Elementary STEM
STEM-specific professional development for elementary teachers
Full Challenge: The amount of STEM-specific professional development available to elementary teachers.
Challenge Description: Most PD opportunities for elementary teachers focus on math, reading, and writing, rather than science, technology, engineering, or integrated STEM concepts and content.
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Catalyzing Change in Math Education: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities in Elementary and Beyond
Watch "Catalyzing Change in Math Education: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities in Elementary and Beyond", a recorded "Steal This" presentation...
100Kin10 Project Team: Developing and Supporting STEM Mindsets in Elementary Teachers (2020)
All students deserve access to excellent and equitable STEM teaching and learning so they reach their highest potential” (NMSI STEM Framework for...
It’s More Than Schedules: Teacher Collaboration and Innovative Instruction
June 1, 2018 We launched the 100Kin10 Teacher Forum to get a better pulse on what’s happening in schools and classroom across the country, directly...
"I was pretty underwhelmed with the offerings out there for elementary teachers to receive STEM training"
One day my daughter (then 3) asked me, “Mommy, are you not happy anymore?” I was stunned. I didn’t realize that the joy I once had developing new STEM...
Elementary teachers often lack access to STEM professional development.
Published July 2017. Elementary students are minimally exposed to science, technology, mathematics, and science (STEM) content areas (National...
Few elementary teacher preparation programs have a STEM focus.
Published July 2017. Teacher preparation programs are faced with a seemingly insurmountable task: Instill teacher candidates with the theory,...
100Kin10 Project Team: Online Professional Development (2017)
This Project Team is exploring how to best deliver high-quality integrated STEM professional development to elementary school educators online. The...
Many elementary teachers have anxiety about teaching STEM subjects.
Published July 2017. Research literature—not just in the United States, but in nations across the world—broadly shows that elementary teachers lack...