Professional development

NAU helps STEM educators with continuous improvement

Northern Arizona University’s Center for Science Teaching & Learning Professional Development (PD) team helps current STEM educators improve their teaching practices through customized support sessions for educators across Arizona, United States, and the world. Our team provides a deep and lasting impact through systemic improvement of science educators based on research and evidence-based practice methods to promote high quality STEM education.

With a wealth of collective knowledge and experience in STEM professional development, CSTL facilitates high-quality learning experiences and customizable professional learning support, tailored for specific needs with experienced facilitators for your meetings/conferences. NAU’s Professional Development team utilizes, promotes and shares high-quality, research-based curricula and materials necessary to engage learners in in-depth STEM learning. Meet our team.

NAU’s CSTL supports the broader impact of STEM research

• STEM outreach and education
• Professional development of STEM educators
• Reaching underserved audiences
• A series of 1-2 week summer institutes
• A series of weekend institutes throughout the academic year
• 1-3 day workshops
• Web-based professional support
• Short courses, presentations, and workshops at conferences
• Mentoring, coaching
• We design and implement professional learning that incorporates research-based strategies and materials that support the vision of A Framework for K-12 Science Education

CSTL supports new science and math teachers through Induction courses

• Supports first and second year science and math teachers in secondary classrooms
• Begins with teachers participating in 2-day face-to-face summer meetings
• Course continues online, meeting once per month throughout the school year

NAU’s Center for Science Teaching & Learning believes that STEM professional learning:

• Supports high quality STEM education and educators at multiple levels
• Is ongoing, sustained, collaborative
• Goes beyond a single workshop model for implementation
• Improves STEM content and pedagogy
• Provides development of STEM Leadership
• Is job embedded
• Is based on research and best practices
• Promotes the vision of A Framework for K-12 Science Education

Our PD team partners to secure funding to improve STEM education. Would you like to partner on a future grant proposal?

More about NAU’s Center for Science Teaching & Learning professional development

Will you be a new teacher this fall? Consider participating in CSTL’s Induction seminar!