STEM-ACT
STEM Advancement through Collaboration in Teacher Preparation
Westfield State University, Holyoke and Springfield Public Schools
Welcome!
STEM Advancement through Collaboration in Teacher Preparation (STEM-ACT) is a partnership between Westfield State Unversity and school districts in Western Massachusetts dedicated to a world where all students experience belonging, engagement, and success in learning spaces dedicated to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Events
STEM-ACT offers events for scholars and future teachers, current in-service teachers, and faculty colleagues, centered around our Community of Practice:
October / November 2024: Advising for Spring 2025 - Scholars connect with their STEM-ACT advisors.
November 7-9 2024: STEM-ACT scholars and faculty at the Northeast Noyce Regional Conference - Boston 2024
November 6 2024: Community of Practice - Classroom Relationships (Reframing Classroom Management - A Toolkit for Teachers)
November 2024: STEM-ACT Web site launches!
October 2024: Holyoke High School, North Campus - STEM-ACT participation in Mathematics Professional Learning Sessions
September 2024: Scholar meeting with the STEM-ACT Team and the Financial Aid Office
September 2024: Welcome! Launch Party for Scholars!
June 2024: Scholars selected! Congratulations!
June 2024: Applications due for Scholarships for Academic Year 2024/2025
Summer 2023: Noyce grant proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation
Fall 2022-Summer 2023: STEM-ACT Team begins to conceptualize and articulate our shared work, in close collaboration with our school partners.
This work is supported by the National Science Foundation through the Robert Noyce Scholarship Program in the Division Of Undergraduate Education(DOE) under NSF award 2344950.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.