2016 NSF CAREER Program Informational Webinar

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The 2016 NSF CAREER Program Informational Webinar was held Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 3:00 PM EST. 

The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.

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Earth Educators’ Rendezvous

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Overview: Join us for the second annual Earth Educators' Rendezvous. Last year's inaugural event brought together researchers and practitioners working in all aspects of undergraduate Earth education. This year we will be expanding our audience to welcome a mix of college faculty, graduate students, and K-12 teachers from all disciplines who are interested in improving their teaching about Earth. Read more

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Post-doc Fellow Position, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University

The Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations in Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College is seeking a post-doctoral fellow in Education Policy and Leadership to work on two externally funded research projects in 2016-17.  The projects include the National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools and The Instructional Program Partnership (IPI) an IES funded randomized evaluation of a state partnership program focused on teacher collaboration, evaluation, and instructional improvement. The studies are led by Ellen Goldring, Marisa Cannata and Jason Grissom.

Post-doc Fellowship at Notre Dame for STEM Education

The Notre Dame Center for STEM Education (the Center) is pleased to announce the Rev. James A. Burns, CSC Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Burns Post-Doc) that can begin in either summer or fall 2016. The Burns Post-Doc is part of the new Interdisciplinary Program in Educational Research (IPER: http://iei.nd.edu/programs/interdisciplinary-program-in-educational-research/) at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives (the Institute).

USA Science and Engineering Festival

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To learn more, visit http://www.usasciencefestival.org/.

DR K-12 Project:

  • Marina Bers (DevTech Research Group), Tufts University (Projects: Ready for Robotics: The Missing T and E of STEM in Early Childhood Education; ScratchJr: Computer Programming in Early Childhood Education as a Pathway to Academic Readiness and Success (Collaborative Research: Bers))

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