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24-25 STEM Leaders Academy

Schools interested in making the shift to STEM and earning the Governor STEM School Designation are invited to apply for OSIT’s STEM Leaders Academy. Participating schools create a STEM leadership team to attend the academy. The leadership team develops a vision and long-range strategic plan for advancing STEM at the school. Upon academy completion, schools can access a $25,000 grant to launch the school’s STEM strategic plan. Academy completers have gone on to earn the Governor’s Designation.

Schools at all levels of STEM implementation, including those already designated, are invited to join the academy. Strategic planning is individualized for each school site.

Learn more and apply at https://osit.nv.gov/STEM/STEM_Leaders_Academy_(1)/

NSTA Professional Book Study:

Creating and Using Instructionally Supportive Assessments in NGSS Classrooms

“What is an approach that science educators can use to create assessment tasks that support instructional practice and students’ three-dimensional learning? Participate in this book study scheduled on September 10, 17, 24, and October 1, 2024, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Eastern time, to learn more.

This book study will immerse you in the Next Generation Science Assessment (NGSA) design process that:

Provides a concrete and principled multi-step approach for creating classroom-based tasks that support students in using disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts and scientific and engineering practices, Encourages the design of tasks that differ from traditional formats of assessment and that a wide range of students will find meaningful and accessible, Supports the use of assessments to promote student learning of the three dimensions of scientific knowledge, Emphasizes using assessment design to deepen one’s professional knowledge for teaching and Meets the important requirements for assessing three-dimensional learning.

Participants will receive a certificate from NSTA after each live web seminar for attending the live program AND for completing the post-program survey.

$1,500 flat fee per cohort of 25 participants, regardless of their NSTA membership status. Additional participants (beyond 25) will be charged $60 per person. If you are interested in sponsoring a group of 25 individuals or more, please contact Flavio Mendez via email (fmendez@nsta.org) for a quote.”

Rates for individual registration only:

Members: $60.00

Nonmembers: $75.00

Student Members: $12

Learn more and register

https://my.nsta.org/event/creating-and-using-instructionally-supportive-assessments-in-ngss-classrooms-boo#

Nevada Tech Hub Receives $21M for Lithium Loop Workforce Development, Nevada Native Nations Center, and More

EDA: “The Nevada Lithium Batteries and Other EV Material Loop (Nevada Tech Hub), led by the University of Nevada, Reno, aims to build a self-sustaining and globally competitive full lithium lifecycle cluster, spanning extraction, processing, manufacturing, and recycling. With a foundation of rich sources of lithium and materials essential to electrification, the Nevada Tech Hub is working to align and coordinate its innovation and economic development activities with established companies, startups, education, and workforce development organizations to enable this region to become a global lithium leader. 

The Nevada Tech Hub seeks to position the Silver State as a strong node in the critical lithium supply chain and an ideal location for the nation’s future sustainable electrification storage industry. In July 2024, EDA recommended this Tech Hub receive grant funding of approximately $21 million to implement two projects, including: Working with community colleges, state agencies, industry, and labor unions to bolster the region’s reservoir of skilled workers;  Providing educational opportunities and wraparound support for students at the secondary and post-secondary levels;  Promoting awareness of STEM-related occupations across Nevada’s lithium economy, increasing retention of Native students in STEM-related fields, and creating guided pathways to family-sustaining jobs in the growing Hub workforce;  Supporting the administrative capacity and readiness of Nevada’s Native American and Indigenous communities to promote their ability to productively engage with industry; and Creating and maintaining effective and equitable management and decision-making processes, advising on workforce development strategies, and facilitating connections to relevant experts and organizations. 

To ensure that the impacts of the Tech Hub benefit the entire region, the consortium is committed to developing equitable workforce training and recruitment strategies, including working with the University of Nevada, Reno’s Office of Indigenous Relations on a Nevada Native Nations Center initiative to support the participation of Native and Indigenous peoples in key decisions.”

Read More: https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2024/nevada-tech-hub-funding

https://www.eda.gov/funding/programs/regional-technology-and-innovation-hubs/2023/Nevada-Tech-Hub