Endeavor STEM Professional Development Certificate - 15 graduate credits
Teachers seeking a certificate in STEM may register for the 15 credit Endeavor STEM Professional Development Certificate. Courses are developed to meet the needs and goals of full time teaching professionals. A variety of content specific courses allow for selection that differentiates to individual teacher and/or school interests and STEM integration goals. Participants will advance their knowledge of ambitious science and math teaching strategies using engineering and technology as innovative tools for teaching standards-based content. Authentic Data in the STEM Classroom is recommended (not required) as the first course.
To earn the Endeavor STEM Professional Development Certificate, teachers must take 5 courses.
Select 3-4 classes from the following options (Check Rider’s Registrar page for semester availability):
- Physics for Real Beginners: Earth, Moon, and Space
- Life and Marine Science: Tracking Live Marine Animals
- Exploring Mars: A New Twist on Science or Math
- Investigations in Climate Science
- Coding, Robotics and 1:1 Devices
- Math Connections to STEM Education
- Chemistry in the STEM Classroom
- Lessons from the Ocean: Science on the Water Planet
- Eyes on Earth: Teaching Earth Science from Space
- Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in the STEM Classroom
- Physical Science in Motion: Classroom Applications
- Astronomy and Space Science
- The E in STEM: Meaningful Content for Engineering
- Reading and Writing in the Science Classroom
- The Arts in STEM: Advancing Meaningful Integration
And 1-2 classes from the following options (Check Rider’s Registrar page for semester availability):
- Teaching and Learning Physical Science
- Teaching and Learning Chemical Science
- Teaching and Learning Life Science
- Teaching and Learning Earth and Space Science
- Engineering Solutions to the Challenges of Contemporary Science Issues
- Teaching and Learning Algebraic Reasoning
- Teaching and Learning Number and Operations
- Teaching and Learning Rational Numbers and Proportional Reasoning
- Teaching and Learning Geometric Understanding
- Teaching and Learning Measurement and Data