April Professional Development Opportunities

NSTA’s upcoming web seminars offer practical insights, fresh ideas, and timely support for science educators. From classroom strategies to curriculum guidance, there’s something for everyone. Explore what’s coming up and register to save your spot!

Hubble's 36th Anniversary and Recent Science Highlights | April 23 | 7:00 - 8:00 PM ET

Sponsored Web Seminar: Solve the Case: Bringing Forensic Science into Your Chemistry Class | April 29 | 7:00 - 8:15 ET

May Professional Development Opportunities

NSTA’s upcoming web seminars offer practical insights, fresh ideas, and timely support for science educators. From classroom strategies to curriculum guidance, there’s something for everyone. Explore what’s coming up and register to save your spot!

Preparing Students for Emerging Fields in STEMM: Workforce Trends, Career Pathways, and Classroom Strategies | May 6 | 7:00 - 8:00 PM ET

The Science of Hurricanes, Earth’s Most Powerful Storms | May 7 | 7:00 - 8:00 PM ET

Future Planning Professional Development Series/Opportunities

The Science Steering Committee, ROE 47 and ISBE are excited to share this FREE experience and learn with you!

The Illinois Science Summit in Peoria, IL is a high-energy, three-day professional learning experience designed directly from feedback gathered in the Fall Science Educator Needs Assessment. Every session, location, and learning experience reflects what Illinois science educators said they need most: hands-on learning, real-world connections, strong NGSS alignment, and practical strategies that translate immediately to the classroom.

Join science educators from across the state for immersive, place-based learning at some of Peoria’s most exciting science, STEM, and engineering destinations.

Register for one, two, or all three days—each day stands on its own while building toward a powerful, cohesive experience.

What You’ll Experience

• Authentic, hands-on science learning at the Peoria Zoo, Luthy Botanical Garden, Riverfront Museum, Planetarium, OSF Jump Simulation Center, and Caterpillar Visitors Center
• Life, Earth, Space, and Engineering Science in action, grounded in real-world phenomena and systems thinking
• STEM and STEAM innovation through makerspaces, microscopy, healthcare simulation, engineering design, and AR integration
• Classroom-ready strategies for inquiry-based instruction, student engagement, and NGSS alignment
• Collaboration with fellow educators statewide, including discussion, resource sharing, and implementation support

🕘 Daily Schedule

8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

📌 Registration is limited to 100 educators per day

Click on the images for more information for each day below! 

Cost: $225

When: June 16th-18th, 7:00 am - 9:00 pm

Find more information HERE or contact Steve Gariepy at mammoth@siu.edu

At Glacier's End: A 3-Day Educator's Workshop

At Glacier’s End is an educator workshop introducing Illinois educators to a Natural-Divisions-Education-based framework for setting natural and other sciences and courses of study into a connective framework, based in place. Bridging curriculum, existing available resources, school and public programs, educational sites, and integrated experiential field programs. Including variable combinations of these educational vectors depending on settings and populations.