 1st\, 9am – 1pm in person at City College\nThursday\, July 2nd\, 9am – 1pm in person at City College\n\nLED BY: Chris Resch \nCTLE AVAILABLE: 10.5hrs \nTHIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: education professionals interested in developing and leading their own workshops. \nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\nDo you have an idea for a workshop that you want to lead? Do you need some tips as you develop your idea\, or\, not even sure where to start? Do you wonder about what kinds of strategies to employ and best practices to use? Join us this summer to gain experience on how to transform your own classroom joys and expertise into professional learning for your peers! \nChris Resch and Greg Benedis-Grab will lead this workshop\, seasoned STEMteachersNYC leaders who mentor and facilitate this discussion with an annual cohort of aspiring teacher-leaders. They will break down their personal joys and expertise in teaching into pieces – professional learning strategies\, leader moves and new workshop agendas. You’ll discuss these experiences\, practice the moves\, analyze different strategies\, and from there\, you will develop your idea into a plan worthy of implementing! This workshop is a reflective space where ideas and approaches can be considered\, modified and refined to provide a better workshop experience. \nTeachers in the STEMteachersNYC community contribute to working groups and workshops\, and encounter many opportunities to facilitate discussions and grow ideas for their own workshop. Dedicated\, highly experienced leaders\, embedded in the NYC teaching community\, have the opportunity to create real\, relevant change and support the growth of their peers – at your schools and through organizations such as our’s. Teachers interested in continuing the journey may have the opportunity to work closely with us\, potentially to directly observe another workshop in the future and co-lead future workshops alongside a mentor leader. \nWORKSHOP LEADERS\nChris Resch – bio coming soon! \nGreg Benedis-Grab – bio coming soon! \n \nABOUT STEMteachersNYC\nSTEMteachersNYC is celebrating 15 years! Since 2011\, we have 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. \nPricing: 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. \nCUNY & 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. \nWant 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. \nAre 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 \nRefunds\, cancellations\, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies. \nPlease 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. \nIf 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. \nHave more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies\, or contact us directly: \n\nRegistration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\nQuestions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org\nAny other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org
URL:https://stemteachersnyc.org/event/learning-to-lead/
LOCATION:The City College of New York\, 160 Convent Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Grades,Featured,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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SUMMARY:Regents Chemistry Labs
DESCRIPTION:A 4-day workshop reviewing each of the Regents Chemistry labs with discussion\, pedagogy\, and tools to help you and your students.\n\n\nKEY INFORMATION\n\nLOCATION: CUNY City College of NY campus in the North Academic Center building\, located at 137th St. and Amsterdam Ave.\, Manhattan\nDATE & TIME: Monday\, July 6 – Thursday\, July 9\, 2026\, 9am – 3pm daily.\nLED BY: Sabrina Alkayfee\, Kara Luce\, and Jessica Kim\nCTLE AVAILABLE: 24\nTHIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: NY Chemistry Regents teachers\n\nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\nThe NYS Regents Chemistry labs were revised and introduced statewide this past school year\, and we want to help you learn to teach them! This workshop will build on strategies and structures developed to explore the new labs in all four subjects over the past two years\, and explores active learning strategies for deepening your student’s understanding of crucial conceptual models and help you effectively implement a student-centered\, NGSS and NYS Regents-aligned approach tailored to physical science education. \nIn this four day workshop\, you will engage with each of the labs’ required experiments and activities. In the mornings\, you will mainly be in “student mode” where you will perform each in a small group\, as per the directions\, with analysis and reporting out. In the afternoon\, we will switch to “teacher mode” and you will discuss topics like how to implement that lab\, when and how to build it into your plan\, troubleshooting that may come up\, differentiation\, local requirements\, and modifications you can make. An additional day will be focussed on extra tools you can bring back to your classroom. Expect the following structure: \n\nDay 1 – Lab: Structures and Properties of Matter: The Fast and the Fragrant – Evaporation and Intermolecular Forces (PE: HS-PS1-3)\nDay 2 – Lab: Chemical Reactions: Just a Drop – Properties of Acids and Bases (PE: HS-PS1-11)\nDay 3 – Lab: Properties of Matter: Bend and Stretch – Structure and Function of Designed Materials (PE: HS-PS2-6)\nDay 4 – practical day with hands-on AI tools to help you create cluster questions\, homework sets\, and test prep\, PLUS a make-and-take activity so you can bring a class set of conductivity probes to your classroom.\n\n(The ordering of the lab days above is tentative\, and subject to change.) \nWe welcome all teachers and administrators\, both new and experienced\, to join us for this engaging workshop to help your students and you make the most of Regents Chemistry next year! \nWORKSHOP LEADER(S)\nSabrina Alkayfee has been teaching high school chemistry since 2019 at the Bronx River High School\, a Title I school in District 8. She has also taught Living Environment\, Forensics and Biology\, and is teaching in the district she grew up in (and can’t imagine herself anywhere else!). She considers herself a non-traditional teacher\, meaning that teaching chose her\, having majored in Chemistry at SUNY College at Old Westbury\, and receiving her Master’s in Education (Chemistry 7-12) from St. John’s University.  She is of Jamaican descent\, the biological mom of one\, and has fostered many children over the years (including one presently). Sabrina enjoys volunteering\, weight lifting\, and learning more about others\, and is the LGBTQ+ liaison and club advisor at her school. \nJessica Kim is a chemistry teacher at Aviation High School in NYC Public Schools with over a decade of experience and herself a product of NYC public schools. Her work is defined and informed by experience teaching in New York City and South Korea\, and research at Rockefeller University. Currently a candidate in the Stony Brook Education Leadership program\, Jessica brings a data-informed\, student-centered approach to STEM education and teacher development. \nKara Luce has been a teacher for 20+ years\, teaching in a variety of settings in multiple states. While she has taught everything from 7th grade math to honors Physics\, the one constant has always been chemistry. Kara has been working with and training educators in the NGSS standards since 2013\, and has been a part of STEMteachersNYC since moving to the tri-state area in 2017. \nABOUT STEMteachersNYC\nSTEMteachersNYC is celebrating 15 years! Since 2011\, we have 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. \nPricing: 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. \nCUNY & 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. \nWant 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. \nAre 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 \nRefunds\, cancellations\, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies. \nPlease 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. \nIf 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. \nHave more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies\, or contact us directly: \n\nRegistration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\nQuestions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org\nAny other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org
URL:https://stemteachersnyc.org/event/regents-chemistry-labs/
LOCATION:The City College of New York\, 160 Convent Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Grades,Featured,Regents,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260707T090000
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SUMMARY:Regents Physics Labs
