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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. \n \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. \n \nWORKSHOP LEADER\nChris Resch – 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,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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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,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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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,Middle School,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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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,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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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,Summer STEM 2026,Upcoming Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260729T150000
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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  \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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