Crowley ISD participated in the Teacher Externship Program in 2018-19. The experience not only allowed teachers to see what was available in industry but also had a great impact on the classroom environment including both technical skills and soft skills.
What does it take to build a Mars habitat? How would you start a lunar mining company on the Moon? What steps do you need to take to analyze ice melt in Greenland? Join the NASA STEM Enhancement in Earth Science (SEES) Summer Externs as they share space industry careers from NASA and The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Space Research! Collaborating with NASA scientists and students selected from across the nation, they developed career exploration artifacts to encourage more students to pursue STEM careers and to be a part of the future of space exploration.
Teacher will give their experiences of the 2018-2019 Tex 2 Externship and we will have an industry partner give there perspective on the benefits of externships.
I am currently the CTE Internship Coordinator for HaysCISD. My goal is to assist students in internships. My goals for professional development are to enhance teacher learning and establish a good classroom management.
Code2College is an Austin-based nonprofit that is less than three years old, yet has over forty corporate partners in its roster. Join Matt Stephenson, the Executive Director of Code2College, for a session focused on best practices around partnering with industry partners and collaborating with regional ecosystems.
What happens when STEM teachers spend their summer doing an externship with local companies? Come visit with teachers from Region 16 as they share what they learned and how they have implemented it in their classrooms.
Every project starts with that very first step! Why is that first often the hardest? Learn how to apply an Entrepreneurial / Start-Up Model, successfully used my successful start-up companies, to Jump-Start and Launch student projects! 3...2...1 ~ Blast Off! We Have Lift Off!
Sandra Geisbush, M.Ed., NBCT Hello! If after reading this you have any questions about the awesome opportunities I have enjoyed as a long-time professional educator, just ask! I have been a teacher for 38 years, with the past 29 years in San Antonio's North East ISD. I... Read More →