DESCRIPTION:A 4-day workshop reviewing each of the Regents Physics labs with discussion\, pedagogy\, and tools to help you and your students.\n\n\nKEY INFORMATION\n\nLOCATION: CUNY City College of NY campus in the North Academic Center building\, located at 137th St. and Amsterdam Ave.\, Manhattan\nDATE & TIME: Tuesday\, July 7 – Friday\, July 10\, 2026\, 9am – 3pm daily.\nLED BY: Asya Shpiro\, Alan Zollner\, and Jason Klein\nCTLE AVAILABLE: 24\nTHIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: NY Chemistry Physics teachers\n\nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\nThe NYS Regents Physics labs were introduced statewide this past school year\, and we want to help you learn to teach them! This workshop will build on strategies and structures developed from other areas over the past two years\, and applied to the Physics labs. We will explore active learning strategies for deepening your student’s understanding of crucial conceptual models and help you effectively implement a student-centered\, NGSS and NYS Regents-aligned approach tailored to physical science education. \nIn this four-day workshop\, you will engage with each of the labs’ required experiments and activities. In the mornings of lab days\, you will mainly be in “student mode” where you will perform each in a small group\, as per the directions\, with analysis and reporting out. In the afternoon\, we will switch to “teacher mode” and you will discuss topics like how to implement that lab\, when and how to build it into your plan\, troubleshooting that may come up\, differentiation\, local requirements\, and modifications you can make. The 4th day will be focussed on discussions and on developing tools and strategies you can use in your classroom. Expect the following structure: \n\nDay 1 – Lab: Forces and Interactions: Induction Junction – What is your Function? (PE: HS-PS2-5)\nDay 2 – Lab: Energy: Thermal Tales – The Story of Energy and Calorimetry (PE: HS-PS3-4)\nDay 3 – Lab: Energy: Wheels to Watts – Converting Energy and Maximizing Efficiency (PE: HS-PS3-3)\nDay 4 – Practical day: planning your year\, challenges and successes\, discussions on Regents Exams\, OpenSciEd\, and other topics TBD\n\n(The ordering of the days above is tentative\, and subject to change.) \nWe welcome all teachers and administrators\, both new and experienced\, to join us for this engaging workshop to help your students and you make the most of Regents Physics next year! \n \nWORKSHOP LEADER \nAsya Shpiro is a New York City Public School Physics and Mathematics teacher\, conducting Regents and AP Physics classes to a diverse urban student population. Her strength is design and implementation of rigorous and coherent curricula\, and development of hands-on laboratory exercises. She received her PhD degree in Physics from New York University and MA degree in Mathematics Education from Brooklyn College\, CUNY. \nJason Klein teaches Regents Physics and AP Physics C at Medgar Evers College Preparatory School in Brooklyn\, and has been a physics educator in NYC public schools for over 25 years. A participant in many STEMteachersNYC courses since 2013\, and a member of its Physics Working Group\, he is excited to be a co-leader for this summer’s Physics Regents Labs workshop. Jason holds a B.S. in Physics and Philosophy from SUNY Binghamton\, and earned a M.A. in Physics at CCNY. \nAlan Zollner has been teaching Regents Physics for 15 years in Westchester County. He is a NYS Master Teacher Emeritus in the Mid-Hudson Region and member of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Prior to teaching high school Alan was a Senior Engineer in Industry with a background in Mechanical Engineering.  He brings a passion for making learning fun\, challenging\, and connected to the real world.  \n \nABOUT STEMteachersNYC\nSTEMteachersNYC is celebrating 15 years! Since 2011\, we have 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. \nPricing: 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. \nCUNY & 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. \nWant 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. \nAre there discounts available? Often\, yes! \n\nDiscounted Early Bird and “Teacher Price” tickets are often available.\nEach summer\, the Wanninkhof Excellence in Teaching Scholarship provides up to 2 free workshops per teacher in TItle 1 or similar schools.\nSpecials and discounts are announced on our social media (@STEMteachersNYC on Instagram\, LinkedIn\, Bluesky\, and Facebook)\, and in our Weekly Newsletter – sign up here.\nWe partner with several organizations and CUNY to offer free tickets to teachers and pre-service teachers involved.\nIf at any time price is a barrier to you purchasing a ticket\, please contact us at registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\n\nRefunds\, cancellations\, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies. \nPlease 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. \nIf 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. \nHave more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies\, or contact us directly: \n\n \nRegistration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\nQuestions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org\nAny other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org
URL:https://stemteachersnyc.org/event/regents-physics-labs/
LOCATION:The City College of New York\, 160 Convent Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Grades,Featured,Regents,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260707T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T150000
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CREATED:20260428T215641Z
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SUMMARY:Kid Talk Teacher Talk: Elevating Student Discourse in Elementary STEM
DESCRIPTION:Learn and try this proven questioning strategy with tools to raise the level of discourse in your classroom! Some virtual\, some in-person.\n\n\nKEY INFORMATION\n\nLOCATION: TBA\nDATE & TIME: Two weeks (weekdays only)\, Tuesday\, July 7 – Friday\, July 17\, 2026. Times vary\, see below for details. Must be able to make all dates.\nLED BY: Jason Sullivan\, Michelle Velho\, and Joan Christou (bios below)\nCTLE AVAILABLE: 42hrs\nTHIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: Elementary-age teachers and educators who want to help their students gain confidence and skills in asking questions.\n\nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\nKid Talk Teacher Talk (KT3) assists elementary teachers in asking effective launch questions for hands-on STEM investigations. As teachers experience ways to engage students in talking about scientific phenomena in a summer lab-school setting\, they gain confidence and expertise to bring new strategies into their regular classroom setting. The powerful opportunity to listen closely to student conversations around science during a 2-week summer experience\, coupled with support from teacher mentors\, and program leaders has not only demonstrated changes and growth in student classroom discourse\, but created an active\, growing professional network and expanded STEMteachersNYC’s outreach to primary-grades. \nKey components of the KT3 approach\, which continues to be offered as part of the annual STEMteachersNYC Summer STEM Institute: \n\nAlignment with individual participants’ existing approaches and curriculum.\nA focus on facilitating the use of existing pedagogical expertise to transfer instructional strategies used to teach reading and writing to grade-appropriate science discussions.\nStrategies for teaching teachers to build increasingly student-led discourse.\nTwo-week summer Lab School Model + coaching and school year reunions.\n\nThe KT3 project also aims to extend discussion practices from YOUR high confidence subjects into all classroom subjects discussed & leveraging it as common thread/cross curricular glue in ELA & NGSS classrooms. \nThis summer\, the workshop will run over a two-week period\, some days virtual on Zoom\, some days in person at PS/MS 95 in the Bronx. Please plan to be available all 10 days of the workshop. The tentative daily schedule is: \nWEEK 1: \n\nTuesday – Thursday\, virtual on Zoom to learn techniques and collaborate on planning\, 1 – 4pm each day (with lunch and other breaks included)\nFriday\, in person at PS/MS 95X to finalize and set up for Week 2 classes\, 9am – 3pm\n\nWEEK 2: \n\nMonday – Thursday\, in person at PS/MS 95X\, working with students in the mornings\, with discussion/planning time in the afternoon\, 9am – 3pm daily.\nFriday\, virtual on Zoom a wrap up of the two weeks\, 9am – 12pm.\n\nScholarships are available that will cover the entire cost! Please see the Wanninkhof Excellence in Teaching Scholarship for details and application. \nWORKSHOP LEADERS\nJason Sullivan has been teaching for 30 years\, the past 23 at Montgomery HS in Skillman\, NJ\, where he is also science department supervisor. Jason has been involved with STEMteachersNYC since its inception\, leading the KT3 workshops since 2017\, and the collaborations with colleagues has been some of his most meaningful and enriching professional experiences. He is very excited to help lead this collaboration again this year! \nMichelle Velho is a STEAM educator and curriculum designer who believes that meaningful questions spark curiosity\, deepen understanding\, and empower young learners to think like scientists. \nJoan Cristou – a 2025 KT3 alum\, full bio coming soon! \nABOUT STEMteachersNYC\nSTEMteachersNYC is celebrating 15 years! Since 2011\, we have 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. \nPricing: 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. \nCUNY & 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. \nWant 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. \nAre there discounts available? Often\, yes! \n\nDiscounted Early Bird and “Teacher Price” tickets are often available.\nEach summer\, the Wanninkhof Excellence in Teaching Scholarship provides up to 2 free workshops per teacher in TItle 1 or similar schools.\nSpecials and discounts are announced on our social media (@STEMteachersNYC on Instagram\, LinkedIn\, Bluesky\, and Facebook)\, and in our Weekly Newsletter – sign up here.\nWe partner with several organizations and CUNY to offer free tickets to teachers and pre-service teachers involved.\nIf at any time price is a barrier to you purchasing a ticket\, please contact us at registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\n\nRefunds\, cancellations\, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies. \nPlease 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. \nIf 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. \nHave more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies\, or contact us directly: \n\nRegistration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\nQuestions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org\nAny other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org
