2021 Virtual Summer Leadership Institute

Summer of Synergistic Science: Connecting, Sharing, and Networking

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

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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 VESELS Scholarship Winners Announced

The VESELS scholarship winners for the 2021 year have been announced and can be found here.

NSELA thanks Vernier Software and Technology for providing ongoing support for the six VESELS scholarships. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, each scholarship winner may use the funds on any NSELA virtual event, in person event, NSELA membership fee or travel. The awardees $500 scholarship money will be held in their NSELA account (like a bank) and must be used by June 1, 2022.

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. The Emerging Science Education Leader Scholarship was founded with support from Dr. Jo Anne Vasquez who started the scholarship fund in 2014.

Congratulations to this year's winners!

Jonathan Regino, Newton, PA
Dr. Dorothy Holley, Johnston, NC
Dr. Charles Holloway, Montgomery, AL
Ann C. Mulvihill, Garland, TX
Tara Allgood, Allen, TX
Spencer Martin, Kansas City, KS

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.

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.

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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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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.