Minnesota Teachers of Science:
This is what you’ve been waiting for! Convenient, no-cost, grade-appropriate, standards-based summer science workshops in all regions of the state. Topics include Earth Science, Biology/Environmental Science, Chemistry, Physics, and Inquiry and Assessment. Plus, no-cost programs to earn your teaching license in high school physics (PhASE Project) and high school chemistry (ChemCAL Project). The first two years of MnSTEP have been a tremendous success. Almost 600 teachers from across the state have participated!
View science lessons created by teachers in MnSTEP at the
Science Education Resource Center
Learn more about earning an Elementary Science Certificate through MnSTEP
All MnSTEP institutes include meals, stipend, teaching resources, and graduate credits from Hamline University -- all at NO COST to teachers!
Applications for the 2009 institutes are now available! Click on a region/topic below to find detailed information and the online application.
Northeast Region - Physics
Northwest Region - Inquiry and Assessment
Southeast Region - Biology/Environmental Science
Southwest Region - Chemistry
Metro Region - Earth Science + additonal elementary topics
Also available in Metro Rivers Institute and WaterWorks!
And just announced... BioTIC--Biotechnology/microbiology for Teachers In the Classroom-- for 7-12 Biology teachers!
(Applicants within each region will have priority, but teachers from anywhere in the state may apply to any workshop(s). Low cost lodging is available at most locations.)
Advanced Teaching Programs for licensed teachers and those
seeking additional licensure in . . .
9-12 Physics (PhASE Project)
9-12 Chemistry (ChemCAL Project)
Join your colleagues for a summer of content-rich,
teacher-focused professional development!
Shawn Hubert, MnSTEP Administrator
shubert01@hamline.edu 651-523-2846
MnSTEP is a statewide professional development program for teachers of science presented by Hamline University's School of Education through its Center for Global Environmental Education in partnership with five university science departments, six Minnesota school districts, MnSTA, MESTA, MGS, ACS-MN, with support from the 3M Foundation and funded by the federal No Child Left Behind Act, Title II, Part B, administered by the Minnesota Department of Education.