URL:https://stemteachersnyc.org/event/kid-talk-teacher-talk-elevating-student-discourse-in-elementary-stem/
LOCATION:TBA
CATEGORIES:All Grades,Elementary School,Featured,High School,Important Events,Middle School,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T130000
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SUMMARY:Google Sheets for Busy Educators
DESCRIPTION:Learn to design and organize your teaching data in spreadsheets for maximum efficiency in your classroom and school!\n\n\nKEY INFORMATION\n\nLOCATION: Marymount School of NY\, 115 E 97th St\, Manhattan (between Park Ave. and Lexington Ave.)\nDATE & TIME: Tuesday\, July 14\, 2026\, 9am – 1pm (lunch from 12 – 1pm)\nLED BY: Ethel Khanis (bio below)\nCTLE AVAILABLE: 3hrs\nTHIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: teachers of any grade\, who would like to organize their spreadsheet use in order to make theirs and their school’s lives easier. All are welcome\, especially newer spreadsheet users.\n\nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\nSo many spreadsheets and so little time! Is this you? If so\, come join this workshop to help organize and simplify your data management and use! \nAs teachers\, we are all tasked with using data and keeping track of oodles of spreadsheets! But how? In this workshop\, you will explore how to use Google Sheets. We’ll start with some basics to ground us all\, and move on to using functions and conditional formatting. You will learn how to bring multiple data sources together with practice and practical examples. You will leave this workshop with starter spreadsheets to utilize within your classroom\, within your grade/subject teams\, and across the school. \nData can be hard to organize\, keep track of\, and even utilize when we have to negotiate and navigate so many different platforms and information sources. One strategy that we will explore to streamline that data is the use of a central spreadsheet to organize and utilize the myriad of information we all need to navigate daily. \nAll participants will be asked to bring the following: \n\nA laptop or Chromebook to access the workshop examples and your own personal Google Sheets files.\nOne example spreadsheet (Google Sheets\, MS Excel\, Apple Numbers\, a .csv file\, etc.) from your teaching which you would like to expand and make more functional and/or control better.\n\nAll experience levels are welcome! We will be moving at a pace appropriate for users who are new to using Google Sheets\, and generally to using spreadsheets as organizational tools. Expect to work together to generate new organizational ideas\, and to try things out! \nA downloadable version of the agenda is available HERE. \n \nWORKSHOP LEADER(S)\nEthel Khanis (she/her) teaches Regents Chemistry virtually at Virtual Innovators Academy\, New York’s only fully virtual public high school. She is a Master Science Teacher Fellow at Math for America\, and a Demos Fellow. She also teaches a STEM socratic seminar course that focuses on critical thinking and leveraging data analysis utilizing Google Sheets. Outside of her zoom classroom\, she bakes sourdough bread\, hikes with her wife and dog\, gardens\, embroiders\, knits\, and enjoys being outside. \n \nABOUT STEMteachersNYC\nSTEMteachersNYC is celebrating 15 years! Since 2011\, we have 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. \nPricing: 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. \nCUNY & 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. \nWant 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. \nAre there discounts available? Often\, yes! \n\nDiscounted Early Bird and “Teacher Price” tickets are often available.\nEach summer\, the Wanninkhof Excellence in Teaching Scholarship provides up to 2 free workshops per teacher in TItle 1 or similar schools.\nSpecials and discounts are announced on our social media (@STEMteachersNYC on Instagram\, LinkedIn\, Bluesky\, and Facebook)\, and in our Weekly Newsletter – sign up here.\nWe partner with several organizations and CUNY to offer free tickets to teachers and pre-service teachers involved.\nIf at any time price is a barrier to you purchasing a ticket\, please contact us at registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\n\nRefunds\, cancellations\, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies. \nPlease 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. \nIf 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. \nHave more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies\, or contact us directly: \n\nRegistration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\nQuestions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org\nAny other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org
URL:https://stemteachersnyc.org/event/google-sheets-for-busy-educators/
LOCATION:Marymount School of New York\, 115 East 97th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10029\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Grades,Elementary School,Featured,High School,Mid-Summer Minis,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T133000
DTSTAMP:20260602T173621
CREATED:20260415T155629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260602T142539Z
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SUMMARY:Space in Schools - Science and Dance in Your Classroom
DESCRIPTION:An active workshop to explore space science concepts through dance in upper elementary and middle school classrooms.\n\n\nKEY INFORMATION\nLOCATION: Marymount School of NY\, 115 E 97th St\, Manhattan (between Park Ave. and Lexington Ave.) \nDATE & TIME: Tuesday\, July 14\, 2026\, 9am – 1:30pm \n\nWorkshop runs 9am – 12pm\nLunch and film screening 12-1:30pm\n\nLED BY: Dr. Joanne Pledger (she/her) and Ruth Spencer (she/her)\, bios below \nCTLE AVAILABLE: 3THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: teachers/educators who work with upper elementary and middle school. \nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\nWhat if your students could become the solar system by modeling the motions of orbits\, or understand the motion of the Sun by exploring shadows? In this highly interactive workshop\, you will explore how to bring space science to life through dance and embodied learning. We are welcoming Joanne and Ruth (bios below) from the University of Lancashire in the UK who developed Into Our Skies: Space in Schools in a collaboration of astronomical research and dance. They will introduce you to the building blocks of dance and guide you through an engaging\, practical process that connects key scientific concepts (like motion\, gravity\, and celestial phenomena) to physical expression. You’ll be up and moving during the session\, experiencing the learning as your students would—while also having flexible ways to participate if movement is limited. \nDesigned for upper elementary and middle school classrooms\, this workshop requires no prior dance experience (for you or the students!)\, and models an inclusive\, cross-curricular approach that integrates science with the arts. You will develop strategies for implementing the Space in Schools curriculum\, and ideas for creating your own dance-based lessons and units about other subjects\, while considering how to make the movements and content accessible for all learners. By the end\, you’ll leave with practical tools\, resources and inspiration to help your students experience space science in dynamic\, memorable\, and meaningful ways. \nThis is a workshop that will involve movement. Plan to wear comfortable clothes\, sensible shoes and bring water. We welcome all who are interested in learning the curriculum\, and if you do have any restrictions or questions\, please feel free to email Brian Levine\, Program Director at STEMteachersNYC\, at Brian@stemteachersnyc.org. \nSpace in Schools is part of our Midsummer Marymount Minis day! This workshop will run from 9am – 12pm\, after which we will have a film screening and lunch. The afternoon will feature additional workshops to choose from. \nAnd a big thank you to the University of Lancashire for funding Joanne and Ruth to come visit and share. Due to the University’s generosity\, we can offer this workshop at a steep discount. \nA downloadable version of the agenda is available here. \nWORKSHOP LEADER(S)\nDr. Joanne Pledger (she/her) is a UK-based astrophysicist with significant professional ties to New York’s scientific landscape. I held a Hilary Lipsitz Research Fellowship at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) beginning in 2010\, where I conducted research on the progenitors of supernovae using the Hubble Space Telescope and contributed to the Museum’s after‑school education and public outreach programmes. This experience has shaped my long‑standing approach to engaging diverse audiences with cutting‑edge astronomy which I now continue at Alston Observatory in the UK. \nNow a Reader (Associate Professor) in Astrophysics at the University of Lancashire\, I combine internationally recognised research