This page highlights STEM & CTE Educational opportunities & events occurring in our region. Most events are free & virtual.
If you have an event to submit, please send it to midvalleystemctehub@gmail.com
The Makey Makey Certified Educator Workshop is a fun, hands-on, 3-hour virtual experience during which you’ll learn how to teach Invention Literacy, Making, and Design Thinking using the award winning Makey Makey invention kit. In this one-day (3-hour) workshop you’ll explore ways to incorporate Makey Makey into your classroom activities beyond building a banana piano. […]
This remote public talk by Dr. Vershawn Ashanti Young talk will describe the ways that teachers and the public in both Canada and the U.S. have misappropriated the linguistic concept of code-switching as it applies to both Black language and standard language speakers. The effect of such misappropriation harms rather than assists (as it is […]
18 live virtual chats with industry professionals for middle and high school students. Register here!
Format & Length: online, interactive, 5 hours (with 2-3 hours of self-paced work between sessions) Audience: 3rd-5th grade educators, formal and nonformal; K-2 educators welcome as we will be discussing how the lessons can be adapted for multiple grades Curriculum: Project Learning Tree’s (PLT) Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide. Description: Make science a breeze with an outdoor-oriented environmental curriculum. […]
Format & Length: online, interactive, 5 hours (with 2-3 hours of self-paced work between sessions) Audience: 3rd-5th grade educators, formal and nonformal; K-2 educators welcome as we will be discussing how the lessons can be adapted for multiple grades Curriculum: Project Learning Tree’s (PLT) Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide. Description: Make science a breeze with an outdoor-oriented environmental curriculum. […]
Green Career Fair (Online) - This event is organized by "Our Future," a high school climate action/justice leadership network. A great way to prepare for the future is to learn from those who already have a career related to what you are interested in. Many of the jobs and careers today are tied with […]
We’re excited to announce that registration is now open for the 2022 Engineering Expo, taking place June 3 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kelley Engineering Center on the Oregon State University campus in Corvallis. This free event is open to the public and is a great opportunity for your students to see […]
Join us for the Oregon State University Educator Engineering Externship this summer taking place at OSU from June 20-22 from 9am-3:30pm. Come and learn about engineering programs, tour labs and campus, learn about precollege programs available to high school students, participate in hands-on activities in the makerspace, and visit local engineering companies. See flyer and link to […]
Calling all Greater Albany Public Schools educators! Join us June 21-23 for a fun and exciting, paid professional development opportunity. The Mid-Valley STEM-CTE Hub is partnering with local businesses, including, Knife River, Valliscore, and Lazarus 3D to host Educator Externships to showcase local business and industry to those shaping our students and future workforce’s minds! […]
GAPS micro-externship - June 21-23: Sign up to learn more about the construction and advanced manufacturing sectors in Linn and Benton Counties. Open to 25 Albany School District educators. Susrtpace is limited. Learn more and sign up here by June 1.
July 12-14. From apprenticeship programs and project management to procurement and safety, construction covers countless occupation areas - and is far more than swinging a hammer. Participants are eligible for three credit options: 80 hours of PDU’s, 4 PD 805 credits, or 4 ED 638 graduate credits. Space is limited. Sign up here. Sign up […]
July 18-21. From apprenticeship programs and project management to procurement and safety, construction covers countless occupation areas - and is far more than swinging a hammer. Participants are eligible for three credit options: 80 hours of PDU’s, 4 PD 805 credits, or 4 ED 638 graduate credits. Space is limited. Sign up here. Sign up […]
