New Opportunities August 2024
There are so many opportunities for you to engage with the STEM ecosystem. Please check out all the new opportunities to enlarge your network, improve your craft, and engage students in STEM to end this year with excitement!
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CAREER AWARDS FOR STEM TEACHERS
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Sep 29, 2024 by 3:00pm ET
STATUS:
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
APPLY FOR THIS GRANT:
ELIGIBILITY & APPLICATION PROCESS:
Please review the Request for Proposals for detailed information on eligibility and the application process.
About The Award
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund’s Career Award for STEM Teachers recognizes outstanding STEM teachers in North Carolina public primary and secondary schools.
The award provides $175,000 over five years. It is available to North Carolina teachers with an outstanding performance record in educating children and demonstrating a solid knowledge of STEM content.
This award presents opportunities for professional development and collaboration with other master science and/or mathematics teachers who will help ensure their success as teachers and their satisfaction with the teaching field. The award allows schools and school districts to develop and fully empower teachers as leaders in the field.
Teachers working in hard-to-staff, economically deprived classrooms in North Carolina will receive special consideration. Efforts to integrate environmental science and climate change into STEM-related curricula will also receive special consideration.
The Fund and the State Board of Education recognize that improving STEM education in North Carolina will require systemic revision of K-12 instruction.
Teachers who are content-area experts with pedagogical skills are critical to ensuring students’ success in understanding STEM subjects. These teachers can make a difference by serving as change agents for their students and other educators across the state.
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NCCAT
Training: Recipe for Problem Solving K-5
This training, led by research scholars from the William and Ida Friday Institute for Education Innovation, will provide K-5 teachers with a comprehensive introduction to computational thinking and practical teaching strategies. Participants will explore the fundamentals of computational thinking, coding and age-appropriate programming tools to integrate into their classrooms. By the end of the training, teachers will feel confident in writing lesson plans integrating computational thinking to teach creative and engaging lessons integrating NC content standards, NC K-5 computer science standards and NC Digital Learning Standards for Students.
Learn more and Register here.
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NC K-12 Math Standards Resource Hub
The NCDPI K-12 Mathematics team has created a repository to provide a variety of resources for supporting school leaders, administrators, educators, and parents/caregivers. The NC K-12 Math Standards Resource Hub houses the standards, communications, and recommended resources related to the implementation of the North Carolina K-12 Math Standard Course of Study (NCSCOS).
The hub includes:
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K-12 standards and unpacking documents
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Previous PD presentations, recordings, and resources
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At Home Resource Guides for parent/guardians
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Math Options Chart aligned to post graduation plans
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STEM Content Integration
Math educators are encouraged to browse, reference, download, share, discuss, and adapt resources.
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K-12 Science Standards Hub
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The North Carolina K-12 Science Standards Canvas Hub is a repository to provide all Science stakeholders a variety of resources for supporting school leaders, administrators, educators, and parents/caregivers.
Did you know…
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Resources specific to each grade band, as well as STEM content integration can be found on the bottom of the hub.
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The hub contains information for nonformal educators.
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Parent/caregiver guides and support documents are housed on the hub.
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An updated Periodic Table of the Elements for Middle School can be found in the K-12 Support Documents button.
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Assessment Tutorials
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The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s Office of Accountability and Testing designs and manages statewide assessments that are administered to students enrolled in public and charter schools in grades 3-12. These assessments serve several purposes for the schools, the state, and federal guidelines.
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Research Project on Science Assessment for Multilingual Learners
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) and the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) are seeking educators to serve as paid consultants contributing to the development of a new assessment tool for multilingual learners (MLs) in science. The Multilingual Multimodal Science Inventory (M2-Si) is a grant-funded project aiming to better support MLs in grades 3-5.
Qualified educators, instructional coaches, and administrators who have taught science to MLs within the past five years are encouraged to apply. Selected participants will receive a stipend, travel reimbursement, and registration for the North Carolina Science Teaching Association (NCSTA) 2024 Conference.
To participate, educators must attend the NCSTA conference, a professional development workshop, and contribute to evaluating student work samples. Applications are due September 1, 2024.