expertise in stellar explosions with over a decade of leadership in science communication. My astronomy research has spanned major international observatories and collaborations\, whilst the education project “Space in Schools” with Ruth has produced an award-winning (Times Higher Awards\, 2023) schools programme that adopts a cross-curricular approach to bring space science directly into the classroom and engage and inspire all pupils irrespective of ability or background. \nRuth Spencer (she/her) is a UK‑based dance artist\, educator\, and practitioner‑researcher with over 35 years of experience working across higher education\, elementary\, secondary\, and special education settings. I am a Senior Lecturer in Dance (equivalent to Associate Professor) at the University of Lancashire\, where my work focuses on creative pedagogy\, embodied learning\, and teacher professional development. \nI am a highly experienced and respected leader in UK dance education\, having designed and delivered creative arts programs\, teacher professional development (PD)\, and long‑term mentoring for educators across a wide range of school contexts. My work is grounded in a commitment to inclusive\, high‑quality arts education\, and I regularly advise national organisations\, such as English National Ballet\, on the design and delivery of impactful dance education initiatives. \nIn collaboration with Joanne\, I am co‑developer of the award‑winning Space in Schools program\, which integrates dance\, movement\, and space science to support meaningful cross‑curricular learning.  \n \nABOUT STEMteachersNYC\nSTEMteachersNYC is celebrating 15 years! Since 2011\, we have 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. \nPricing: 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. \nCUNY & 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. \nWant 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. \nAre there discounts available? Often\, yes! \n\nDiscounted Early Bird and “Teacher Price” tickets are often available.\nEach summer\, the Wanninkhof Excellence in Teaching Scholarship provides up to 2 free workshops per teacher in TItle 1 or similar schools.\nSpecials and discounts are announced on our social media (@STEMteachersNYC on Instagram\, LinkedIn\, Bluesky\, and Facebook)\, and in our Weekly Newsletter – sign up here.\nWe partner with several organizations and CUNY to offer free tickets to teachers and pre-service teachers involved.\nIf at any time price is a barrier to you purchasing a ticket\, please contact us at registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\n\nRefunds\, cancellations\, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies. \nPlease 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. \nIf 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. \nHave more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies\, or contact us directly: \n\nRegistration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\nQuestions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org\nAny other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org
URL:https://stemteachersnyc.org/event/space-in-schools-science-and-dance-in-your-classroom/
LOCATION:Marymount School of New York\, 115 East 97th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10029\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Grades,Elementary School,Featured,High School,Mid-Summer Minis,Middle School,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T160000
DTSTAMP:20260602T173621
CREATED:20260506T151056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T151143Z
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SUMMARY:Project-Based Learning with Stop Motion Animation
DESCRIPTION:Use stop motion animation to bring projects in your classroom to life! Engage students in modeling and explaining ideas across any subject.\n\n\nKEY INFORMATION\nLOCATION: Marymount School of NY\, 115 E 97th St\, Manhattan (between Park Ave. and Lexington Ave.) \nDATE & TIME: Tuesday\, July 14\, 2026\, 12:00pm – 4:00pm \n\nLunch (included!) from 12pm – 1pm\nWorkshop runs 1pm – 4pm\n\nLED BY: Paul Feffer (bio below) \nCTLE AVAILABLE: 3hrs \nTHIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: Teachers of virtually any subject in middle or high school interested in fostering student engagement through project-based learning. \n \nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\nBring a Stop Motion Animation (SMA) project into your classroom and watch your students create personal\, meaningful work! In this hands-on workshop\, you will learn the basics of SMA and discover how to use it as an engaging tool for student learning in any discipline. SMA is a powerful representational modeling tool that helps students visualize and explain dynamic processes. From chemical reactions and phase changes to particle motion\, forces and conservation principles\, biological processes like cell division and plant growth\, single-celled organisms\, and even the Solar System\, the list goes on! \nAfter some examples and technical introductions\, you will learn the fundamentals of creating stop motion animations as we use a free\, intuitive mobile app together. Working individually or in small teams\, you will brainstorm\, storyboard\, script\, and produce a short animation based on a concept from your own teaching context. By the end of the session\, you will: \n\nCreate and share a stop motion animation relevant to your classroom or personal experience.\nGain ready-to-use strategies for implementing SMA modeling in your classroom.\nExplore assessment ideas and ways to support student collaboration and creativity.\n\nA few things that you should bring to the workshop – your cell phone/tablet with a stand/holder if you have one (we’ll have some examples and DIY versions too)\, and you will need your laptop. BUT – are your students unable to use phones in your classroom? This technique does work from a tablet\, and the project can be assigned for homework or during other times they have access to their personal tech. Neither you nor your students need any prior experience with animation or video production – it’s easy to learn and the options are endless! \nA downloadable version of the agenda is available HERE. \n \nWORKSHOP LEADER(S)\nSince 2013\, Paul Feffer has been the Chair of the Science Department at the Storm King School. Paul has taught AP and introductory physics\, and AP and introductory computer science – the latter based on a variety of platforms including Processing and Arduino microcontrollers. Paul has also developed and taught a variety of mini-term classes ranging from engineering and architecture to escape rooms and rocketry. At STEMteachersNYC\, Paul has led a number of Modeling Instruction based workshops for physics\, as well as workshops for introductory programming for physics simulations\, and engineering design challenges for the classroom. \n \nABOUT STEMteachersNYC\nSTEMteachersNYC is celebrating 15 years! Since 2011\, we have 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. \nPricing: 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. \nCUNY & 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. \nWant 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. \nAre there discounts available? Often\, yes! \n\nDiscounted Early Bird and “Teacher Price” tickets are often available.\nEach summer\, the Wanninkhof Excellence in Teaching Scholarship provides up to 2 free workshops per teacher in TItle 1 or similar schools.\nSpecials and discounts are announced on our social media (@STEMteachersNYC on Instagram\, LinkedIn\, Bluesky\, and Facebook)\, and in our Weekly Newsletter – sign up here.\nWe partner with several organizations and CUNY to offer free tickets to teachers and pre-service teachers involved.\nIf at any time price is a barrier to you purchasing a ticket\, please contact us at registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\n\nRefunds\, cancellations\, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies. \nPlease 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. \nIf 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. \nHave more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies\, or contact us directly: \n\nRegistration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\nQuestions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org\nAny other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org
URL:https://stemteachersnyc.org/event/project-based-learning-with-stop-motion-animation/
LOCATION:Marymount Upper Middle School\, 116 East 97th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Grades,High School,Mid-Summer Minis,Middle School,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events,Working Groups
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T160000
DTSTAMP:20260602T173621
CREATED:20260518T135933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T152801Z
