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Year-end Thoughts from Fernand
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dear Fellow Teachers, As 2019 comes to a close, I want to reflect on STEMteachersNYC’s eight years of life and thank the dedicated teachers who form our backbone. When I think back to the 25 physics teachers seeking community who founded STEMteachersNYC in…
Physics via Computation – A call to truly integrated STEM!
Do you teach physics? Would you like a flying start with using computation effectively in your teaching? Then this workshop is for you! Josh Rutberg, Greg Benedis-Grab, and I, and now also Paul Feffer and Frank Noschese, have been brewing up…
New Teacher-Facilitated Working Groups!
Are you new to teaching or new to modeling and want more support for your teaching practice? Looking to nurture or tweak your Elementary STEM lessons or approach? Want to extend key practices learned from workshops? Come to a working…
STEMteachersNYC 2019 Summer Internship Reflections!
Over the course of this year’s STEMteachersNYC 2019 Summer Institute, we hosted three interns from China and the US. Goals of the internship were to learn the structures and functions of teacher-led workshop approaches, the essentials of starting their own…
Impacts of Active Learning in STEM – What the data show
Add depth to authentic inquiry and make an impact with active learning in your classroom. This Summer master teachers Zhanna Glazenburg and Craig Buszka will take a deep dive into Active Learning – but what exactly is Active Learning…
SBG & Alternative Assessments in STEM
“Learning is not a competition.” Use of alternative assessments in interdisciplinary STEM classrooms is gradually expanding and being refined. Who are you learning from and what is working for you? In this blog post we explore the idea of Standards-Based Grading…
Leveraging the Power of Teacher-Led Professional Learning
Program Director Chris Kennedy will be presenting on STEMteachersNYCat a STEM in NYC Colloquium presented by the Department of Mathematics at Teachers College, Columbia University this Thursday! Here is a quick excerpt of the presentation he’ll be giving: STEM Teacher Agency: Leveraging the…
STEM Expo 2019 Speakers and Lineup!
The STEM Expo is a teacher-led forum exploring the future of STEM Education in NYC and beyond. Drawing from our 1100+ member network of STEM educators, the event will include live demos and displays, an interactive Unconference, and presentations from…
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