Annual PRISE STEM Educator Conference: Inventing and Affecting the Future through STEM: Working together to create the world we want – Oct 26

Posted by The Philadelphia Regional Institute for STEM Educators on October 1, 2024

The Annual PRISE STEM Educator Conference: Inventing and Affecting the Future through STEM: Working together to create the world we want will be on October 26, 2024, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm at Saint Joseph’s University’s UC Campus: Science Technology Center, 4308 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, 19104.

The conference is FREE and open to Educators, Administrators, High school students, College students, and anyone interested in STEM Education. Teachers will receive Act 48 credits. Click here to register for the conference.

This event will include:

• Keynote Speaker
• Hands-on STEM Workshops for Educators
• Resource Tables from Community Partners
• Student Panel titled The Future of STEM: A Student’s Perspective
• Student Networking Session
• Student Table Discussions
• Lunch

Workshop Presentations – If you are interested in presenting a 45-minute STEM workshop, then please, click here.

Student Presentations – High School and College students are invited to present a poster or a table discussion. Click here to apply for a student presentation.

Host a Resource Table – Community organizations are invited to host a table. Click here to submit an application.

Volunteer – Click here to volunteer for the conference.

PRISE would like to encourage and recognize high school and college students who are interested in exploring STEM teaching as a possible career and have had some type of STEM teaching related experience (broadly interpreted) at our Annual STEM Educator Conference on October 26, 2024. Examples of teaching related work include serving as a class teaching assistant or teaching/mentoring in a STEM after school or camp program.

We invite these students to give a presentation on their teaching related work at the annual PRISE STEM Educator Conference. The presentation could be in the form of a poster or it could be a presentation as part of a round table presentation. In the round-table setting, students would give a 5 minute or so presentation of their experience and answer questions about their experience. As the audience circulates around the room, students would get to give their spiel several times.

Students who give a presentation will receive a $100 award. If a team of students does the presentation, they will each receive a $100 award. Spaces are limited and you will receive an email with more information after you submit an application.

For high school students, a mentor may fill in this application form (in partnership with the student). In nominating a student, the mentor indicates their willingness to support the student’s participation at the conference and help them prepare their presentation. College students can take the lead in filling in the application but should also include contact information about their mentors.

Students and Mentors/Teachers may fill out an application here. Priority deadline is October 1, 2024.