PD Opportunities, STEM Night Volunteers & Fall Events!
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🎃 Happy October!
Hello, {{Constituent First Name}}, Please see this month's updates from the Columbia Gorge STEM Hub.
STEM Hub News and Updates
🌟Save the Date: 2025 Journey to the Stars - Saturday, April 5th!
PreK-3rd Grade Educators: We are excited to announce the 2025 Journey to the Stars Conference will be on Saturday April 5, 2025! Proposals for facilitators are now being accepted! We are currently looking for training facilitators to offer workshop sessions during our conference! Submit your proposal for a 3-hour session in English and/or Spanish to support the development of Columbia Gorge's early educators. Preference will be given to facilitators providing Set 2 or Set 3 sessions. Compensation is provided. Event will take place at the Fort Dalles Readiness Center 402 E Scenic Drive The Dalles, OR 97058.
👉More information: Contact Child Care Partners 541-506-6131 or ccp@cgcc.edu
⭐Interested in guiding the STEM Hub as we propose grant projects for next school year? Join us virtually to provide us feedback, share your needs and help us propose innovative grant ideas to ODE. Interested in joining or want to learn more? Contact Julie at jcucuel@cgesd.k12.or.us
👩🏫Intended Audience: PreK-12+ Educators, District or School Administrators, Program Directors/Coordinators, STEM Industry Leaders.
📆Tuesday, October 15th or Tuesday, October 22nd, 4 PM - 5:30 PM
⭐Paid stipends available for OR educators who attend.
⭐The Learning to Lead Program Continues for it's 3rd Year
The Learning to Lead program through a partnership with Oregon State University and Wasco County 4-H is entering its third year, focusing on empowering teens in STEM fields through leadership training and hands-on experiences. The programming aims to equip young leaders with essential skills and foster a passion for science, technology, engineering, and math.
🤖ISTE Artificial Intelligence Explorations for 6th-12th Grade Educators
Prepare your students to understand how to use AI in their personal and professional lives to facilitate learning and solve real-world problems. In this online course, learn to identify the various types of AI, hear about AI technologies on the horizon and build some of your own tools to make AI concrete and accessible for you and your students. This is a 15-hour, self-paced course with ongoing instructor support. No previous knowledge of AI or experience coding is required.
👨🏫 Monthly STEM Educator Meet-Up hosted by Jack Perrin (Gorge Makerspace)
Connect monthly with other STEM educators!
📆 Friday, October 4th, starting at 4pm at Hood River Common House.
📍110 5th St, Hood River, OR.
👉Event Contact: Jack Perrin, jack@gorgemakerspace.com
⚛Save the Date: Oregon Science Teachers Association's Annual Conference K-12 Science Teachers: The annual OSTA Conference will be held on Saturday, November 2nd, 2024. Contact Julie Cucuel at jcucuel@cgesd.k12.or.us if you are interested in attending, as financial assistance may be available for educators in our region.
👨💻HS Science Teachers - FREE PLC's through Patterns PD Opportunities
Rural HS Science Teachers (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) are welcome to connect with others by attending the Portland Metro STEM Partnership (PMSP) and Greater Oregon STEM Hub (GO STEM) "Patterns" PLC's.
🔢ODE’s High School Math Pathways Project: Virtual Engagement Sessions
HS Math Teachers, Administrators, and Counselors can learn more about the 2+1 model for High School Math Pathways, including new guidance and guidlines from ODE and the Oregon Math Project to support districts and high schools with their math pathways implementation plans. ODE math specialists will host a Q & A segment at the end of each session.
Asking Purposeful Questions Workshop Series:Begins in November | Live Online (Free - hosted by ACRES) - a VERY impactful workshop series for afterschool staff doing STEM activities in their programs!
More Educator PD Opportunities from the STEM Hub! Be sure to see all of our professional development opportunites on our Websiteand Facebookpage!
Educator Resources
🤖MS-HS Biology Teachers: Free Science Practices With Wildfires Workshop
📅Thursday, October 24th, 9 AM - 2:45 PM; Willamette ESD; Salem, OR
Middle and High School Biology Teachers are welcome to attend a free, one-day PD workshop: Science Practices in Action: Asking Questions and Engaging in Argumentation from Evidence Using Wildfires as a Phenomenon
👨💻6-12th Grade: Samsung Solve for Tomorrow - Applications now open!
