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Friday, December 4, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Virtual
Join the Texas Girls Collaborative Project for our 4th Annual Texas Women and Girls in STEM Summit designed to share best practices, connect organizations and individuals, and showcase outstanding efforts to increase the number of girls in STEM and support the retention of women in STEM careers. STEM professionals and all who are engaged in education, outreach, recruitment, and/or retention of women and girls in STEM are invited to join in. See the agenda and more details.
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Find more Greater Austin STEM Ecosystem events here and TxGCP events here. |
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Educator Resources: All Educators |
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We are excited to host another great DeSTEMber* -- 31 days of innovative STEM fun including daily hands-on activity blogs, photos, videos, special guests, and all new women in STEM connections. We encourage educators to use DeSTEMber to spark STEM excitement in their classrooms throughout the month and the entire year. We hope our DeSTEMber program inspires you and your students to do what Girlstart girls do each day: try something new!
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STEM Gaming Microgrants offered to support teachers in engaging their students during continued teaching limitations due to COVID19. The Microgrants, which are funded by Overdeck Family Foundation, will make 5,000 student licenses of the STEM educational game Tyto Online available for free, and include training and support for teachers. The STEM Gaming Microgrant program has a rolling deadline for applications starting November 30th, with the kick-off planned for January 2021. Those selected to participate will be part of a cohort of teachers receiving professional development, including live webinars and community discussions. As part of the grant, partners will also help collect data to further measure the game’s impact on STEM mindsets and science and engineering practices.
January 11 - 12, 2021
Join us virtually on January 11 & 12, 2021 at the STEM 4 Innovation Conference. STEM 4 Innovation focuses on providing K-12 formal and informal educators, administrators, and counselors with ideas, strategies, and resources to encourage students to pursue STEM college and career pathways. This conference is an outstanding two days of interactive experiential learning that provides up to 13 hours of professional development while exposing educators to STEM. Attendees will have access to all breakout sessions and downloadable resources for 30 days following the conference. Interested in sharing the great things you're doing in STEM education or how you've handled STEM instruction during a pandemic? We'd love to hear your success stories. Apply to exhibit or present today!
February 11 - 12, 2021
The Texas STEM Coalition Conference brings together hundreds of educators (PK – 12, all content areas) each year to learn innovative approaches to teaching and learning, cutting-edge technologies, and STEM best practices. Due to anticipated impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and feedback from educators, we will host a Virtual Conference for 2021. In addition to traditional STEM Education topics and workshops, the 2021 Conference will also focus on blended learning, online learning, and other strategies in the context of STEM teaching and learning.
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PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED OPPORTUNITIES
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Educator Resources: Elementary School |
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PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED OPPORTUNITIES
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Educator Resources: Middle School |
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The Science Action Club team would love to offer your program complimentary access to Science Action Club curriculum and training resources. SAC Kits invite youth to explore nature, contribute to authentic citizen science research, and design strategies to protect the planet. Available in three topics and two languages, each kit includes 12 activity plans, tools and supplies for 20 youth, and a self-paced virtual training course for program staff. SAC kits are best suited for middle school, can be implemented virtually, and are valued at $1,500 per kit.
If you're interested in starting a club, follow the steps below to enroll:
- Determine which SAC unit (Bug Safari, Cloud Quest, Bird Scouts) you'd like to implement.
- Fill out the SAC Enrollment Form (5 min) and submit the kit order form (3 min) to be delivered the unit-specific SAC kit.
- The staff that will be implementing SAC should complete the online training (1.5 hrs), explore the Activity Recommendations planning tool, and reach out to the SAC team for support.
- Participating programs should implement at least 4 activities from the SAC units.
- Participating programs should participate in the SAC youth surveys evaluation. The SAC team will email programs with instructions (15 mins during programming).
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PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED OPPORTUNITIES
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Educator Resources: High School |
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PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED OPPORTUNITIES
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We sifted through and pulled out the educator-specific professional development opportunities and digital learning and teaching tools aimed at educators to create this list for Texas educators. We will continue to update as we receive resources.
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Our team has also gone through the massive lists of resources to try to compile an easy-to-use and more succinct version of recommended STEM resources for families. You're welcome to share this with the families you work with and your networks. We will continue to update as we receive resources.
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Get Connected: STEM Email Groups, Volunteers, Mentors |
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Join our K-12 STEM Outreach Google Groups! These email groups (open and moderated listservs) are all about sharing resources, information, events, volunteers, needs, and more with others reaching out to K-12 students aiming to excite them about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
For those not in one of these areas who still want to receive information going out to all groups, join the Texas K-12 STEM Outreach group. Contact Tricia Berry for any specific regional requests or questions. |
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The vision of the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) is to bring together organizations throughout the US and Puerto Rico that are committed to informing and encouraging girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). |
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The TxGCP eNewsletter is distributed approximately once a month. Visit the TxGCP web site for additional updates on upcoming events, resources and mini-grant information. |
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