Professional Development
& Grant Opportunities
for Educators
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About four years ago, I participated in my first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) through Coursera. Although I'd been lurking around different MOOC hosts, I hadn't found a course that piqued my interest enough to finish it until I came across a course facilitated by the Exploratorium called "Fundamentals of Tinkering". Having experienced the Exploratorium's awesomeness first-hand on an adventure to San Francisco with my little sister, I entered the course with high |
Join us each summer for three weeks of nonstop science exploration. During the institutes, teachers work with each other and with staff scientists and educators to learn more about science teaching. They will introduce you to the museum’s exhibits, the foundation of our teaching programs, and will also lead activities and model pedagogical skills that will help relay science concepts to your students. Together, we will carry out hands-on investigations of natural phenomena and highlight how they relate to human perception, physical science, life science, earth science, and mathematics. Many of our investigations will help you bring the NGSS into your curriculum.Each day includes class instruction as well as independent project and research work. In the afternoon, you can select from a menu of mini-workshop topics, create small versions of Exploratorium exhibits in the machine shop, and meet with Teacher Institute staff to focus on your specific needs.
As one of the top engineering schools in the nation, MIT provides top-notch professional development for teachers through a competitive Summer experience for teachers. Although there is a cost for this program, many states have alumni groups who provide scholarships to cover the cost of tuition and/or travel. The application deadline is quickly approaching, so if you're interested in participating in the 2018 session, make sure you get started soon! |
Every time I hear about an amazing professional development experience that peers or colleagues have participated in, I think I should start a list so that I can take advantage of the opportunity in the future...but I always forget...until now! Here's my compilation of awesome opportunities for educators. If you have any ideas to share, please comment or send a message--sharing is caring!
April 2021
March 2021
February 2021
November 2020
February 2018
All
3D Learning
Aerospace
AFA
AIAA
Air Force Academy
Application Deadline: February
Application Deadline: March
Application Deadline: May
Application Deadline: November
ASM
Award
Berkeley
Biology
Boston
Breckenridge
Build
CEA
CEA CoPilot
Champions For Science
Chemistry
Climate Change
CO
Code
Code.org
Colorado
Competition
Computer Science
Conference
Creativity
CS
CU Boulder
Cyber
CyberSecurity
Deadline: April
Deadline: December
Deadline: January
Demos
Digital
Ecology
Elementary
Energy
Engineer
Engineering
Equity
Exploratorium
Fall Conference
Fluid Dynamics
Fluid Power
Free
Fulbright
Fund
Funds
Global
Grant
Hands-on
High School
IB
InnEdCO
InquiryHub
International
IREX
ISTE
ISTE Creative Constructor Lab
IT
Java
KidWind
Literacy
Maker
Massachusetts
Materials Science
Mentor
MIT
MOOC
NGSS
NOAA
Oceanic Studies
Ongoing PD
Online Learning
Paid
PD
Physical Science
Physics
Plant
Plant Physiology
Power Grid
Programming
Project-Based Learning
Python
Research
RET
San Francisco
School Of Mines
Science
Scientist
Sea
Secondary
Ship
Social Justice
Solar
STEAM
STEM
Student Research
Summer
Summer Conference
Summer PD
Tech
Technology
Tinker
Travel
UNC
University Of Northern Colorado
Virtual Conference
Virtual Workshops
Water
Wind