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TEACHERS' SUMMER STEAM RETREAT 2021:
Reconnect, Reboot, and Re-imagine 
Open to ALL teachers – ABC CREATE districts and others, any grade level – any subject area - any experience level. Designed by educators for educators who are ready to (re)connect with their peers and with their STEAM teaching practices.
This ABC CREATE summer experience will focus on supporting teachers as they reflect upon their experiences teaching through the challenges of the past year+, as they refresh understandings of the changes in work, education, and society, and as they design pathways for STEAM integration and the teaching of future ready skills. Optional Extracurricular
This ABC CREATE Teachers' Summer STEAM Retreat will also focus on FUN! We will have some options for self-care that will promote physical and mental wellness through movement and camaraderie. 
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ABC CREATE educators co-designed our ABC CREATE Teachers’ Summer STEAM Retreat 2021 to be PD that they’d want to attend: in-person, fun, relevant, meaningful and filled with opportunities to connect with peers.
Our theme: Revitalization! Revitalization ties together the elements of this extraordinary professional development opportunity: Revitalization of YOU - as a person -- as an educator -- as you head in to the new school year
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2020 SUMMER STEAM TEACHERS' VIRTUAL RETREAT
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Open to ALL teachers – ABC CREATE districts and others, any grade level – any subject area. Designed for educators who want to reflect upon, share and reimagine their recent online teaching experience.
Opportunities to explore relevant STEAM teaching resources, professional development sessions and other self-selected topics of interest. Peer-to-peer guidance and support aimed at increasing confidence and inspiring teaching in both online and face-to-face instruction. Wonderful for networking and becoming a part of a supportive, collaborative learning community. This ABC CREATE summer experience will focus on supporting teachers through the challenges and opportunities presented by the pandemic with online/distance learning. Focal points for discussion, dissemination of resources, and areas of exploration will all be focusing on helping you to be better prepared for integrating online learning and/or STEAM education into your teaching repertoire so that you can best prepare students to navigate a digital world and will likely include the following: | ||
Educators working with Hummingbird Robots at Plum High School
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2019 SUMMER STEAM TEACHERS' CAMPS
ABC CREATE is hosting 2 3-day summer camps in partnership with Burrell School District. Students: June 16-19 info link. The ABC CREATE@Burrell Summer STEAM Teachers' Camp is specially designed for educators (from ABC CREATE, from other regional districts, and from informal spaces) who want to feel more comfortable integrating STEAM in to their classrooms or out-of-school time activities. No experience with STE(A)M required! Teacher-led, this camp will give educators of all grade levels and subject area, an opportunity to play around with technologies and ideas. |
ABC CREATE@Burrell STEAM Teachers’ Camp
Date: Wednesday, June 19 - Friday, June 21 from 8:30 AM - 3 PM
Location: Burrell School District (6/19 and 6/20) and Penn State New Kensington (6/21)
Open to ALL teachers – ABC CREATE districts and others, any grade level – any subject area. Educators who want to feel more comfortable integrating STEAM in to their classrooms. No experience required! Guided and supported by fellow teachers, tracks for elementary and for secondary teachers where you will be able to play around with technologies and ideas.
Explore STEAM teaching and learning concepts, strategies, and resources.
Camp activities will include exposure to and exploration of the following: STEAM Teaching and Learning * Hummingbird Bit – Robotics Build * ABC CREATE Lending Library Look-and-Learn * Data Fluency: Data Visualization and Analysis * Creative Design * Developing Entrepreneurial Mindset * Project Based Learning * Engineering Design * Coding + CSforALL *Opportunities for hands-on experiences and collaborative lesson planning
Free to participate. Lunch provided each day. Eligible for ACT 48 credits.
Camp costs supported by the Arconic Foundation, the Grable Foundation, Penn State New Kensington, and the 14 ABC CREATE School Districts.
Date: Wednesday, June 19 - Friday, June 21 from 8:30 AM - 3 PM
Location: Burrell School District (6/19 and 6/20) and Penn State New Kensington (6/21)
Open to ALL teachers – ABC CREATE districts and others, any grade level – any subject area. Educators who want to feel more comfortable integrating STEAM in to their classrooms. No experience required! Guided and supported by fellow teachers, tracks for elementary and for secondary teachers where you will be able to play around with technologies and ideas.
Explore STEAM teaching and learning concepts, strategies, and resources.
Camp activities will include exposure to and exploration of the following: STEAM Teaching and Learning * Hummingbird Bit – Robotics Build * ABC CREATE Lending Library Look-and-Learn * Data Fluency: Data Visualization and Analysis * Creative Design * Developing Entrepreneurial Mindset * Project Based Learning * Engineering Design * Coding + CSforALL *Opportunities for hands-on experiences and collaborative lesson planning
Free to participate. Lunch provided each day. Eligible for ACT 48 credits.
Camp costs supported by the Arconic Foundation, the Grable Foundation, Penn State New Kensington, and the 14 ABC CREATE School Districts.
Teachers tinkering with 3D pen at Plum High School
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2018 SUMMER STEAM CAMPS
In 2018, ABC CREATE in partnership with Plum Borough School District hosted a summer STEAM Camp for Teachers! 42 teachers from the Pittsburgh region (and a bit beyond) attended this camp designed specifically for educators who wanted to feel more comfortable integrating STEAM in to their classrooms. Teachers with no STEAM experience attended as did STEAM teacher leaders. All left grateful for the opportunities to enhance their comfort with STEAM and to increase their skills. Most appreciated was the opportunity to network and engage with other inspired educators! Recognizing the need for girls to explore and to develop a STEAM identity in order to persist against the current culture of underrepresentation, ABC CREATE hosted a Girls’ STEAM Camp for rising 6th – 9th grade girls. Read about the camp in this NSTA journal article, "Middle School Girls Gain Confidence, Competence, and Interest Through Summer STEAM Camp" |