For educators in the NYAS SiR community
Support for NYAS Scientist in Residence Program 2026–2027
Teacher-led professional learning, practical planning support, and a yearlong community for NYAS SiR teachers and scientists.
SiR teachers and scientists register for free.
Use the program code when registering for eligible SiR workshops. Check each event listing for the latest date, format, and CTLE information.
A yearlong learning partnership
Research comes alive when teachers and scientists plan together.
STEMteachersNYC supports NYAS Scientist in Residence teacher-scientist pairs as they turn authentic research experience into feasible, engaging work for students.
Our teacher-led professional learning combines pedagogy with depth of STEM content. Participants have space to test ideas, strengthen project plans, and develop classroom strategies alongside educators who understand the realities of teaching.
Founded in 2011 by 25 teachers, STEMteachersNYC serves elementary, middle, and high school educators across the New York Tri-State area and beyond. It remains an organization for teachers, by teachers, about teaching.
What the partnership builds
Goals of the NYAS SiR Program
Each goal connects the scientist’s research experience with the teacher’s classroom knowledge and students’ growing independence as researchers.
Connect research and classroom learning
Bring each scientist’s unique research experience into the classroom experience of students in the SiR teacher’s community.
Design feasible student research
Develop and implement student projects grounded in the scientist’s core research and the realities of the classroom.
Strengthen inquiry and confidence
Expand inquiry in the classroom while building teacher confidence to sustain this level of work in the future.
Build standards connections
Connect the yearlong research project with NGSS practices and other meaningful content bridges.
Open a path toward teaching
Offer scientists meaningful teaching experience and introduce teaching as a possible future opportunity.
Professional learning across the year
2026–2027 workshop schedule
Begin with stronger student questions, move through research design and data, and finish the year with peer review, communication, and a community showcase.
Fall 2026
The Questioning Classroom: Learning to Use QFT
Help students ask stronger, phenomenon-based questions that build curiosity and reveal their thinking.
Register for workshopFrom Classroom to Research Lab, Part 1: Generating Testable Research Questions
Help students move from curiosity to clear questions they can investigate.
From Classroom to Research Lab, Part 2: Experimental Design
Support students in designing meaningful investigations beyond step-by-step labs.
Socratic Dialogue for Teachers
Use responsive questions to deepen discussion, reasoning, and student participation.
Register for workshopClaims, Evidence, Reasoning: Making Student Thinking Visible
Help students build clearer scientific explanations by connecting claims, evidence, and reasoning.
Data for K–5
A K–5-focused workshop on classroom data. The exact date and session details will be announced.
Winter and spring 2027
Deconstructed Journal Clubs
Explore a student-centered approach to reading, interpreting, and discussing research articles. Exact details will be posted when confirmed.
Interpreting Data Charrette
A collaborative session focused on interpreting data. The exact date and format will be announced.
SiR Alumni Showcase
An event inviting SiR alumni teachers to share SiR work. A panel and/or workshop format is being explored.
Student Peer Review
Professional learning focused on helping students review, refine, and strengthen one another’s research work. Exact details will be announced.
Scientific Communication
Help students communicate the significance and story of their research. The exact date and session format will be announced.
A registration button appears only when a current workshop page is available. Dates marked TBA will be announced as program plans are confirmed. Check the STEMteachersNYC events page for current dates, formats, registration information, and CTLE details.
How STEMteachersNYC supports the work
Support between workshops matters, too.
Throughout 2026–2027, STEMteachersNYC teacher-leaders will help SiR pairs turn ideas into manageable project plans and support the work as it develops across the year.
- In-person orientation sessions
- Virtual fall and winter institutes
- Review of teacher-scientist pair project plans
- Open office hours around plan drafts
- Professional learning matched to participant needs
- Support for data, peer review, communication, and showcases
Your next step
Stay connected as dates are confirmed.
Use the events page for the latest workshop information, or tell the STEMteachersNYC team what support would help your SiR partnership move forward.