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CSTL hiring an Assistant Research Professor of STEM Education

Posted by Ron Gray on December 11, 2022

The Center for Science Teaching and Learning (CSTL) and the Department of STEM Education (DSE) at Northern Arizona University (NAU) invite applications for a scholar of higher education at the rank of assistant research professor beginning August 2023.

 

The CSTL is committed to strategically increasing its capacity to provide local and national leadership in STEM education through advanced research and scholarly activities. As a recently designated Hispanic-serving institution (HSI), NAU seeks a scholar with background and scholarly interest… Read more

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Project Focus: FEWSION for Community Resilience™

Posted by Author on Source on July 7, 2021

Check out these recent updates from the FEWSION for Community Resilience™ project, on which the CSTL’s Sean Ryan is a project coordinator:

Training Manual Published

The F4R™ team has worked hard to compile a comprehensive training manual for participants who wish to learn how to leverage the F4R™ process to build resilience in their communities. This training manual is a guide for the F4R™ process. It contains suggested activities and content that promote learning, research, and action focused on supply chains.… Read more

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CSTL Published in Afterschool Matters: PD for STEM Educators

Posted by Author on Source on June 23, 2021

The CSTL PLANETS team recently published an article in the Afterschool Matters journal on the professional learning support that is needed to meet the varying needs of out-of-school time STEM educators.

Check out the abstract:

Flexibility, opportunities for exploration, and a focus on 21st century skills make out-of-school time (OST) programs an ideal environment for authentic learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM; Committee on STEM Education, 2013; Noam & Shah, 2014). In addition, because OST programs serve significant populations… Read more

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Citizen-Led Community Innovation for Food Energy Water Nexus Resilience

Posted by Author on Source on June 2, 2021

Check out this publication from the team working on the FEWSION for Community Resilience initiative, including CSTL’s Sean Ryan and Nena Bloom

Frontiers in Environmental Science, posted September 23, 2020

Release of the article by Emma Hibbett, Richard Rushforth, Elisabeth Roberts, Sean Ryan, Kyle Pfeiffer, Nena Bloom, Benjamin L Ruddell, published in Frontiers in Environmental Science, section Science and Environmental Communication. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.571614

“Food-energy-water (FEW) resources are necessary for the function of… Read more

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Getting to Know CSTL: Meet Lori Rubino-Hare

Posted by Author on Source on May 14, 2021

Lori flexes with a shirt that says, "GIS is my super power"Lori is a Professional Development Coordinator at the CSTL. She was a middle-school teacher in Arizona for 13 years before coming to the CSTL. Lori is a proud NAU alumna with a BSEd in Elementary Ed and a MEd with distinction in Gifted Special Education. Lori has worked on a number of grants with the CSTL funded by NSF… Read more

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NAU’s CSTL contributes to Flagstaff Community STEM Celebration

Posted by Author on Source on May 13, 2021

The Flagstaff Community STEM Celebration went virtual this year with the help of NAU’s Center for Science Teaching and Learning.

Anne Hamlin of the CSTL and STEM City board member helped coordinate the virtual week-long event that featured local STEM organizations with videos about how they use STEM in their daily work.

The videos premiered each night the first week of May and are indefinitely available.

The CSTL contributed a video produced by NAU students and Assistant Clinical Professor, Theresa Fuller. Keefer… Read more

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CSTL Receives NASA Funding to Support Outreach in Underserved Communities

Posted by Author on Source on April 27, 2021

The Center for Science Teaching and Learning has received a $359K NASA grant to develop a replicable engagement model to prepare planetary scientists to engage audiences in planetary science with an explicit focus on Black and Latinx communities.

The CSTL team, led by PI Lori Rubino-Hare, will partner with the Lunar and Planetary Institute on Planetary Resources and Content Heroes (ReaCH) to develop a replicable engagement model for preparing NASA scientists to engage diverse audiences in planetary science.

A needs assessment… Read more

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Alumni Spotlight: Victoria Heimink

Posted by Author on Source on April 14, 2021

Victoria stands in front of cannabis at her new jobThe CSTL is proud to work with the next generation of Science and Math educators, as well as students who enter the vocational world in whatever industry they choose. We checked in with one of our alumni to see what she is doing after her time with the Center at NAU.

Meet Victoria Heimink, 2017 graduate from NAUTeach in Chemistry.

What are you… Read more

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PLANETS 2.0 Practitioner Recruitment Underway

Posted by Author on Source on April 13, 2021

A flyer detailing applications for PFGNorthern Arizona University is seeking elementary and middle grade Out-of-School Time STEM practitioners to participate in a study of effective practices for emergent bilingual learners, Native American learners, and learners who are experiencing physical disabilities. We ask for three years of experience for participation in these focus groups.

The study seeks to understand:

  1. What are effective practices for supporting the underserved learners in STEM learning in OST environments?
  2. How well prepared… Read more

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Getting to Know CSTL: Meet Theresa Fuller

Posted by Author on Source on April 9, 2021

Theresa Fuller's directory photo

Theresa is Assistant Clinical Professor with the NAUTeach program at the CSTL. She started as a mentor teacher for NAUTeach while also teaching middle and high school mathematics here in Flagstaff. She has a B.S. in Education from Central Michigan University and a M.Ed. with a Technology Emphasis from Lesley University. In 2017, she received her National Board Certification in Mathematics/Early Adolescence. Let’s meet Theresa!

How long have… Read more

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  • Project Focus: FEWSION for Community Resilience™
  • CSTL Published in Afterschool Matters: PD for STEM Educators
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  • Getting to Know CSTL: Meet Lori Rubino-Hare

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