Samsung Solve for Tomorrow invites Oregon educators to enter a nationwide competition that empowers 6-12th grade students to use STEM to tackle community issues. Applications are open until October 24th, with the chance to win a share of $2 million in technology and supplies for classrooms. Students partner with their teachers to address challenges like food waste and climate change through new innovative solutions!
4th-12th Educators: Manufacturing-Focused Quarterly PLC with CGCC Faculty
📅 Friday, November 1st @ 4-6pm This quarterly learning community session is designed for 4th-12th grade educators who are passionate about deepening their understanding of manufacturing skills and technologies. Participants will engage in hands-on exploration of key manufacturing concepts, learn about the latest industry advancements, and collaborate with CGCC college faculty and fellow educators. The focus will be on integrating these skills into the classroom through collaborative lesson planning.
☀️Participating educators will receive a stipend for their time, mileage reimbursement, and dinner will also be provided.
ODE has recently released updated versions of two key references:
2024-2027 Oregon CTE State Plan: The Oregon CTE State Plan is a high-level, four-year strategic plan outlining outcomes and strategies to guide Oregon's ongoing work to build world-class CTE.
2024-2025 CTE Policy Guidebook: This guidebook creates a one-stop shop of information on how to manage and implement CTE Programs of Study, representing a collaborative effort to advance Oregon's vision for CTE.
💊Amazon Career Tours: Pharmacy Careers
Amazon's Career Tour now includes a 40-minute interactive tour of pharmacy careers of the future. Students will discover how professionals work together with computer science, artificial intelligence, and robotics to help customers get their prescriptions quickly and safely.
Keep your stuff out of the trash and support the right to repair! Come on down to the MakerSpace on Oct. 5 for our bi-annual Fix-It Fest — a day of sustainable activities, tinkering, and repairing. Have a vacuum sitting in your closet that needs some TLC? Need to rewire a vintage lamp? Let us help you! Save money, reduce your impact on the planet, and learn tips and tricks for breathing new life into your beloved (but broken) items.
👉Interested in Volunteering as a Fixer? Contact Jack Perrin: jack@gorgemakerspace.com
🦴Save the Date! Grossology STEM Night at Gorge Discovery Center
📆Friday, October 25th, 4-7 PM
Gorge Discovery Center in collaboration with STEM Hub is throwing a FREE Grossology STEM Night for the community on October 25th from 4-7pm. Come and celebrate spooky season with weird and icky hands-on activities for kids!
🎃Save the Date! 2024 Native American Youth Trunk or Treat: 3 Nights of Fun!
The STEM Hub will be giving away Lego sets at the October 23rd Trunk or Treat at The Dalles Dam. Hope to see you at one of these!
10/23: 5-7 PM The Dalles Dam Visitor Center: 3545 Bret Clodfelter Way
10/24: 5-7 PM One Community Health Northshore: 65371 Highway 14, White Salmon, WA
10/25: 5-6:30 PM Celilo Longhouse: Mini Powwow Grand Entry starting at 7:00 PM
🎃Fruit Loops Art Center is ready for fall and Halloween crafting!
Fruit Loops will be donating 50% of sales from their Open Studio sessions to the May Street PTO. Come in to play and craft and donate to the PTO!
🤝Part-Time Job Opening in Wishram School District (WA)
Wishram School District is hiring a REACH After School Program Site Manager.
📔HS Seniors: US Junior Chamber International Senate Foundation Scholarships Each year, the U.S. Junior Chamber International (JCI) Senate Foundation grants $1,500 scholarships to graduating high school seniors who plan to continue their education at an accredited postsecondary college or university; scholarships of $1,000 will be available to graduating high school seniors who plan to attend an accredited vocational or industrial school. (Additional eligibility requirements apply.) Deadline to apply is January 17, 2025.
Inspire your imagination and develop your STEM skills with these FREE events. Build and explore using LEGO® bricks, blocks, boxes, or other fun materials.
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