Teach Next Year Program - TNY

05/26/2018

TNY Applicants,

Thanks for your interest in Teach Next Year! The deadline for applying to the Teach Next Year program for 2018/2019 ended in April.

If you are interested in applying for the 2019/2020 academic year, meetings, phone calls and information sessions for all 2019/2020 applicants will be scheduled in September. Please review the brochure and contact TNY Manager Alicia Savannah.

Thank you!
TNY

05/12/2018

For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Championship landed in Detroit this year. Held April 25-28, the championship saw more than 15,000 students in grades K-12, from 25 states and 45 countries, with their custom-built robots. FIRST Championship offers four levels of competition and one student exhibition for students aged 6 to 18.

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STEM competition urges kids from underserved communities to push their boundaries, build their technical acumen and prepare for future careers.

05/02/2018

A list of terrific STEM project-based learning activities that can be tailored to meet your students’ needs.
The list breaks down the learning activities by subject: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Many of these activities are customizable so they can be catered to toddlers all the way up to high school aged students.

Enjoy this list of 36 great resources for STEM project-based learning activities. The Activities are customizable for lots of grade levels!

04/19/2018

Great ideas and extraordinary teaching happen in public school classrooms all over the country, but these pockets of innovation often don’t get the attention they deserve.

At this big traditional high school teachers are taking the lead in the push for interdisciplinary, future-focused teaching practices.

04/16/2018

Project-based learning ( ) is a trend that’s spreading faster than a wildfire during a drought. Why? Because research on PBL proves that it increases student engagement and achievement, and helps students develop the 21st-century skills they need to succeed in their future careers.

For PBL to reach its full potential educators must learn to step back and be facilitators in the classroom, a change that requires thoughtful and ongoing professional development. Here, three educa…

04/12/2018

Many school districts struggle with how to expand students’ interest, excitement, and achievement in . Without the right approach, however, the result is often random acts of that do little to show students how fascinating or relevant these subjects really are.

STEM is about doing. Get strategies for hands-on, inquiry-based STEM experiences.

04/03/2018

Education First is now seeking applications for teacher-led projects that foster social and emotional learning (SEL) skills in students in grades PK-12 through the NoVo Foundation Social Emotional Learning Innovation Fund.

They will award up to $5,000 to individual teachers or groups of teachers to implement an innovative project in their classrooms and schools in the 2018-2019 school year. They are also looking for applications from districts and charters to support innovative social and emotional learning in students grades PK-12. They will award up to $25,000 per year for applicants selected for district-level work.

Though all proposals are welcome, Education First is seeking proposals that specifically serve one of the following student populations:
*Students from indigenous communities
*New arrivals (such as refugees) or immigrants
*English learners
*LGBTQI students
Application materials can be found here(follow the link). The deadline for applications is Friday, April 20 at 5:00 pm PT.

https://education-first.com/social-emotional-learning-innovation-fund/?mc_cid=9eb1785fc3&mc_eid=2f50822f59

03/28/2018

Three educators explain how they include career readiness in their 21st-century learning initiatives.

Many of you are familiar with the four C’s of the 21st-century learning framework: collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and creativity. But step back for a second and remember why you t…

03/27/2018

These anticipated changes over the next five years could make a real difference to the quality of would be able to provide.

In 2015, there were nearly 8.6 million STEM jobs in the United States, and that number is growing every year. In fact, STEM job growth in the past 10 years is three times that of any other field, b…

03/26/2018

To support this mission, many schools have begun to take part in a practice known as Project-Based Learning (PBL). PBL allows teachers to expose students to a wide variety of 21st Century skills, and allows students to interact with a curriculum in a way that is engaging, authentic, and fun!

4 Things All Project-Based Learning Teachers Should Do by Lauren Ayer, M.Ed. Gone are the days when students were expected to sit passively at desks while teachers lectured endlessly, expecting children to soak up the information being thrown at them. In today’s educational environment, students a...

03/26/2018

If you want to engage and get them excited about what they are learning in , , , and classes ask them to tackle a real-world problem. Then watch their amazement as they realize what they are learning in class actually has real-world applications.

Challenging students with finding solutions to real-world problems will get them excited about science, technology, engineering, and math classes, writes Anne Jolly.

03/23/2018

Skim this report: "STEM 2026: A Vision for Innovation in STEM Education"!

https://innovation.ed.gov/files/2016/09/AIR-STEM2026_Report_2016.pdf