Services
Rigorous testing, demanding schedules, community challenges, student needs - teachers are managing a lot! STEM Educator Initiative helps new and experienced educators leverage their expertise in the classroom to ensure all their students thrive.
Small Change. Big Impact.
Tailored Professional Development
1 - 2 hours
Half- or full-day
2 - 3 day deep dive
Year-long engagement or more
Explore Our Services
Consulting
Facilitated Faculty
Learning CommunitiesEngineering Design Improvement Process Training
Technical Assistance
Customized Report for setting improvement priorities
Assessments & Analysis
Learning Environment Assessment
and AnalysisAffective Learning Qualitative Assessment and Analysis
Student Assessments and Analysis
Faculty Assessments and Analysis
Educator-Requested
Resources
Toolkits
Activities
Animated videos
Mini-professional development
Tailored Professional Development
1 - 2 hours
Half- or full-day
2 - 3 day deep dive
Year-long engagement or more
Professional development includes in-person and virtual presentations. Current professional development can range from one hour to half-day to three-day sessions, with schools typically defining the timeframe or budget they need.
Our research and practice has shown that for transformational change longer engagement is required. However, shorter virtual or in-person engagements may be helpful for understanding the NEIR System Change Model for Education and on-boarding the people who are decision makers and/or will be engaged.
Consulting
Facilitated Faculty Learning Communities
Engineering Design Improvement Process Training
Technical Assistance
Customized Report for setting improvement priorities
Our technical consulting has been developed from expertise based on our own research and practice successfully consulting with administrators, educators, schools, consortiums and local to state agencies. The STEM Educator Initiative provides resources that have been requested and developed to support the creation of equitable learning environments aligned to the NEIR Model. From analyzing data for assessing and setting SMART goals to facilitating conversations to address and overcome toxic environments to creating faculty learning communities and more. The STEM Educator Initiative is here to to support and advise, knowing you are the experts in your schools and classrooms and the true implementers for what you need. In the end, improved student outcomes, including improved academic achievement is our goal for all students and those that educate and support them.
Assessment
Learning Environment Assessment
and AnalysisAffective Learning Qualitative Assessment and Analysis
Student Assessments and Analysis
Faculty Assessments and Analysis
The STEM Educator Initiative has expertise in collecting and analyzing data using a diverse set of tools. The primary source is the use of the Improvement Process, a keystone of our model that was developed based on the Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model.
Unlike most educational nonprofits, the STEM Educator Initiative has on staff a statistician who has a PhD in the field, years of expertise as a faculty member, and is a nationally recognized consultant to the NIH. In addition, he has been recognized by the American Statistical Association (ASA) as a Fellow of the ASA, an honor afforded to only 5% of members. His expertise provides valuable insights on the value of what is needed for understanding the impact of any STEM Educator Initiative effort to benefit teachers and students, an often overlooked outcome in program development and delivery.
Educator-requested Resources
Custom tools are developed and provided as identified and requested by out clients and shared with others to improve the field. A variety of tools are also available free. Check them out by clicking the button below or request a custom-resource.
“Reflecting on the tools I learned during the three-day professional development and the time working with other teachers in faculty learning communities has helped me over the year to identify ways to help students think more critically, apply more rigorous math and science, and solve problems at a higher level. I am really proud of what I achieved to better support my students’ learning. And we had fun!”
- AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY TEACHER
CHESTER COUNTY TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL,
PENNOCK’S BRIDGE CAMPUS
Testimonials
STEM teacher after attending professional development with SEI
“When used appropriately, the NEIR model indicators allow me to analyze my own teaching as I am preparing for lessons. By thinking through my lessons it allows me to put more thought into the students in my classes and improving my lessons to be more inclusive.”
STEM teacher after attending professional development with SEI
“I am 5 years new to teaching and learning about different teaching models. The NEIR model has helped guide me in planning some of my lessons, and will strongly guide me in the planning of my future lessons.”
CTE teacher after attending professional development with SEI
“I would love if this workshop could be done school-wide for all of the CTE teachers.”
100%
of recent professional development attendees report they feel more knowledgeable of the ways in which they can contribute to an environment that encourages all students in their classroom or school.
Pricing
The STEM Educator Initiative is a mission driven organization. All our resources and services are tailored to make sure they fit your goals for your school, educators, students and community. Your school may be rural, urban or suburban, representing varying grades, levels, or kinds of education. School demographics, teacher experience levels, community support, new administration and more can significantly affect the current state and the ability to achieve the goals of the individuals and organizations.
We are happy to speak with you to help you identify your best strategy to achieve your goals within your budget. If you want to understand costs and payment options, we can provide a quote following our discussion, which is free, of course.