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Join us next week for resources and strategies on teaching data literacy across K-12, including scaffolded project ideas and a toolkit built by CSTA Fellows.
Come ready to swap ideas and leave with new resources for your classroom! bit.ly/3TvvaUE #CSTA_PLS
ALT Professional Learning Series. No-Stress Data Literacy: Ready-to-Teach Data Lessons for Every Grade. Oct. 14, 2026, 5:30 – 7 p.m. CT.
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At our annual conference, we owe the incredible variety of cutting-edge sessions to our dedicated reviewers. With so many great session proposals, we need reviewers to help us choose the best for #CSTA2027.
Help us build the conference you want to attend: bit.ly/4hb3Lzo
ALT Call for Reviewers for the 2027 CSTA Annual Conference in Anaheim, California. Apply by October 25.
ALT “Reviewing for CSTA is a fantastic way to help the CS community out while simultaneously learning more about what other people in the field are discussing. CSTA respects your time and makes the review process as streamlined and objective as possible.” — Jared O'Leary
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Back to school! STEM K-12 teachers, make your plans for next year by applying for an Einstein Fellowship. This program offers the opportunity to work in a federal agency or U.S. Congressional office. Apply today! @NSTA @StemEdCoalition @STEMconnector science.osti.gov/wdts/einste…
ALT AEF - Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program
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@HMSTEMnaut is a rockstar. She is doing great work with STEAM education in her Einstein Fellowship at our nation’s capital. Thank you for sharing today. #ktifamily
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Thinking about applying?
@AEF_Program
Application tip for applying for the Einstein Fellowship
Make your passion and love for what you do and are come through in those essays!
#EinsteinFellows22
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BQ: DO IT! DO IT! While the Einstein Fellowship will leave you exhausted at times- you will learn a ton, meet AMAZING people, do once-in-a-lifetime things, AND yet somehow feel reinvigorated!
#EinsteinFellows22 #education #teachers #STEM
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Bonus question: Give one application completing tip for those currently applying for the Einstein Fellowship #EinsteinFellows22
Make sure your personality and passion SHINES through your writing!
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#NationalSTEMScholars - Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship (AEF) applications are due Nov 5! Selected K-12 #STEM fellows will spend 11 months in Washington, DC engaged in the national #STEMeducation arena. @GattonAcademy @GiftedStudies ow.ly/RHnC50ZC15P
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The October issue of #STEMConnections is now available! 🍂
🏆 Awards & Scholarship noms close Nov. 1
🎓 Register for #ITEEA2027
💡 Apply for the STEM Showcase
🌍 Launch the Global Design Challenge in your classroom
🌟 Apply for 21CLA
Read the full issue: multibriefs.com/briefs/ITEEA…
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Join us for the #NCSM2026 Pre-Conference Workshop on Courageous Coaching and explore strategies for building trust, navigating challenging conversations, and supporting meaningful growth in mathematics teaching and learning.
Learn more: mathedleadership.org/confere…
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Submit to present at the #CSTA2027 Annual Conference, set for July 8–11, 2027, in Anaheim, CA!
bit.ly/4AiALhA
ALT Call for Proposals for the 2027 CSTA Annual Conference in Anaheim, California. Submit by October 25.
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Why does group work STINK? (Part 6)
Not every lesson needs to be a group project. But how do you know if your activity actually lends itself to meaningful collaboration? Use AI as your thought partner!
In Part 6 of our series live from Bryce Canyon National Park, learn how tools like ChatGPT or Google Gemini can analyze your lesson plans and recommend the best ways to structure group work—or tell you if individual work is better.
How AI can help plan collaborative learning:
🎯 Evaluate Fit: Checks if your lesson actually benefits from group work.
💭 Individual Thinking: Suggests pre-discussion tasks for students.
👥 Useful Roles: Recommends specific thinking roles (like Skeptic, Connector, or Synthesizer).
⚖️ Accountability: Builds in ways to ensure every student participates.
📸 Take a screenshot of the prompt in the video and paste it into your favorite AI assistant to get a complete, classroom-ready lesson breakdown!
Want more strategies? Download The Ditch That Textbook Ultimate Guide to Classroom Collaboration! 🔗 ditch.link/collab
Follow along for more teaching & EdTech tips! Have you ever used AI to plan a group activity? Let us know below! 💬
#TeacherLife #EdTech #AIinEducation #ClassroomManagement #CollaborativeLearning #TeachingTips #BryceCanyon #Ditchbook #GroupWork
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With so many great session proposals, reviewers are sought to help choose the best for #CSTA2027. Become a reviewer and help build the conference you want to attend!
Learn more: buff.ly/BBbL8k2
ALT A diverse group of educators and conference attendees smiling and posing in a collage of booth and hallway photos.
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🕖 Join us THIS Thursday at 7:00 PM ET!
As the school year gets into full swing, explore intentional practices that build curiosity, confidence, productive struggle, and meaningful mathematical discourse from day one through the months ahead.
🔗 nctm.link/cCPPX
ALT Portrait of Latrenda Knighten promoting a webinar on meaningful mathematics teaching scheduled for September 24 at 7 PM ET.
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➡️RESOURCES FOR K-12 TEACHERS & STUDENTS: ORISE is committed to improving #STEM education for #students. ORISE offers elementary, middle and high school #teachers tools to enhance their classroom and student engagement. LEARN MORE: bit.ly/3vFDi58 #ShapingScience
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When you are an @AEF_Program fellow developing fusion-related design challenges for the high school classroom, but you work at an office building…the backyard becomes your science lab! 🥼🔥
Also, steel wool the coolest (and, well, also quite hot).
@ENERGY
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The September #STEMEssentials is here!
✅ #ITEEA2027 registration open ✅ Awards & Scholarships nominations ✅ Workforce readiness spotlight in STEM Sparks ✅ STEM Showcase applications ✅ 21CLA leadership opportunities
multibriefs.com/briefs/ITEEA…
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“Can the inside of a vacuum ever be hot?”
A fun way to get kids thinking about the atomic world.
This is what comes to mind on the commute 🧐🤓
@AEF_Program @ENERGY
Outer space is so cool (literally)…yet also home to most of the fusion in our universe.
@NASA @NASAAdmin
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Honored to welcome Alaska’s Task Force on Education Funding to KLA! Proud to have our state leaders meet the incredible students & teachers who make our school special.
Bonus: meeting fellow @aef_program alum Rep. Rebecca Himschoot!
Our students are why education budgets matter
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🕖 TONIGHT! Join us on Monday, August 31 at 7:00 PM ET, and explore how students develop multiplicative reasoning by moving beyond additive thinking to see and reason about groups of groups.
🔒Exclusive to NCTM members. Register: nctm.link/CPTyt
ALT Webinar announcement on how students perceive multiplication, scheduled for August 31 at 7 PM ET.