Amazon Future Engineer Scholarships - Arlington Event December 12, 6-730pm

 

Free Webinar on STEM Outreach - November 8

STEM, Your Classroom, and Community: Fostering Connections, Engagement, and Outreach

Wed., November 08, 2023, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET

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Making connections and impacting your community enhances teaching and student learning and engagement.

Join this educator panel for ideas on how to bring your community and its resources into your learning environment. You’ll also learn how you can encourage students to engage and give back.

This webinar delves into the power of community engagement and its role in encouraging students to step out into the world of experiential STEM learning. Discover how collaboration between educators, local organizations, and community leaders can enrich STEM education by providing students with real-world experiences and hands-on learning opportunities.

SPEAKERS

Christina Chandler, School Strategy and DEIB Initiatives Consultant, KC STEM

Heather Kleiner, Director of the Northwest LaSTEM Innovation Center

Sandra Roberts, Education Program Manager, Science Friday

MODERATORS

Martha McCabe, Senior Vice President of Community Partnerships, Project Lead The Way

Morgan State STEM Expo - Saturday, November 18, 9am - 3pm

 

MSU Student Union Building!   This is different than last year but the same as the pre-Covid events.

For a full-size PDF of this poster, 
click here.

The built-in micro:bit Light Sensor

 

Looking for projects to use the light sensor on the micro:bit? We've got make it :code it resources so you can use the micro:bit’s light sensor including a cookie tin alarm, a nightlight, an energy-cost calculator and much more https://microbit.org/projects/make-it-code-it/?filters=12ddce79-8027-4ce7-a586-850c2b855cfa… #microbit #STEM

Tosin Adetoro of Falls Church City Public Schools - Northern Virginia Teacher of the Year Finalist

 Congratulations to Tosin Adetoro of Falls Church City Public Schools. She gets to work with nearly every student in the school system during their most formative years of building a STEM identity.

from https://northernvirginiamag.com/family/education/2023/09/22/tosin-adetoro-teacher-of-the-year-finalist-2023

Flying High: Tosin Adetoro, Finalist for Our Teacher of the Year Awards

The STEAM educator’s passion for science is contagious at Oak Street Elementary School.

By Renee Sklarew September 22, 2023

Upside down, hands up, glee on her face, Tosin Adetoro soared above her students in an F/A-18 fighter jet. The teacher at Oak Street Elementary School in Falls Church had been recognized for excellence in teaching and her outreach efforts in the STEAM field (short for science, technology, engineering, art, and math). The award: a flight with the Blue Angels at the 2020 Joint Base Andrews Air Show. “I hate roller coasters and things that move fast. But I told my students, ‘I had to be a risk-taker just like you,’” laughs Adetoro. “And it was the best experience ever.”

Oak Street is a Primary Years International Baccalaureate School, a program that focuses on inquiry-based learning. Adetoro models that philosophy as she guides 500 students in their weekly STEAM classes. The lessons are hands-on, whether it’s rocketry, coding, or robotics. While she only sees them once a week, she knows every student’s name, and they call her Ms. Awesome.

Adetoro’s passion for science is contagious, according to her fellow teachers, and they cite her creativity, colorful clothing, and excitement for learning. “Science is already a boring and challenging concept for some, so I have to sprinkle pizazz on it,” Adetoro says. “It may take me all year to wow that one student in the back corner, but we’re going to work on it.”

Challenges are embedded in her lesson plans, like when she adapted a high school experiment and had fifth graders build hot air balloons at home during the pandemic. Adetoro showed that Oak Street students could manage the task. She stresses that it’s OK to fail, and in science and technology, failing is part of the process.

Adetoro teaches third through fifth graders and celebrates every step of their elementary school journey. To demonstrate the impact of her classroom lessons, Adetoro founded STEAM Night, and the event’s popularity is undeniable. In the lead up to STEAM Night, she empowers her students to develop independent projects and present them to the Falls Church business community.

“As a parent of two children who she has taught, I can confidently say that her enthusiasm for teaching and learning is infectious,” says Chrissy Henderson. “She is a true role model.”

Adetoro also focuses on mentoring underrepresented populations to pursue STEAM fields. She was often the only Black woman in her college classes and workplace, which is why she strives to be an example today. “I push myself a little more to make sure that these groups don’t miss out,” Adetoro says.

What’s next for Ms. Awesome? “I will do anything I can to get out there and challenge myself,” she says. Adetoro also wants her students to be risk-takers, whether they’re launching a hot air balloon or analyzing water filters. “The STEAM field is limitless,” she says with enthusiasm. Aboard a Blue Angel, with a CNN camera aimed at her helmeted face, Adetoro showed us what limitless looks like.

Feature image by Amie Otto

Upcoming Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. AI Presentations and Discussions

Here is a list of upcoming Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. AI presentations and discussions, along with a few international meetups you can attend virtually. 

Date	Title	Location	URL
Sept 5-7, 2023	Voice and AI	Hybrid, Washington, DC	LINK  Discount code: INCITS20
Sept 7, 2023	Immersive Technologies (IM-TECH)	In-person, GMU, Arlington, VA (free)	LINK/
Sept 13-14, 2023	SES Standards and Innovation Forum: Intersection of Standards and AI	Virtual	LINK
Sept 28, 2023	INCITS AI Standards Workshop: NIST AI RMF + 42001 Crosswalk	Virtual (free)	LINK
Sept 28, 2023	OSTP Director Prabhakar discusses Responsible AI	Hybrid, ITI Washington, DC (free)	LINK
Oct 16-20, 2023	ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 42 International Plenary	Hybrid, Vienna, Austria	Join via membership here:  LINK
Oct 23-24, 2023	Fundraising.AI Global Summit	Virtual (free)	LINK

 

 

VT Innovation Campus K-12 Program Manager position

 from Virginia Tech's Innovation Campus

K-12 Program Manager

Apply now Back to search resultsJob no: 526796
Work type: Staff
Senior management: Innovation Campus
Department: Innovation Campus
Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Categories: Communications / Public Relations / Marketing, Administrative / Clerical, Program/Project Management

Job Description

Reporting to the Director of K-12 Programs, this role partners with the Director in the development, implementation and evaluation of integrated K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and computer science programs for formal and informal education settings, in accordance with Virginia Standards of Learning and national standards in requisite areas. The K-12 Program Manager supports the accomplishment of program goals within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters while adhering to quality standards. This position also ensures the K-12 program runs operationally and serves as the point of contact for the program.

The responsibilities include:

● Facilitating professional development as applicable to support STEM education programs for students, teachers, and families
● Utilizing content and pedagogy expertise to support teachers in the development and implementation of integrated K-12 Science, Mathematics, Educational Technology, Computer Science, Engineering (STEM) instruction, in accordance with Virginia Standards of Learning and national standards in requisite areas
● Implementing K-12 STEM teacher professional development, afterschool programs and initiatives as they relate to and support state and national standards
● Developing culturally relevant curriculum materials for engaging diverse student populations
● Managing a hybrid community of practice to support and coach K-12 educators by modeling, sharing lessons, educational resources, and toolkits for implementing best practices into classrooms
● Working collaboratively with K-12 public school districts, Virginia Tech community, nonprofits, corporations and other stakeholders
● Marketing Virginia Tech Innovation Campus K-12 Initiatives to diverse stakeholders

The Virginia Tech Innovation Campus is a bold, new vision for research and graduate education in computer science and computer engineering. Located adjacent to the