Summer Teacher PD
STEM teachers are invited to participate in Tulane's teacher professional development workshops this summer! Thanks to the generosity of Shell and The Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation, we are offering two 2-day on-campus workshops and one 2-day virtual professional development workshops.
June 13-14: Exploring Coding and Robotics with LEGO Spike Prime Essential - Grades 1-4! (In-Person & Virtual)
Join the Center for K-12 STEM Education team as we learn and play with the LEGO Spike Prime Essential robots! Expand your coding skills as you learn to use the Spike Prime app and program the Spike Prime Essential robots. You will also learn about the free LEGO curriculum available and how to start a FIRST LEGO League team at your school.
- We are offering a two-day professional development workshop totaling 9 hours. Day 1 will be in-person (9:00 am - 4:00 pm) and day 2 will be virtual (9:30 am - 12:00 pm). The 9-hour PD will be for rookie coaches who want to learn more about FIRST LEGO League Explore, whereas the 6-hour PD is for teachers who want to learn how to use Spike Prime Essential but have coached a FIRST LEGO League Explore team before
- Teachers will receive a $100 (6 hours) or $150 (9 hours) stipend upon completion of the PD. A $20 refundable deposit will be refunded to teachers upon completion of the PD.
June 15: Integrating Programming Language into Your Curriculum -Scratch- Grades 3rd-8th! (In-Person)
Incorporate computer programming into your science, mathematics, or language arts curriculum as you learn Scratch, a block-based coding language, where you will develop engaging projects to take back to your students this fall.
- We are offering a one-day in-person professional development workshop that will total 6 hours. (9:30 am - 4:00 pm, There will be a 30-minute break for lunch.)
- Participating teachers will receive a $100 stipend upon completion of the PD. A $20 refundable deposit will be refunded to teachers upon completion of the PD.
June 21-22: Exploring Coding and Robotics with LEGO Spike Prime - Grades 4-8! (In-Person)
Join the Center for K-12 STEM Education team as we learn and play with the LEGO Spike Prime robots! Expand your coding skills as you learn to use the Spike Prime app and program the Spike Prime robots. You will also learn about the free LEGO curriculum available and how to start a FIRST LEGO League team at your school.
- We are offering a two-day in-person professional development workshop totaling 9-12 hours. The 12-hour PD will be for rookie coaches who want to learn more about the FIRST LEGO League Challenge, whereas the 9-hour PD is for teachers who want to learn how to use Spike Prime but have coached a FIRST LEGO League Challenge team before.
- Participating teachers will receive a $150 (9 hours) or $200 (12 hours) stipend upon completion of the PD. A $20 refundable deposit will be refunded to teachers upon completion of the PD.
June 22-23: Explore Coding and Robotics with LEGO® Spike Prime Essential* (In-Person at Tulane's Uptown Campus!) – Grades 1st-4th
- Join the Center for K-12 STEM Education team as we learn and play with the Lego® Spike Prime Essential robots! Expand your coding skills as you learn to use the Spike Prime app and program the Spike Prime Essential robots. You will also learn about the free LEGO® curriculum available and how to start a First Lego League Explore team at your school.
- The two-day in-person professional development workshop will total 10 hours. The 10-hour PD will be for rookie coaches who want to learn more about FIRST LEGO League Explore, whereas the 8-hour PD is for teachers who want to learn how to use Spike Prime Essential but have coached a FIRST LEGO League Explore team before. Teachers will receive a $100 (8 hours) or $150 (10 hours) stipend upon completion of the PD.
June 29-30: Explore Coding and Robotics with LEGO® Spike Prime* (In-Person at Tulane's Uptown Campus!) – Grades 4th-8th
- Join the Center for K-12 STEM Education team as we learn and play with the Lego® Spike Prime robots! Expand your coding skills as you learn to use the Spike Prime app and program the Spike Prime robots. You will also learn about the free LEGO® curriculum available and how to start a First Lego League team at your school.
- The two-day in-person professional development workshop will total 9-12 hours. The 12-hour PD will be for rookie coaches who want to learn more about FIRST LEGO League Challenge, whereas the 9-hour PD is for teachers who want to learn how to use Spike Prime but have coached a FIRST LEGO League Challenge team before. Teachers will receive a $150 (9 hours) or $200 (12 hours) stipend upon completion of the PD.
July 13-14: Integrating Mathematics in Your Science Classroom – Grades 5th-8th (VIRTUAL)
- Join the Tulane Center for K-12 STEM Education team as we explore how to integrate mathematics concepts and skills in the science classroom to demonstrate to students how both fields help us better understand our world.
- The two-day virtual professional development workshop will be a mix of synchronous (9:00-11:00 am both days) and asynchronous sessions and will total 6 hours of time. Teachers will receive a $125 stipend upon completion of the PD.
