Professional Development

Regional Noyce Community

CSU Making Sense of Place 

Place-based Education makes STEM locally relevant because…

  • Rooted in local context
  • Authentic, experiential learning
  • Socio-scientific issues – e.g., human-environmental interactions

Our Place-based Education PD series integrates four components

  1. STEM content
  2. High-leverage teaching practices
  3. Social justice
  4. Networking with mentor teachers
High Leverage Teaching Practices
Outline of the Professional Development Seminars Below
Bioengineering
Climate Science
Citizen Science
Watershed Science
Engineering Design
Organizing Learning
The Opioid Epidemic
CRISPR
Nutrition Science
Climate Modeling
Pollinator Biology

Professional Development Workshops

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