Between Friday, October 14 and Saturday, October 15, 2022 the Smithsonian Science Education Center is offering a free online professional learning opportunity entitled, Attracting All Learners to STEM Using Culturally Based Pedagogy to support educators in utilizing asset-based strategies in their STEM instruction and classroom activities.
During this professional development participants will receive an overview of culturally relevant, responsive, and sustaining pedagogies as theoretical frameworks that can be integrated into STEM classrooms. Participants will have the opportunity to hear from educators and community partners who can speak about the positive impact of using culturally based practices. Participants will finally spend time contextualizing their learnings to develop a SMART goal focused on improving their instruction, before networking with STEM experts and researchers to collect resources and gain support for their ideas.