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TGR Foundation’s Educator Community provides educators with trainings, tools and resources to expand students’ access to STEM careers through programs like our Professional Learning Pathway, STEM Studio, and DoD STEM Ambassador.
For questions about upcoming workshops or registration information, please contact: [email protected]
Educators will have the opportunity to receive a micro-credential for each STEM Studio workshop they attend. Additionally, by participating in a STEM Studio workshop, educators will receive a certificate from TGR Foundation for 12 hours of professional learning credit. STEM Studio is approved for 12 LAUSD workshop hours toward salary point credit.
Through our partnership with DoD STEM, we’re proud to manage the STEM Ambassador Program. The DoD STEM Ambassador Program recognizes outstanding educators and promotes STEM learning across the country. DoD STEM Ambassadors are carefully chosen by the Department of Defense STEM Education Consortium (DSEC) and DoD STEM based on their commitment to working with students who have been historically underrepresented in STEM and/or are military connected.
Ambassadors participate in a variety of professional development and community building including collecting educational resources in collaboration with a partner organization, presenting in a conference of choice, blogging about educational resources in connection with DoD STEM opportunities and more.
During the school day, the Learning Lab welcomes fifth and sixth grade students for an immersive, STEM-based field trip, providing a unique hands-on learning experience.
While students explore STEM education and career pathways through project-based learning in subjects like Forensic Science, Marine Biology, or Biotechnology, their teachers engage in professional development sessions. These sessions equip educators with tools, strategies, and best practices to bring back to their classrooms, enhancing the overall learning experience for their students.
The Professional Learning Pathway is intended for all educators, traditional, informal, STEM focused and non-STEM focused, working with youth in grades 4-12. With the goal of improving student learning outcomes, educators will:
A hallmark of our educator professional development program, STEM Studio is a robust training option for educators to incorporate inquiry into their teaching practice. The Professional Learning Pathway provides four distinct STEM Studio workshops – each building off the previous – for educators to expand their knowledge of proven inquiry practices:
For any questions regarding TGR Foundation’s Professional Learning Pathway and educator resources please contact [email protected].
