September 10 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Launching Career-Connected Learning Beyond the Classroom Virtual Join STEM Next for a national back-to-school launch event to spotlight Career-Connected Learning: A Framework for Out-of-School Time Providers, STEM Next’s bold new tool designed to accelerate and expand career-connected learning in afterschool and summer programs across the country. Date: Wednesday, September 10th, 2025 Time: 3:00 PM EST / 12:00 PM PST This event marks the start of a … Continued
September 19 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm YES Curriculum in Action: Classroom Stories & Tips from Real Educators Virtual Want real-world advice on implementing YES engineering units? Join the Museum of Science Boston for a fast-paced, story-rich webinar with classroom educators who’ve run YES in their schools. They’ll share which units they chose, how they prepped and organized materials, what facilitation moves kept students engaged, and the impact they saw in student collaboration, confidence, … Continued
Featured October 8 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Career-Connected Learning Series: Building Broad Skills to Support Youth in the Workforce Virtual As the modern workforce evolves at an unprecedented pace, durable—or “soft”—skills are increasingly as important as technical skills in high-demand STEM jobs. Helping youth develop these skills is a core strategy of STEM Next’s Career-Connected Learning Framework for Out-of-School Time Providers. In this training, attendees will learn how to weave durable skills into STEM activities … Continued
Featured October 8 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Beyond Astronauts: Your Guide to Space Careers Virtual This World Space Week, join STEM Next for a Career Chat moderated by our own teen Flight Crew member from Alabama, Charlee! We'll be talking to the pros about the coolest jobs in the cosmos (and on Earth!). Date: Wednesday, October 8th Time: 3:00 PM PST / 6:00 PM EST Register here! The universe of space careers … Continued
October 22 @ 5:15 pm - 6:00 pm ACRES Training: Making Math Meaningful Virtual Discover ways to use natural materials to represent math problems, find and understand math in nature, and use math to investigate authentic outdoor math problems in this training let by ACRES. Gain access to a hub of resources to explore, as well as activities you can use immediately. This is a free, LIVE, virtual workshop … Continued
October 23 @ 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm ACRES Training: You Can Create Career Connections and Nurture STEM ID Virtual In this ACRES training, OST staff learn tips and tricks to help them make STEM career connections early on in the school year. Participants experience several easy-to-implement strategies, including a photo elicitation activity, learn about how youth form STEM identities, and then learn how to conduct related activities with youth. This is a free, LIVE, … Continued
Featured November 5 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Career-Connected Learning Series: Developing Career-Connected STEM Activities for Afterschool and Summer Learning Virtual For many youth, afterschool and summer programs are where sparks of interest in science, technology, engineering, and math begin. To help programs turn that interest into career pathways, STEM Next created the Career-Connected Learning Framework for Out-of-School Time Providers. The Framework helps programs explicitly embed career connections into their activities in ways that are practical, … Continued
