STEM-ED Professional Academy

STEM-ED Learning Academy

STEM Professional Academy provides a series of professional interactive workshops for STEM educators by using evidence-based models to showcase effective teaching strategies, intended to develop student’s critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Target

To develop master teachers who will then serve as “trainers” for other teachers.

Master Teachers

Other Teachers

Process

1

Assemble a working committee of teaching experts from universities and teachers development institutes to develop certified quality course for “master teachers”.

2

Identify and form a team of master teachers in the Southeast Asian region who are committed to implementing effective teaching methods.

2

Identify and form a team of master teachers in the Southeast Asian region who are committed to implementing effective teaching methods.

3

Recruit and train selected teachers the effective teaching strategies in order to form a team of trainers that is capable of organizing trainings for teachers in the international community.

4

Provide professional development workshops for participating teachers four times per year.

4

Provide professional development workshops for participating teachers four times per year.

5

Gather feedbacks from participating teachers and mentors for course improvement.

6

Studies will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the academy and the impact on teachers’ instructional practices.

6

Studies will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the academy and the impact on teachers’ instructional practices.

7

The final course will be proposed to universities and teachers development institutes for adoption.

Partners

Pre-service and in-service teacher development institutions/agencies

Expected Result

  • Courses and modules for STEM professionals to be used for effective teaching strategies
  • Increase of “Master Trainers” and STEM educators in the region
  • Universities and institutions for teachers development utilize or adopt content from the STEM Professional Academy courses to train teaching professionals and pre-service teachers.