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SUMMARY:Zines as Creative Tools in Your Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Employ zines (small paper booklets) in your classroom as assessment tools and shareable creative outlets! All are welcome!\n\n\nKEY INFORMATION\n\nLOCATION: Marymount School of NY\, 115 E 97th St\, Manhattan (between Park Ave. and Lexington Ave.)\nDATE & TIME: Tuesday\, July 14\, 2026\, 12pm – 4pm (lunch from 12 – 1pm)\nLED BY: Bridget Ierace (bio below)\nCTLE AVAILABLE: 3hrs\nTHIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: teachers and educators of any subject\, any age – this is adaptable for just about any classroom!\n\nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\nDo you want your students to literally carry their science in their pocket? Zines\, which are small\, DIY booklets made from a single sheet of paper\, (and pronounced like that 3rd syllable in “magazines”) offer an easy and low-cost way to turn big ideas into creative\, student-centered learning. In this workshop\, you’ll learn how to make and use zines as an engaging tool for review\, formative assessment\, and concept building across a range of science topics. \nYou’ll explore a variety of classroom-ready examples and see how zines can function as both teaching materials and student products. This workshop will be hands-on – you will fold and design your own zines while experimenting with different formats and sizes\, prompts\, and levels of structure. We will discuss how to use them in class or zine clubs or other contexts\, zines as shareable content for school events\, and strategies for differentiation so that all students can access the content while still having space for their creativity and voice. \nBy the end of the workshop\, you will walk away with several zine project ideas to use in your classroom\, including a clear example rubric and adaptable instructional materials. More importantly\, you’ll leave with practical experience and confidence in using zines as a flexible and powerful tool that helps you see what your students really comprehend! \nWORKSHOP LEADER\nBridget Ierace is an astrophysicist and science educator. She teaches high school science in South Brooklyn and CUNY astronomy courses. Bridget is a host of Astronomy on Tap NYC\, which brings fun science talks to bars. During grad school\, Bridget studied quasars\, which are very active and bright supermassive black holes at the center of faraway galaxies. \nABOUT STEMteachersNYC\nSTEMteachersNYC is celebrating 15 years! Since 2011\, we have 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. \nPricing: 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. \nCUNY & 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. \nWant 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. \nAre there discounts available? Often\, yes! \n\nDiscounted Early Bird and “Teacher Price” tickets are often available.\nEach summer\, the Wanninkhof Excellence in Teaching Scholarship provides up to 2 free workshops per teacher in TItle 1 or similar schools.\nSpecials and discounts are announced on our social media (@STEMteachersNYC on Instagram\, LinkedIn\, Bluesky\, and Facebook)\, and in our Weekly Newsletter – sign up here.\nWe partner with several organizations and CUNY to offer free tickets to teachers and pre-service teachers involved.\nIf at any time price is a barrier to you purchasing a ticket\, please contact us at registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\n\nRefunds\, cancellations\, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies. \nPlease 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. \nIf 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. \nHave more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies\, or contact us directly: \n\nRegistration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\nQuestions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org\nAny other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org
URL:https://stemteachersnyc.org/event/zines-as-creative-tools-in-your-classroom/
LOCATION:Marymount Upper Middle School\, 116 East 97th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Grades,Elementary School,Featured,High School,Mid-Summer Minis,Middle School,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T150000
DTSTAMP:20260602T173621
CREATED:20260408T153312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T152239Z
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SUMMARY:Biology Regents Bootcamp
DESCRIPTION:Refine your understanding of the Biology Regents. Swap ideas and sharpen what works. Elevate and inspire your students!\n\n\nKEY INFORMATION\n\nLOCATION: City College of NY\, North Academic Center (NAC) building at 137th and Convent Ave.\, Manhattan\nDATES & TIMES: 4-day workshop\, from Monday\, July 20 – Thursday\, July 23\, 2026\, 9am – 3pm daily.\nLED BY: Chris Resch\nCTLE AVAILABLE: 24\nTHIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: Regents Biology teachers looking to experience and discuss implementation of the 3 state-required labs.\n\nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\nLife 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. \nAre 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. \nOver 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: \n\nExperience all three Regents Biology investigations from the student and teachers points of view.\nShare what’s been working (and what’s not)\nBrainstorm ways to adapt the three Regents Biology labs for your students and setting\nStrengthen alignment to Regents expectations\nBuild more meaningful\, student-centered experiences\nAnalyze implementation\, troubleshoot challenges\, and co-develop strategies you can bring back to your classroom immediately.\n\nAs 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. \n \nABOUT STEMteachersNYC\nSince 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. \nPricing: 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. \nCUNY & 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. \nWant 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. \nAre 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 \nRefunds\, cancellations\, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies. \nPlease 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. \nIf 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. \nHave more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies\, or contact us directly: \n\nRegistration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\nQuestions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org\nAny other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org
URL:https://stemteachersnyc.org/event/biology-regents-bootcamp/
LOCATION:The City College of New York\, 160 Convent Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Grades,Featured,Regents,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260724T150000
DTSTAMP:20260602T173621
CREATED:20260408T152056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T152240Z
UID:10000675-1784624400-1784905200@stemteachersnyc.org
SUMMARY:Earth Science Regents Bootcamp
DESCRIPTION:A 4-day workshop aiming to help NY City/State Earth Science Regents teachers work within the new lab and exam structures.\n\n\nKEY INFORMATION\n\nLOCATION: CUNY City College of NY campus in the North Academic Center building\, located at 137th St. and Amsterdam Ave.\, Manhattan\nDATE & TIME: Tuesday\, July 21 – Friday\, July 24\, 2026\, 9am – 3pm daily.\nLED BY: Kristina Coker and Liza Blackman (bios below)\nCTLE AVAILABLE: 24\nTHIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: NY Earth Science Regents teachers\n\nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\nNow that the revised NY State Earth Science Regents labs and exam have been in place for two school years\, with three new labs and a new literacy component for the exam\, it’s time to assess and reflect on how you can best prepare your students and utilize existing and new resources. This bootcamp-style workshop is designed to help you improve your teaching and understanding of these changes. Building on strategies\, structures\, and lessons learned\, we will explore active learning strategies to deepen your students’ understanding of crucial conceptual models and help you effectively implement a student-centered\, NGSS and NYS Regents-aligned approach tailored to physical science education. \nLed by expert and experienced Earth Science teachers\, you’ll walk away with ideas\, overviews\, specific actionable strategies\, field trip ideas\, and more! We are revising our lab workshops with the following in mind over 4 days this summer: \n\nDay 1 will focus on the three science investigations. We will start with an overview of the labs and have stations set up with the materials for all 3. Then we look at how we can implement the labs to be most successful in our classroom spaces.\nDay 2 will focus on problems of practice\, or grievances. We will be focusing on identifying areas that need some troubleshooting for the investigations\, curriculum development and implementation\, new literacy demands\, and any other topics you would like to discuss.\nDay 3 will focus on building solutions to our grievances. We will use the time to discuss solutions and have time to plan for their implementation. We will discuss curriculum pacing\, utilizing tools to support us in generating cluster question and utilizing literacy strategies in our classrooms to prepare our students for the increased literacy demands of the exam.\nDay 4 will focus on taking ourselves on a field trip to have a learning experience outside the classroom environment. We will think about how this trip connects to our curriculum and can be used to enrich our students’ learning. Details to come.