Graduate student onboarding courses: Exposing the hidden curriculum to help your students succeed part of NAGT:Our Work:Professional Development:Webinars:Graduate student onboarding courses: Exposing the hidden curriculum to help your students succeed
In this webinar we'll discuss the value of graduate student onboarding, and explore potential topics for inclusion in such courses including student-advisor relationships, time management, communication skills, ethics and professionalism, and the research process.

STEM Teaching Tools: Resources for equitable science teaching and learning part of NAGT:Our Work:Professional Development:Implementing the NGSS:Webinar: STEM Teaching Tools
October 12, 2017 1:00 PM Pacific | 2:00 PM Mountain | 3:00 PM Central | 4:00 PM Eastern This event has already occurred. Download the Presentation Slides (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 64.1MB Oct12 17) Watch the ...

Webinar: Building a State Coalition for NGSS-ESS part of NAGT:Our Work:Professional Development:Implementing the NGSS:Webinar: Building a State Coalition for NGSS-ESS
May 12, 2016 1:00 PM Pacific | 2:00 PM Mountain | 3:00 PM Central | 4:00 PM Eastern Registration for this event is closed. Click to watch the screencast.Download the Webinar Slides (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 11.6MB ...

Towards a more inclusive geosciences: Teaching strategies and policies to support all students part of NAGT:Our Work:Professional Development:Webinars:Towards a more inclusive geosciences: Teaching strategies and policies to support all students
Building an inclusive and equitable discipline requires ensuring that our educational settings are accessible, welcoming, and supportive of all who wish to engage in the geosciences. In this webinar, Dr. White and Dr. Cohen will discuss examples of strategies and policies that they have used in a variety of settings, including classrooms, museums, and online. Participants will have an opportunity to try out exercises and brainstorm ways to adapt them to local needs.

Creating compelling and effective teaching activities for Teach the Earth part of NAGT:Our Work:Professional Development:Webinars:Creating compelling and effective teaching activities for
This Thursday, January 28 webinar will focus on two major themes: developing effective classroom activities that challenge and excite your students and optimizing those activities for the review process for contributed activities to Teach the Earth.

Webinar: Where are we with NGSS Implementation? part of NAGT:Our Work:Professional Development:Implementing the NGSS:Webinar: Where are we with NGSS Implementation?
At the recent "Taking Stock of Standards Implementation: A Summit" hosted by the Board of Science Education of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, it was clearly identified that teacher professional learning and professional development play a key role in implementation of the NGSS standards. Highlights from the summit as they pertain to the NGSS-ESS implementation will be shared, including the successes and challenges, and what can be done in the short and long term to support teachers in any stage of their career to transition to NGSS/three-dimensional teaching and learning.

Webinar: "I had no idea assessments could actually be joyful!" part of NAGT:Our Work:Professional Development:Implementing the NGSS:I had no idea assessments could actually be joyful!
Many educators approach assessment as a requirement they need to meet to evaluate what students learned at the end of a unit. But assessments can be meaningful, motivating, and even joyful for students and teachers. In this session, we will explore ways that SCALE Science (now at WestEd) has been using ourSNAP resources to work with states and districts to shift the classroom culture around assessment.

Maintaining an Active & Successful Student Sciences Club part of NAGT:Our Work:Professional Development:Webinars:Maintaining an Active & Successful Student Sciences Club
Because of the pandemic, we ran into many challenges continuing the membership and organizing activities for our Earth Science Club. We've been fortunate through some creative planning and enthusiastic participation by our student club officers, student club members, and faculty club advisers to have been able to sustain a successful Science Club. During the webinar, we hope to share our experiences with our recent Science Club activities. Even more importantly, we would like to hear other experiences, ideas, and insights from the webinar participants.

Mentoring Undergraduates: Techniques And Best Practices For Guiding The Next Generation Of Scientists part of NAGT:Our Work:Professional Development:Webinars:Mentoring Undergraduates: Techniques And Best Practices For Guiding The Next Generation Of Scientists
Establishing a mentoring relationship typically falls upon the mentee, which can leave individuals who could benefit the most (non-traditional & first generation students or individuals from marginalized groups) out in the cold. During this webinar we will cover techniques and best practices for establishing, maintaining or improving mentoring relationships with undergraduate students. While the topics covered will directly target undergraduate mentors they may also be useful for those working with high school or graduate students.

Webinar: Social Media, from the chat room to the classroom part of NAGT:Our Work:Professional Development:Implementing the NGSS:Webinar: Social Media, from the chat room to the classroom
In this webinar, participants will learn how to harness the power of social media as an educational tool and find out how scientists and educators are using these platforms to teach critical thinking, be conscientious and responsible consumers of information, expose students to new concepts, follow breaking scientific news and teachable moments, have personal interactions with scientists and experts in a variety of fields, build communities of support, and dispel the fear/expectations of starting a Social Media account (worry of politics, inappropriateness, etc).