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InSTEP
Invigorating Statistics and Data Science Teaching through Professional Learning [InSTEP]
InSTEP is a new way to offer personalized professional learning to support teachers and instructional coaches in developing expertise in teaching statistics and data science and grades 6-12. With InSTEP you can:
- Personalize learning to meet your professional needs through customized recommendations, collaborative spaces, and choice of learning modules and microcredentials.
- Build your skills in data investigations and innovative teaching approaches based on practices of data professionals and research on students’ learning with data.
- Expand your professional collection of resources and technology vetted by experts in statistics and data science education.
- Earn certificates to apply to CEUs.
Learn more and register for FREE at http://instepwithdata.org
Use this flyer to share the opportunity with colleagues.
For more information, please contact lead designers and facilitators from NC State:
Dr. Hollylynne Lee [email protected]
Dr. Gemma Mojica [email protected]
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4th Grade Math Professional Development Grant
Recruiting Schools and Districts Now!
NCDPI received a 5-year grant for nearly $8 million to implement a virtual learning professional development platform known as “Patterns” with 4th grade math. The study focuses on building knowledge and confidence in math with a focus on NC 4th grade standards and content related to fractions. Teachers will explore ways to implement an inquiry-based approach to math instruction and work with coaches and colleagues from across the state.
DPI is now recruiting schools and districts who may be interested in participating or learning more about various opportunities and ways to be involved. Opportunities include a short-term study in the Fall of 2024 as well as more in-depth participation starting in the Fall of 2025.
CEU’s, college credit, and stipends are all available!
To learn more:
Read the NCDPI press release sent on Monday, December 11, 2023.
Please feel free to email Dr. Charles Aiken ([email protected])
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2024 AIM Conference
Raleigh Convention Center
October 7-9, 2024
The AIM Conference is an agency-wide event and an excellent opportunity for you to share your expertise with the field. This year’s conference supports public school units as they plan for and implement the Portrait of a Graduate.
See the 2024 AIM DRAFT Agenda.
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Experiment with magnets and coils in Faraday’s Electromagnetic Lab, now in HTML5. Measure the magnetic field created by a bar magnet or electromagnet. Induce a current through a pickup coil, and vary experimental conditions including magnetic strength, number of loops, and loop area. Explore applications of Faraday’s Law with electromagnets, transformers, and generators.
- Predict the direction of the magnetic field for different locations around a bar magnet and an electromagnet
- Compare and contrast bar magnets and electromagnets
- Identify the conditions that produce induction
- Predict how the induced current will change when the experimental conditions are varied
This suite includes three additional simulations, Magnet and Compass, Magnets and Electromagnets, and Generator, which allow for more focused exploration of the these concepts.
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| Use Proportion Playground to interact directly with values in a ratio. Design a necklace, throw paint balloons, play billiards, or shop for apples as you play. Build two ratios side-by-side and discover strategies for scaling ratios to build proportions. Use
Ratio and Proportion to feel the meaning of a proportional relationship as you slide both hands up and down. Try to stay in the green, and notice the rate that each hand must move to do so! |
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Special Opportunities
Last Call: Join 2024-25 PhET for Schools Access Program
Act now! Eligible schools and districts can still apply to our 2024-25 PhET for Schools Access Program, and get free access to the PhET iOS and Android/Chromebook apps and optional opportunities for teacher professional development for this school year. Program is open to all Title 1 and Community Eligibility Provision schools in the U.S., at no cost.
Secure your school or district’s spot today!
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Free Professional Development for K-2 Teachers!
Join PhET’s “Number Sense for Primary Education with PhET Simulations” course and learn how to facilitate lessons using our early math sims, Number Play, Number Compare, and Make a Ten. This 15-hour teacher professional development course on the Coursera platform is available at no cost from July-November 2024. The target audience is U.S.-based K-2 teachers and teacher educators, but anyone is welcome to join.
Registration is required to take advantage of this free opportunity. |
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Partner Corner
PhET & Carolina Distance Learning: The Partnership to Enhance Online Science Education
Thursday, September 12, 2:30 PM ET
Join us for a webinar as we unveil an exciting new collaboration between Carolina Distance Learning and PhET Simulations. Discover the innovative ways the Carolina Distance Learning’s Gateway platform enhances PhET’s renowned simulations for quick adoption and elevated learning experiences. Through a live demonstration, witness firsthand how this partnership is revolutionizing online science education.
Learn more about Carolina Distance Learning. Request your free hands-on sample lab. |
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