NSELA Launches New Learning Center

The Learning Center is our brand new platform where both members and non-members will be able to access multiple resources including webinar recordings, our Science Educator Journal, partner information, and more.

This intuitive platform also allows you to navigate custom learning pathways with virtual courses, receive on-demand certificates for attendance, and keep track of professional development hours.

The Learning Center is designed to save time and hassle. Watch this video to get a quick overview of the Learning Center before diving in!

 

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2021 Virtual Summer Leadership Institute

The NSELA Board and Executive Committee have made the decision to hold the upcoming Summer Leadership Institute virtually over three weeks leading into the upcoming school year. The dates of the conference will be July 20, July 28 and August 5, and will focus upon topics under the umbrellas of leadership, engineering, and scientific phenomena
 
 

Day 1  - Tuesday, July 20th:  Embedded Engineering

Day 2 - Wednesday, July 28th: Phenomena 

Day 3 - Thursday, August 5th: Leadership Development

All days are  11:30 am ET - 4:30 pm ET

 

Registration Prices

Full conference experience: $79 for NSELA Members, $139 Non-Members (this includes an NSELA membership)

Daily registration: $33 for NSELA Members

 

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2021 OASA and OLISE Award Winners Announced

This year's Outstanding Administrative Support Award (OASA) recipient is Dr. Darlene C. Ryan, Assistant Superintendent for Elementary, Durham Public Schools North Carolina. This prestigious award recognizes and honors an outstanding administrator who through professional work has demonstrated exemplary support for science education at the school, district, and/or county level. This award honors an administrator whose primary responsibility is outside the area of science instruction. This year the $1000 award and plaque will be presented to Dr. Darlene Ryan virtually during the NSELA Leadership Summit on May 13 and during the Summer Leadership Institute in July. Read more here.

This year's Outstanding Leadership in Science Education (OLISE) Award recipient is Dr. Meredith Bell, Secondary Science Curriculum Designer, Prosper ISD. Since 1979, this prestigious award recognizes and honors an NSELA member, who through professional work, has demonstrated outstanding leadership in science education at the school, county, regional and/or national level. This year the $1000 award and plaque will be presented to Dr. Meredith Bell virtually during the NSELA Leadership Summit on May 13 and during the Summer Leadership Institute in July. Read more here.

 

Submit Your Vernier Emerging Science Education Leader Scholarship (VESELS) Application Today

NSELA and Vernier Software and Technology are celebrating their fifth year sponsoring the Vernier Emerging Science Education Leader Scholarship (VESELS). This ongoing partnership supports six $500.00 scholarships for emerging leaders, one from each of the six NSELA Regions, to attend the annual various NSELA events throughout the next year. The Emerging Science Education Leader Scholarship was founded with support from Dr. Jo Anne Vasquez who started the scholarship fund in 2014. 

For more information, click here. If you have questions, contact Nancy Kellogg, Awards Chair.

Apply for a scholarship here

 

The application deadline is June 1, 2021. Scholarship awardee(s) will be announced by July 1, 2021.

 

 

Recordings Available from Virtual Summer Leadership Institute and Leadership Summit

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, we held both of our professional development opportunities virtually this year.

Miss out on either? The recordings and materials from both events are available FREE for NSELA Members.

Click here to access the Summer Leadership Institute (July 20-23) Materials

Click here to access the Leadership Summit (June 11-15) Materials

  

Exclusive NSELA Member Benefits:

Professional Development

  • Access to restricted materials including archived webinars, virtual conference recordings, learning materials and conference handouts.
  • Discounts on professional development opportunities like the 1-day Leadership Summit and 3-day Summer Leadership Institute.
  • A subscription to The Science Educator Journal, a refereed journal which seeks manuscripts dealing with topics and issues of interest to professionals involved in science education leadership across a variety of roles, institutions and agencies

Networking

  • Online members-only discussion forums and regional community forums of science leaders.
  • Access to restricted features of the NSELA web site including a searchable membership directory.

Education and Information

  • Access to members-only content in the weekly e-newsletter.
  • Access to the Safe Science series, a comprehensive and continuing series dedicated to the improvement of safety in the science classroom.
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Member-Only Webinar Recordings Available 

Did you miss a recent NSELA webinar? Not to worry! We record our webinars and they can be accessed for free by members. 

Recordings available:

"Coaching Teachers in NGSS" Webinar - September 14, 2020
"Staying Grounded When Teaching Remote" Webinar - May 12, 2020
"Reimagining the Possibilities" Webinar - May 5, 2020
Coffee Talk Webinar - April 24, 2020
"Supporting Shifts in Science Teaching and Learning in Five Dimensions" - February 24, 2020
"The 2018 NSSME+: Implications for Science Education Leaders" - November 12, 2019
"Is Science Enough?" - October 29, 2019
"Discussing the Round Ones Launch" - August 29, 2019
"Phenomenal GRC Lessons" - April 23, 2019
"STEM For All Students" - February 14, 2019
"Science Professional Learning Standards: A Tool for Designing, Supporting, and Evaluating Professional Learning" - January 10, 2019
"Three Dimensional Learning Using Data Collection Technology" - November 6, 2018
"Transforming Science Assessment: State Systems of Assessment" - October 24, 2018
"Supporting Students in Meaningful Engagement in Three Dimensional Learning Through NGSS Storylines" - August 30, 2018
"Prepare for Standardized Testing with Interactive Online Simulations" - March 1, 2018
"Building a Science Strategy for Your School or District" - November 14, 2017
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Let's Help Every Student Succeed With STEM

NSTA, in collaboration with 100kin10 and other key STEM leaders, has developed a new campaign designed to ensure that STEM and science/STEM teachers are a focus of the new federal education law at the state and local levels.

 

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