\n\nJoin us and help your students make the most of exciting opportunities to learn about the Earth\, Earth systems\, the Solar System\, and more! \n \nWORKSHOP LEADERS\nKristina Coker is going into her 10th year of teaching Earth Science at Midwood High School in Brooklyn. She is a Math for America Master Teacher and Mentor Teacher for the MAT program at the American Museum of Natural History. Kristina enjoys developing new dynamic elective classes\, like Space Engineers and advising the Dungeons and Dragons club at her school. \nLiza Backman is going into her 9th year of teaching high school science\, and her 5th year of teaching at the Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women (UAI). She earned her B.A. in Chemistry and Geology from the College of Wooster\, her M.A.T. in Earth Science Education from the Richard Gilder Graduate School at the American Museum of Natural History\, an advanced certificate in Teaching Students with Disabilities from Relay Graduate School of Education\, and holds additional NYS teaching certifications in Chemistry and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. As the current Science Instructional Lead at UAI\, Liza is passionate about the importance of building teacher collaboration to navigate ever-changing curricula\, student needs\, and pedagogy. \n \nABOUT STEMteachersNYC\nSTEMteachersNYC is celebrating 15 years! Since 2011\, we have 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. \nPricing: 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. \nCUNY & 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. \nWant 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. \nAre 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 \nRefunds\, cancellations\, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies. \nPlease 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. \nIf 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. \nHave more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies\, or contact us directly: \n\nRegistration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\nQuestions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org\nAny other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org
URL:https://stemteachersnyc.org/event/earth-science-regents-bootcamp/
LOCATION:The City College of New York\, 160 Convent Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Grades,Elementary School,Featured,High School,Regents,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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SUMMARY:Intro to Standards-Based Feedback & Assessment
DESCRIPTION:A 3-day introductory workshop to help you start implementing Standards-Based Assessment & Feedback in your classroom. All levels are welcome\n\n\nKEY INFORMATION\n\nLOCATION: St. Francis College\, 179 Livingston St.\, Brooklyn\nDATE & TIME: Monday\, July 27 – Wednesday\, July 29\, 2026\, 9am – 3pm daily\nLED BY: Sharona Kahn\, Smith\, and Mark Schober (bios below)\nCTLE AVAILABLE: 18\nTHIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: teachers/educators working with any subject\, any age level who have little or no experience in the SBFA techniques.\n\n🚨NOTE: all are welcome at this workshop. There is also a workshop running Thursday-Friday the same week for those who want to further their SBFA practice\, and is appropriate for people who have taken the workshop before\, or who want to take both this summer. Click here to register. \n \nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\nThis 3-day introductory workshop is designed for educators of all disciplines who want to explore how Standards-Based Assessment and Feedback techniques can transform their classrooms. How and what we assess fundamentally affects how we teach\, how our students learn\, and the relationships we build with them. By critically examining traditional grading practices—and the ways they can contribute to student inequalities—we’ll explore how shifting to a standards-based approach helps clarify what we want students to know and be able to do\, and how to communicate those objectives clearly. \nOver the course of the workshop\, you’ll be guided through the steps to set up your classes for standards-based grading\, with a focus on incremental\, manageable change. Together\, we’ll craft and refine learning objectives\, connect those objectives to assessments\, and explore how to provide feedback that helps students meet your goals. And you’ll develop methods to provide your students with itemized feedback aligned to defined course objectives\, helping them better understand what they know and what they need to practice\, supporting a growth mindset and a practice-until-you-succeed approach to learning. \nThere will be structured time to evaluate your current grading practices\, examine sample standards\, assessments\, and gradebooks\, and begin tailoring these tools for your own classroom. Throughout\, we’ll consider how to design an assessment system that is part of a cyclical learning process and reflects an equity lens. Whether you’re new to standards-based grading or just getting started\, you’ll leave with practical strategies\, concrete resources\, and a clear path forward. It will be a fun and intense few days that we hope you will find invigorating and rewarding! \n \nWORKSHOP LEADERS\nKahn is the Mathematics Department Chair at the Berkeley Carroll School\, where she has taught and advised middle school students for the past eight years. With 16 years of experience in education\, she focuses on creating hands-on\, equitable learning experiences that help students develop deep mathematical understanding. Since joining STEMteachersNYC in 2017\, Sharona has both taken and led workshops\, with a particular passion for standards-based feedback and assessment. She is a recipient of the Siegel STEM Fellow Endowment. \nSmith – bio coming soon! \nMark Schober – bio coming soon! \n \nABOUT STEMteachersNYC\nSTEMteachersNYC is celebrating 15 years! Since 2011\, we have 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. \nPricing: 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. \nCUNY & 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. \nWant 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. \nAre there discounts available? Often\, yes! \n\nDiscounted Early Bird and “Teacher Price” tickets are often available.\nEach summer\, the Wanninkhof Excellence in Teaching Scholarship provides up to 2 free workshops per teacher in TItle 1 or similar schools.\nSpecials and discounts are announced on our social media (@STEMteachersNYC on Instagram\, LinkedIn\, Bluesky\, and Facebook)\, and in our Weekly Newsletter – sign up here.\nWe partner with several organizations and CUNY to offer free tickets to teachers and pre-service teachers involved.\nIf at any time price is a barrier to you purchasing a ticket\, please contact us at registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\n\nRefunds\, cancellations\, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies. \nPlease 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. \nIf 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. \nHave more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies\, or contact us directly: \n\n \n \nRegistration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\nQuestions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org\nAny other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org
URL:https://stemteachersnyc.org/event/intro-to-standards-based-feedback-assessment/
LOCATION:St. Francis College\, 179 Livingston Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Grades,Featured,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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SUMMARY:Climate & Environmental Science Bootcamp
DESCRIPTION:Prepare for NYS’s new Climate Education K-12 Instructional Requirements with our 5-day Interdisciplinary Bootcamp! All teachers are welcome!\n\n\nKEY INFORMATION\n\nLOCATION: St. Francis College\, 179 Livingston St.\, Brooklyn\nDATE & TIME: Monday\, July 27 – Friday\, July 31\, 2026\, 9am – 3pm daily\nLED BY: Glen E. Stuart and Jessica Genter (bios below)\nCTLE AVAILABLE: 30\nTHIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: K-12 teachers in any subject excited to prepare for the new NYS Climate Education requirements!\n\n  \nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\n🚨THIS JUST IN: In collaboration with students\, educators\, NGO partners\, lawmakers\, and many of you\, the New York State Board of Regents approved a historic new statewide K-12 instructional requirement for climate education! This will ensure that students are given the opportunity to learn about the causes\, impacts\, and solutions to the climate crisis. The requirement will go into effect in the 2027-2028 school year beginning with grades 5-12 and grades K-4 in the 2028-29 school year (read more about it here) and STEMteachersNYC is here to support YOU with our Interdisciplinary Climate & Environmental Science Bootcamp. \nThis 5-day interdisciplinary workshop will explore active learning strategies for deepening understanding of crucial climate and climate related concepts that will empower students of any age\, in any subject area. Throughout the week\, you will engage in thought-provoking\, classroom-tested\, hands-on activities and discussions. You will spend time observing instruction from the point of view of a student (“student-mode”)\, and unpacking those experiences in “teacher-mode” to better understand how to empower your students. \nWalk away with cutting-edge\, standards-aligned content spanning science and the humanities\, helping to answer\, ‘What should we teach students?” as well as a new toolkit of teacher moves to help answer\, “How should we teach students?” By the end of the week\, you will be prepared to support students and colleagues alike as we transition into a climate education future. Join a growing community of front-line educators who understand the importance of truth\, action\, and resilience. \nARE YOU BRINGING 2+ TEACHERS FROM THE