Notre Dame STEM Teaching Fellows

11/08/2025

Every day is STEM Day for Cohort 8! Representing eight schools nationwide, these educators are leading the way in high-quality STEM education and being a in their communities. ☘️

10/22/2025

We recognize and honor the tireless commitment, hard work, and inspirational leadership principals provide. We especially want to recognize our Remick Leaders (pictured here), members of the ACE Principal Academy, and our ACE graduates involved in school leadership. Your role is instrumental in shaping our future leaders, and the impact you make resonates far beyond the school walls.

10/21/2025

What an awesome start to the week! Yesterday we spent the afternoon volunteering with Unity Gardens Inc. in South Bend!

Unity Gardens connects our community through open, free pick gardens, no cost classes, and no cost summer programs for kids. It was a wonderful opportunity to get our hands in the soil and learn more about how Unity Gardens is creating spaces where both plants and people can thrive.

We’re so grateful to the Unity Gardens team for welcoming us yesterday and for all the ways they are a force for good in our community. ☘️

10/16/2025

We’re proud to celebrate Senior Fellow Mark Westlake (Cohort 4) for being selected as one of only 12 educators nationwide for NASA’s Space for Teachers Embedded Program! Mark will soon participate in a zero-gravity flight to test a student-designed experiment. Congratulations, Mark, and thank you for continuing to use your expertise as a in STEM education.

St. Thomas Academy's Mark Westlake has been selected as one of just 12 teachers nationwide for NASA’s Space for Teachers Embedded Program. He’ll soon fly aboard a zero-gravity aircraft to test a student-designed experiment — the same aircraft NASA uses for astronaut training. Congratulations Mark!

09/29/2025

Want to stay connected to the exciting things happening on campus and with our STEM Fellows as a new school year begins?

Our monthly newsletter offers an inside look at the impactful work of our current STEM Fellows and Senior Fellows as they work to make STEM a ☘️ Each edition arrives right in your inbox with stories of leadership, innovation, and STEM in action.

Our first newsletter of the school year goes live tomorrow! Subscribe now and stay connected all year: https://rb.gy/e6suiy

08/28/2025

We unite in solidarity with Catholic school communities across the country as we weep for the tragedy today at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. For all those impacted by this act of violence, we hold you in compassion and prayer.

08/28/2025

The Notre Dame community is heartbroken by the tragedy at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. We grieve with the families who lost loved ones, pray for the injured, and stand in solidarity with the Annunciation school family.

We also extend our prayers and support to our Alliance for Catholic Education educators serving in the Archdiocese as they accompany their students and colleagues through this time of sorrow.

07/22/2025

06/30/2025

The countdown is on! Just one more week until Cohort 8 kicks off their very first Summer Institute—and we can’t wait to welcome them to campus!

05/30/2025

Two of our Senior Fellows, Dawn Robertson (C4) and Caitlin Smith (C6) have completed The World of Artificial Intelligence Curriculum Package as part of their STEM Teacher Residency in Dr. Yamil Colón's research group! Check out this suite of five ready-to-use, standards-based STEM lessons that can be adapted for grades 3 - 8.

🔗Click to explore: https://shorturl.at/hy0I5

05/23/2025

Know someone who’s an excellent Advanced Placement or Dual Credit science teacher?

Our sister program, the Advanced Placement Teacher Investment Program, is hiring a full-time Science Content Specialist to deliver professional development and instructional support to AP & Dual Credit science teachers.

Send this their way!

🔗 Link to Apply: https://jobs.nd.edu/postings/37754

05/16/2025

Do you have experience teaching AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, and/or AP Physics?

The Advanced Placement Teacher Investment Program team is hiring a Science Content Specialist to lead high-impact professional development and support AP & Dual Credit science teachers.

🔗 Apply now: https://jobs.nd.edu/postings/37754