Are you interested in learning how to incorporate more engineering concepts and applications in your classroom? This workshop is for YOU! Applicants register in teams of two; one science and one math teacher. Earn $1,000 stipend plus $200 in materials! For more information and registration materials click here!

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Page Keeley will present her "Tools for Schools - Leadership in Science Formative Assessment" workshop for Louisiana Association of Science Leaders Saturday January 28, 2012 in Baton Rouge. Click here for more information about this workshop.

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Presented in partnership with the LSU College of Education and The Cain Center

This NASA Education Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workshop is designed for educators to gain resources and activities for the classroom and informal settings.

The workshop will be held February 11, 2012.

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Registration Deadline: February 1, 2012

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Partnerships range from new $1.4 million grant for undergraduate research, unique student scholarships and an HHMI professorship that has lasted over a decade.

BATON ROUGE – LSU, a Tier I institution and the state’s Flagship University, has cultivated a rich and varied research community that spans its oak-lined campus. It only makes sense that a university of its stature would also have cultivated a unique and long-lived relationship with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, or HHMI, one of the most prestigious philanthropic organizations in the world dedicated solely to funding biomedical research and advancements. In 2010, LSU celebrates its 21st year of consecutive HHMI support.

The grant is provided by U.S. Department of Education, matched by The Rapides Foundation, LSU, LSU-Alexandria, The Orchard Foundation and nine Central Louisiana school districts.

Central Louisiana, often referred to as Cenla, historically has a high poverty rate in its parishes, particularly in rural communities. Because of limited resources, school districts often have difficulty providing a rigorous education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. To rectify this situation, LSU, together with The Rapides Foundation, The Orchard Foundation, LSU-Alexandria and the Louisiana Department of Education, have established CART, the Central Louisiana Academic Residency for Teachers program.

1. Role/Scope/Mission: The Gordon A. Cain Center for Scientific, Technological, Engineering and Mathematical (STEM) Literacy fosters and supports STEM initiatives and collaborations among LSU faculty from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Basic Sciences, Education, and Engineering and serves as the bridge to link LSU to K-20 colleagues from across Louisiana. The Cain Center informs and educates policy-makers to support and improve teaching and learning in formal and non-formal education settings. It is committed to local, statewide, and national partnerships, and a research and evaluation agenda that is national in scope and statewide in approach. Supported by $36.8 million in current grant and contract support, the Center's primary 2009-10 project strands and strategic efforts are as follows.

Math and science teachers can boost their knowledge and make professional connections through the master of natural sciences degree program at LSU, which just announced a $5 million funding award. The money will provide $20,000 fellowships for 96 master’s degree candidates in the region to take summer and evening classes at LSU over three years starting in 2010.

Tuition is waived for teachers who participate in the opportunity, underwritten by the National Science Foundation.

A successful pilot program for seven teachers who received degrees in 2007 and 20 teachers who are currently enrolled led to the funding to expand the program, says James Madden, an LSU math professor who acted as primary contact for the grant application. The instruction will be offered using existing course numbers, but Madden says the program is a custom-designed, flexible track for teachers of grades 7 through 12.