SAME SCHOOL/ORGANIZATION? Even better – someone who’s not a typical science teacher? We have a discount code for you! Email Program Director\, Brian Levine\, at brian@stemteachersnyc.org to set you up. \nA full downloadable agenda is available here. \n  \nWORKSHOP LEADER(S)\nGlen Stuart has been a participant and facilitator of this and other workshops at STEMteachersNYC for 10 years. He earned an M.A from Rider University and a B.S. From Rutgers. Currently\, he is entering his 14th year of teaching Environmental Science and Biology at Montgomery High School in New Jersey. \nJessica Genter is currently working at Friends Seminary\, helping students learn Introductory Biology\, Advanced Biology\, and Environmental Science. She was first introduced to teaching Environmental Science through Glen and fell in love with the curriculum’s ability to get students to care about their world through science\, art\, history\, and philosophy. Jessica is also an adjunct lecturer at City College\, where she helps teachers learn best practices for their classroom. \n  \nABOUT STEMteachersNYC\nSTEMteachersNYC is celebrating 15 years! Since 2011\, we have 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. \nPricing: 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. \nCUNY & 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. \nWant 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. \nAre there discounts available? Often\, yes! \n\nDiscounted Early Bird and “Teacher Price” tickets are often available.\nEach summer\, the Wanninkhof Excellence in Teaching Scholarship provides up to 2 free workshops per teacher in TItle 1 or similar schools.\nSpecials and discounts are announced on our social media (@STEMteachersNYC on Instagram\, LinkedIn\, Bluesky\, and Facebook)\, and in our Weekly Newsletter – sign up here.\nWe partner with several organizations and CUNY to offer free tickets to teachers and pre-service teachers involved.\nIf at any time price is a barrier to you purchasing a ticket\, please contact us at registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\n\nRefunds\, cancellations\, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies. \nPlease 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. \nIf 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. \nHave more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies\, or contact us directly: \n\nRegistration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\nQuestions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org\nAny other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org
URL:https://stemteachersnyc.org/event/climate-environmental-science-bootcamp/
LOCATION:St. Francis College\, 179 Livingston Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Grades,ClimateSTEM,Featured,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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SUMMARY:Taking Standards-Based Feedback & Assessment to the Next Level
DESCRIPTION:A 2-day advanced workshop to help you further standards-based assessment & feedback practices in your classroom.\n\n\nKEY INFORMATION\n\nLOCATION: St. Francis College\, 179 Livingston St.\, Brooklyn\nDATE & TIME: Monday\, July 27 – Wednesday\, July 29\, 2026\, 9am – 3pm daily\nLED BY: Sharona Kahn\, Smith\, and Mark Schober (bios below)\nCTLE AVAILABLE: 18\nTHIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: teachers/educators working with any subject\, any age level who have little or no experience in the SBFA techniques.\n\n🚨NOTE: this is an advanced-level workshop for those who have some experience. Completion of the introductory-level workshop is not mandated\, but highly suggested. To take the intro workshop this summer\, running Monday – Wednesday of the same week\, please register here. \n \nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\nThis 3-day introductory workshop is designed for educators of all disciplines who want to explore how Standards-Based Assessment and Feedback techniques can transform their classrooms. How and what we assess fundamentally affects how we teach\, how our students learn\, and the relationships we build with them. By critically examining traditional grading practices—and the ways they can contribute to student inequalities—we’ll explore how shifting to a standards-based approach helps clarify what we want students to know and be able to do\, and how to communicate those objectives clearly. \nOver the course of the workshop\, you’ll be guided through the steps to set up your classes for standards-based grading\, with a focus on incremental\, manageable change. Together\, we’ll craft and refine learning objectives\, connect those objectives to assessments\, and explore how to provide feedback that helps students meet your goals. And you’ll develop methods to provide your students with itemized feedback aligned to defined course objectives\, helping them better understand what they know and what they need to practice\, supporting a growth mindset and a practice-until-you-succeed approach to learning. \nThere will be structured time to evaluate your current grading practices\, examine sample standards\, assessments\, and gradebooks\, and begin tailoring these tools for your own classroom. Throughout\, we’ll consider how to design an assessment system that is part of a cyclical learning process and reflects an equity lens. Whether you’re new to standards-based grading or just getting started\, you’ll leave with practical strategies\, concrete resources\, and a clear path forward. It will be a fun and intense few days that we hope you will find invigorating and rewarding! \n \nWORKSHOP LEADERS\nSharona Kahn is the Mathematics Department Chair at the Berkeley Carroll School\, where she has taught and advised middle school students for the past eight years. With 16 years of experience in education\, she focuses on creating hands-on\, equitable learning experiences that help students develop deep mathematical understanding. Since joining STEMteachersNYC in 2017\, Sharona has both taken and led workshops\, with a particular passion for standards-based feedback and assessment. She is a recipient of the Siegel STEM Fellow Endowment. \nSmith – bio coming soon! \nMark Schober – bio coming soon! \n \nABOUT STEMteachersNYC\nSTEMteachersNYC is celebrating 15 years! Since 2011\, we have 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. \nPricing: 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. \nCUNY & 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. \nWant 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. \nAre there discounts available? Often\, yes! \n\nDiscounted Early Bird and “Teacher Price” tickets are often available.\nEach summer\, the Wanninkhof Excellence in Teaching Scholarship provides up to 2 free workshops per teacher in TItle 1 or similar schools.\nSpecials and discounts are announced on our social media (@STEMteachersNYC on Instagram\, LinkedIn\, Bluesky\, and Facebook)\, and in our Weekly Newsletter – sign up here.\nWe partner with several organizations and CUNY to offer free tickets to teachers and pre-service teachers involved.\nIf at any time price is a barrier to you purchasing a ticket\, please contact us at registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\n\nRefunds\, cancellations\, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies. \nPlease 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. \nIf 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. \nHave more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies\, or contact us directly: \n\n \n \nRegistration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\nQuestions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org\nAny other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org
URL:https://stemteachersnyc.org/event/taking-standards-based-feedback-assessment-to-the-next-level/
LOCATION:St. Francis College\, 179 Livingston Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Grades,Featured,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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SUMMARY:Exploring Green Careers - A High School Curriculum
DESCRIPTION:Explore green careers and sustainability with a hands-on curriculum—engage students in climate\, SDGs\, and real-world career pathways.\n\n\nKEY INFORMATION\n\nLOCATION: Solar One Environmental Education Center at Stuyvesant Cove Park\, 800 FDR Dr Service Rd East (between E20th and E23rd)\, Manhattan\nDATE & TIME: Monday\, August 4 – Tuesday\, August 5\, 2026\, 9am – 3pm daily\nLED BY: Joshua Frost\nCTLE AVAILABLE: 12\nTHIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: High school teachers looking to incorporate green career exploration and sustainability into their science\, or other\, classroom.