Building a STEM Showcase or Fair

A showcase or fair can help tie together STEM experiences for young people. In this workshop, learn from examples of culminating events from peers and explore strategies to incorporate multiple stakeholders into your planning process.

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• By Antoineta Meekins

Career-Connected Learning

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Collaboration with Youth in Your Program

Wondering how you can share decision-making power with youth in your STEM programming? In this session, we will explore techniques to support authentic collaborations with young people and strategies that make more space for youth voice and participation.

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• By Antoineta Meekins

Collaboration with your STEM Team

Want to boost collaboration with the other educators at your site? Explore varying approaches to build up the STEM team at your site, learning from and uplifting one another. Featuring the Chem Car Design Challenge.

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• By Antoineta Meekins

Culturally Relevant STEM 101

Learn alongside our ExpandED Schools team as we highlight examples of lessons that reflect a wide range of diverse people who have contributed to STEM and activities that are related to the lived experiences of the youth in our programs.

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• By Antoineta Meekins

Culturally Relevant STEM 201

Dig deeper into how STEM activities can investigate inequities in our society.

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• By Antoineta Meekins

Deepening Curricular Bridging at Your Site

Interested in how to support science learning in both the school day and afterschool? Join our partners from The New York Hall of Science in exploring different strategies you can use to heighten the connection to school-day content in afterschool. This course features the Creature Feature Design Challenge lesson plan.

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• By Antoineta Meekins

Facilitating the Engineering Design Process

Looking to support learners in planning, building, and testing their own designs? Join us to explore STEM Facilitation techniques and activities!

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• By Antoineta Meekins

High Impact Tutoring & Educator Career Development

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Implementing the Exploring Futures 6-7th Grade Curriculum

This course will train educators on how to implement the 6-7th grade Exploring Futures Curriculum.

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• By Alex Fendrich

Lit C.R.E.W.: Engaging Literacy Through Project-Based Learning

Lit C.R.E.W. (Connect. Read to Research. Explore. Wrap-Up.) is a dynamic program for educators eager to transform literacy instruction through the Science of Reading and project-based learning. This 2-hour course empowers educators with strategies to foster critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration in their students. Participants will explore evidence-based practices in literacy, including building background knowledge, vocabulary, and verbal reasoning, while learning to engage students in meaningful, real-world projects. The course breaks down the Lit C.R.E.W. framework into actionable steps: connecting students to content, guiding research-based reading, encouraging exploration through projects, and wrapping up with public speaking, constructive feedback, and reflection. Perfect for afterschool programs, expanded learning, or classrooms, Lit C.R.E.W. emphasizes student voice, choice, and engagement to create transformative literacy experiences.

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• By Tiffany Perry

Literacy

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Professionalism 101 Communication

Having strong written and verbal communication skills are required for most occupations. In this session, participants will learn the different aspects of communication and how to use these skills with students and colleagues.

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• By Dana Wheeler

Ready Readers Workshop 1A: Introduction to Ready Readers

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Ready Readers Workshop 1B: Facilitating an In-Person Ready Readers Session

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Ready Readers Workshop 2: Creating a Safe and Supportive Ready Readers Space

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Ready Readers Workshop 3A: Designing and Delivering Text Comprehension Questions

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Ready Readers Workshop 3B: Choosing and Teaching Vocabulary

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Ready Readers Workshop 4: Designing and Facilitating Extension Activities

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Rising Readers Core Workshop #2

Teaching the Active Reading Strategies

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Rising Readers Core Workshop #3

Supporting Literature Circle Discussions

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Rising Readers Core Workshop #4

Facilitating Extension Projects

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STEM

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STEM Educators Academy 101

Whether this is your first time as part of STEM Educators Academy or you’ve been with us before, review program features and expectations in this course. Leave this session feeling empowered to take the next steps to enhance STEM learning at your site!

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• By Antoineta Meekins

STEM Lesson Planning: Educator Choice Points

Join in the conversation with STEM Educators Academy graduate coaches and our partners from the New York Hall of Science to explore how to make an existing lesson plan your own. Walk away with practice setting a STEM learning goal and ideas for how to customize activities to fit your teaching style.

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• By Antoineta Meekins

STEM Lesson Plans and Materials Procurement

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STEM Support for Site Leaders

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STEM and Social-Emotional Learning

Spend time in this course exploring connections between Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Leave with resources from CASEL's Social Emotional Framework and how you can make connections with the framework and your STEM Program!

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• By Antoineta Meekins