Lightning Session: Teachers and Schools

Be a Solution, Not Just a Resource: Meeting Schools and Communities Where They Are
Join the Discovery Center Collective to hear insights into our community-driven approach to education and outreach in our session, “Be a Solution, Not Just a Resource.” We will explore how we have adapted programs to reach underserved populations, including expanding summer camps to low-income school campuses and hosting inclusive events.
Presenters
Heather Stover – Discovery Center Collective

Content Focused Professional Development
Leverage your unique resources and local voices to increase teacher's content knowledge and to support their use of hands on opportunities in their classroom. We will discuss how one professional development academy model has been used to fit different scenarios and highlight key steps towards creating your own experiences.
Presenters
Kat Fancher – Smithsonian Science Education Center

Cultural institutions increasingly produce digital learning resources and technologies to expand their educational reach. This lightning session will introduce participants to various digital resources made available the American Museum of Natural History and discuss the unique affordances of museum digital media and technologies in helping teachers plan impactful field trips.
Enhancing Field Trip Planning with Digital Museum Resources
Presenters
John Sapida – American Museum of Natural History

Spark Neighborhoods: A Wraparound Approach to Serving Schools and Communities
This session will offer insight into Griffin Museum of Science and Industry Chicago's Spark Neighborhoods initiative which provides wrap-around services to schools, communities, and stakeholder groups to grow STE(A)M opportunities and awareness of STE(A)M career pathways directly in a neighborhood with a goal of building sustainable practices.
Presenters
Katy Fattaleh – Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
Rex Babiera – Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
Lauren Applebaum – Griffin Museum of Science and Industry