\n\nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\nAre you looking for ways to incorporate more career exploration and sustainability topics into your curriculum? In this two-day workshop\, you will get a hands-on introduction to the Exploring Sustainability and the Green Economy curriculum. We’ll take a hands-on approach to show you how to use this curriculum in which your students will learn about the impacts of climate change\, and about sustainability with an emphasis on understanding the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)\, while also exploring green skills\, climate justice and a thorough overview of a multitude of green careers that are highlighted in the Bureau of Labor Standards’ green career clusters. These are the careers that both the US government and the energy sector believe are essential for growing our nation’s green workforce so we can both develop sustainably and provide our students with a true role in shaping our nation’s drive towards decarbonization. \nThis curriculum can be used in a variety of ways: in mini units that focus on providing an overview of sustainability; unpacking green skills and learning about a myriad of different careers aligned to the green economy; or as a full one-year course that fits neatly in a science course sequence but could be just seamlessly incorporated into a humanities elective with its emphasis on economics and other social studies related context. You’ll learn how to create and develop 4 big projects\, with activities and grading rubrics for each\, and how to differentiate the projects to meet your school community’s specific academic goals. \nThrough the two larger units that provide an overview of sustainability\, career exploration\, plus the associated capstone and marketing projects\, your students will link the NYC sustainable development goals and initiatives with the UN’s goals\, look at a variety of careers in key green career sectors aligned with these goals\, and develop visual\, written\, printed\, and other works for presentation and review by their classmates. A truly multidisciplinary project which will instill in your students the importance of their career choices\, and\, we hope\, inspire them to develop and follow their own passions! \nWe thank Solar One for the support for this workshop which has allowed us to offer the workshop at a reduced price\, and for inviting us to host this workshop at their facilities! \n \nWORKSHOP LEADER\nJoshua Frost is a veteran NYC Public Schools social studies teacher with over 25 years of experience\, currently teaching AP Macroeconomics and Government at Brooklyn Technical High School. He designs curriculum that connects course content to real-world applications and has contributed to NYC DOE curriculum writing teams\, interdisciplinary initiatives\, and the Sustainability Pathway\, helping pilot and promote Exploring Sustainability and the Green Economy with Solar1 and STEMteachersNYC. His work has earned multiple grants and fellowships\, including the Alfred P. Sloan Champion Award\, Fund for Teachers grants\, and an Annenberg Civic Education Fellowship\, and has led to innovative project-based learning in his classroom. Joshua has also served on DOE leadership teams focused on climate education\, curriculum diversity\, and equity\, and led students to a Fed Challenge victory with a published podcast script. Beyond the classroom\, he is active in his community\, including serving on Manhattan’s Community Board 2. \n \nABOUT STEMteachersNYC\nSTEMteachersNYC is celebrating 15 years! Since 2011\, we have 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. \nPricing: 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. \nCUNY & 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. \nWant 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. \nAre there discounts available? Often\, yes! \n\nDiscounted Early Bird and “Teacher Price” tickets are often available.\nEach summer\, the Wanninkhof Excellence in Teaching Scholarship provides up to 2 free workshops per teacher in TItle 1 or similar schools.\nSpecials and discounts are announced on our social media (@STEMteachersNYC on Instagram\, LinkedIn\, Bluesky\, and Facebook)\, and in our Weekly Newsletter – sign up here.\nWe partner with several organizations and CUNY to offer free tickets to teachers and pre-service teachers involved.\nIf at any time price is a barrier to you purchasing a ticket\, please contact us at registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\n\nRefunds\, cancellations\, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies. \nPlease 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. \nIf 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. \nHave more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies\, or contact us directly: \n\nRegistration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\nQuestions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org\nAny other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org
URL:https://stemteachersnyc.org/event/exploring-green-careers-a-high-school-curriculum/
LOCATION:Solar One Environmental Education Center at Stuyvesant Cove Park\, 800 FDR Drive Service Road East\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Grades,Featured,High School,Middle School,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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SUMMARY:Starting the Year Off Right: Setting Up for Success!
DESCRIPTION:Set the stage for fruitful\, collaborative STEM learning\, and lay the groundwork for a supportive community to grow in your classroom!\n\n\nKEY INFORMATION\n\nLOCATION: Virtual on Zoom\nDATE & TIME: Thursday\, August 27 – Friday\, August 28\, 2026\, 9am – 1pm daily.\nLED BY: Juliette Guarino Berg\nCTLE AVAILABLE: 8hrs\nTHIS WORKSHOP IS FOR: Any STEM teacher\, especially early career and brand new teachers\, looking to jumpstart their prep for the new school year!\n\n  \nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\nWhat is the first day and week of school like for your students? Often it’s stressful and confusing\, with information coming at them from many different angles. But would you like to make those first few hours something to remember? Do you want to energize and captivate them in your STEM classroom? A great year together begins with a great first day together\, and the first few weeks of a new school year can set the stage for a year full of collaborative learning\, laying the groundwork for a supportive community to grow in your classroom. And we have a workshop to help you prepare for just that! \nCreate a STEM classroom for any age (K-12) which is as welcoming and structured as possible. Thinking about those first encounters and experiences\, this workshop will have you participate in and learn techniques such as: \n\nDesigning ways so you get to know your students\, which help them also form bonds and connections amongst each other.\nIntroducing protocols\, big ideas\, and structures for your classroom\, including assessments\, the “Game of Science\,” and techniques like CER (Claims\, Evidence\, and Reasoning).\nImplementing simple\, community-building activities centered on an engineer/design challenge.\nAnd setting a positive tone\, a welcoming environment\, and a classroom where safety is a priority.\n\nHelp you and your students build supportive relationships in a healthy social-emotional learning environment that will last the entire year. Develop your toolkit for creating and deepening connections with each of your students and classes as you all learn together. And you will leave this workshop with strategies ready to be used this September to make your classroom a rich\, student-centered place of learning! \n  \nWORKSHOP LEADER\nJuliette Guarino Berg is an elementary science specialist who has served as a STEM educator\, curriculum developer\, coach\, and professional development leader in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area for almost two decades. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Science Education at Teachers College\, Columbia University. Juliette received her B.A. in Biological Sciences and Comparative Literature from Binghamton University in 2008 and her M.S. in Childhood Education from Hunter College in 2012. She holds New York State Professional Certificates in both Childhood Education (Grades 1-6) and Adolescent Biology Education (Grades 7-12). Juliette is currently the Director of K-12 STEM Consulting and School Support with the nonprofit organization STEMteachersNYC. \n  \nABOUT STEMteachersNYC\nSTEMteachersNYC is celebrating 15 years! Since 2011\, we have 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. \nPricing: 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. \nCUNY & 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. \nWant 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. \nAre there discounts available? Often\, yes! \n\nDiscounted Early Bird and “Teacher Price” tickets are often available.\nEach summer\, the Wanninkhof Excellence in Teaching Scholarship provides up to 2 free workshops per teacher in TItle 1 or similar schools.\nSpecials and discounts are announced on our social media (@STEMteachersNYC on Instagram\, LinkedIn\, Bluesky\, and Facebook)\, and in our Weekly Newsletter – sign up here.\nWe partner with several organizations and CUNY to offer free tickets to teachers and pre-service teachers involved.\nIf at any time price is a barrier to you purchasing a ticket\, please contact us at registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\n\nRefunds\, cancellations\, and other registration/ticketing policies or changes: Please see the full Registration FAQ for details and policies. \nPlease 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. \nIf 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. \nHave more questions? Please see the full Registration FAQ for further details and policies\, or contact us directly: \n\nRegistration or ticketing questions – registration@STEMteachersNYC.org\nQuestions about invoice/PO issues – bookkeeper@STEMteachersNYC.org\nAny other questions – info@STEMteachersNYC.org
URL:https://stemteachersnyc.org/event/starting-the-year-off-right-setting-up-for-success/
CATEGORIES:All Grades,Elementary School,Featured,High School,Middle School,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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