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Workshops that Inspire

Workshops that Inspire

STEMteachersNYC is always delighted when we hear success stories from our members and workshop participants; especially when they get inspired from attending one of our workshops. Check out how physics teacher Alan Zollner from Hendrick Hudson High School took what he learned…

STEMteachersNYCs’ Student Interns Make Excellent Observations

STEMteachersNYCs’ Student Interns Make Excellent Observations

STEMteachersNYC hosted 4 full Modeling InstructionTM workshops this summer.  During this time, we also hosted 4 high school interns. This provided us with some unique perspectives about what it is like for students to witness teachers engaged in professional development.  Personally, I was…

STEMteachersNYC and Partners Win $ 195,000 Grant

STEMteachersNYC and Partners Win $ 195,000 Grant

Announced by 100Kin10 at the White House Science Fair – STEMteachersNYC has been selected to receive a $195,000 grant from, to expand the reach and quality of engineering and computer science education across New York State. The project is a collaboration of…

Insider Information from Chairman Mark Schober

Insider Information from Chairman Mark Schober

Here are some of the neat features of the nine workshops offered by STEMteachersNYC this summer that you won’t find in the official workshop descriptions. And it’s all in New York City — a pretty cool place to hang out…

Report to Members 2015 – from Fernand Brunschwig

Report to Members 2015 – from Fernand Brunschwig

2015 has been a tremendous year for STEMteachersNYC. Our explicit goal has been to move from an ambitious, young startup, entirely dependent upon voluntary effort, to a sustainable, staffed organization that can support our rapidly growing membership (532 on Dec…

young artists performing for STEM

Young Talent On Stage for STEM

by Jennifer Herring, STEMteachersNYC VP for Development It is amazing what talented young people can do. Last summer, STEMteachersNYC provided an internship in videography to Yunfei Liu, a student from Shanghai going into her senior year in high school here…

Patrick teaching montage

Honoring Patrick Wanninkhof

Patrick Wanninkhof lived his life to the fullest. At STEMteachersNYC we are lucky to have called him a colleague and fortunate to have had him as a board member who helped drive our organization to be the best that we…