IN-STEP Summer Institute
This summer, Illinois Institute of Technology and National Louis University hosted their second annual four-day IN-STEP (IIT and NLU Science, Technology and Engineering Practices) Summer Institute for Chicago Public School teachers. Hosted fully online this year and co-led by NLU faculty Drs. Thamotharan and Ko, 20 science teachers from schools across CPS collaborated with scientists and engineers to apply real-life work projects into classroom curriculum. Teachers explored and identified community-based STEM projects, and developed a corresponding unit to implement during the upcoming school year.
The IN-STEP workshop is a collaboration between National Louis University, Illinois Tech, and AUSL (Academy for Urban School Leadership) on a US Department of Education Teacher Quality Partnership award. For more information, visit http://instep.iit.edu/.