Professional Learning
Professional learning and development opportunities for educators in Genesee, Lapeer, and St. Clair counties.
This page is updated regularly. Check often for current and upcoming learning opportunities!
*Last updated on March 25, 2025
Professional Learning Opportunities
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05/03/25
Watershed Wonders
3P Learning Program containing over 20 hours of out-of-school watershed curriculum for grades 5-12.
9:00am-3:30pm at For-Mar Nature Preserve in Burton, MI. $200 Stipends available!
Register by 04/30/25
MiSTEM Region 6, in partnership with For-Mar Nature Preserve and Arboretum and the Flint River Watershed Coalition, has developed this 3-P learning curriculum that contains over 20 hours of out-of-school watershed curriculum for grade levels 5-12.
9:00am-3:30pm Saturday, May 3, 2025 in Burton, MI. $200 Stipends available!
Watershed Wonders
05/03/25
Register by 04/30/25
07/28/25 - 08/01/25
TeacherCon 2025
Computer Science Professional Learning
Explore exciting Computer Science workshops with CSforMichigan Collaborative this summer in Bay City, Michigan!
Save the Date July 28 - Aug 1
TeacherCon 2025
07/28/25 - 08/01/25
Computer Science Professional Learning
This summer, CSforMichigan Collaborative is thrilled to welcome teachers to a variety of engaging Computer Science workshops. Workshops are tailored to different grade levels and content areas. Each session is designed to inspire, inform, and elevate your teaching experience. Don't miss this chance to connect with fellow educators and explore innovative CS topics. Join us for an enriching summer of learning and collaboration! July 28, 2025 - Aug. 1, 2025 in Bay City, MI.
Ongoing
SCRIPT Workshops
Learn what it takes to build a local computer science education plan for your school district by attending a SCRIPT Workshop!
This FREE offering is lead by Cheryl Wilson from MDE. Stipends available!
Workshops offered by appointment
The Strategic CSforALL Resource and Implementation Planning Tool (“SCRIPT”) is a framework used to guide the creation of customized implementation plans to meet the goals and needs of school districts that are seeking to create computer science education plans, guided by CSforALL values of rigor, inclusion, and sustainability. Cheryl Wilson from MDE leads this process free of charge. Our MiSTEM Region can provide stipends for teachers who participate in the summer (or sub reimbursements).
Interested in setting up a workshop, email Sarah Keenan-Lechel skeenanlechel@geneseeisd.org or Cheryl Wilson WilsonC41@michigan.gov
SCRIPT Workshops
Ongoing
Previously Offered Professional Learning
Take a look back at some of the previously offered opportunities for learning in our Region and across the state!
02/20/25
Advancing Equity Through Decision Making in STEM Teacher Education
1-Day convening Thursday, February 20, 2025 from 9am-4pm in Lansing, Michigan
* this learning opportunity ended on 02/20/25 *
In collaboration with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), Michigan State University is offering a 1-Day convening on Thursday, February 20, 2025 from 9am-4pm in Lansing, MI to discuss advancing equity through decision making, with specific attention to teacher education. This event will bring various stakeholder together from MSU, the state, and the country to engage in realizing equitable STEM education across the State of Michigan.
Advancing Equity Through Decision Making in STEM Teacher Education
02/20/25
02/26/25
High School Math Support: Desmos
Desmos-based professional learning session from 8:30am-3pm in Attica, MI
* this learning opportunity ended on 02/26/25 *
Each district in Region 6 was allocated one seat in this session.
High School Math Support: Desmos
02/26/25
Secondary math teachers in MiSTEM Region 6 are invited to attend a Desmos-based professional learning session. Join Andy Malbouef to explore the Desmos graphing calculator, discuss P/SAT Prep, use the Geometry Tool, create Desmos activities, Polypads, and computational layers.
