News and Announcements
ACE-STEM Saturday Workshop 1 (Fall 2024)
We are pleased to host our virtual Saturday Workshop 1 for ACE-STEM Cohort 2 on Saturday, September 28th, from 9 am to 12 pm.
Dr. Lisa Dorner, a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and a Faculty Fellow at the Cambio Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia, will be the speaker for SW1.
Please come ready to engage and collaborate in this professional learning experience.
Please check your GMU email for the meeting registration link.
Multilingual Family Transliteracies Project Call for Proposals Will be Open Again Soon!
We are inviting proposals for projects/events at the classroom or school level that promote multilingual family engagement through valuing the use of home languages for literacy learning and development.
The purpose is to build on families’ cultural and linguistic identities and literacy practices—their funds of knowledge—as a foundation for new learning and to enable caregivers to exercise agency in their children’s education.
Please visit Call for Proposals Page for more information.
To see previous MFT projects, please visit this page.
Welcome! ACE-STEM Cohort 2 Teachers!
ACE-STEM Cohort 2 has officially started! The ACE-STEM team hosted an orientation session for the newly joined cohort 2 teachers on Thursday, August 15th. The cohort 2 teachers met their PWCS mentor coaches during the welcome session, and the ACE-STEM team introduced the course registration and academic advising information.
ACE-STEM Saturday Workshop 8 (Spring 2024)
We are thrilled to announce our upcoming in-person Saturday Workshop 8, taking place on Saturday, May 4, 2024, from 10 am to 1 pm. This workshop will showcase the highlights of our Cohort 1 teachers’ learning and practice over the past two years, celebrating their remarkable achievements. Additionally, we eagerly anticipate welcoming our Cohort 2 teachers during this event. Join us for an inspiring gathering filled with shared knowledge and celebration!
Please check your GMU email for the meeting registration link.
ACE-STEM Saturday Workshop 7 (Spring 2024)
We are pleased to host our virtual Saturday Workshop on Saturday, February 24th, from 10 am to 1 pm.
Through various discussions and activities, Dr. Laura C. Chávez-Moreno will facilitate this workshop focusing on Enhancing Multilingual Learners’ critical-racial consciousness in STEM education
Please come ready to engage and collaborate in this professional learning experience.
Please check your GMU email for the meeting registration link.
ACE-STEM Saturday Workshop 6 (Fall 2023)
We are pleased to host our virtual Saturday Workshop on Saturday, October 28th, from 9 am to 12 pm.
Through various discussions and activities, Dr. Luciana C. de Oliveira will facilitate this workshop focusing on Language-Based Approach to Content Instruction
This is the second of the two mandatory ACE-STEM events in the Fall 2023 semester. Please come ready to engage and collaborate in this professional learning experience.
Please check your GMU email for the meeting registration link.
ACE-STEM Saturday Workshop 5 (Fall 2023)
We are pleased to host our virtual Saturday Workshop on September 30, 2023! We will begin at 9 am and end at 12 pm. If you can join 2-3 minutes early (some may have to update Zoom), that would help us to begin on time.
Through various discussions and activities, Dr. Heidi Faust will facilitate this workshop focusing on Designing Instruction and Assessment for Multilingual Learners Using WIDA Standards for Content Classrooms.
This is the first of the two mandatory ACE-STEM events in the Fall 2023 semester. Please come ready to engage and collaborate in this professional learning experience.
Please check your GMU email for the meeting registration link.
ACE-STEM Summer Institute 2023
We are pleased to host our ACE-STEM Summer Institute from Tuesday, June 20 to Friday, June 23, 2023, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM (ET)
Various workshops and activities on cutting-edge topics such as Content-Language Integrated STEM, Translanguaging, ChatGPT, Universal Design for Learning, Media Literacy, Family & Community Engagement, and more!
Registration is currently closed
ACE-STEM Saturday Workshop 4 (Spring 2023)
We are pleased to host our fourth virtual Saturday Workshop on March 11, 2023! We will begin at 9 am and end at 12 pm. If you can join 2-3 minutes early (some may have to update Zoom), that would help us to begin on time.
Dr. Lorena Llosa from New York University will facilitate an interactive workshop titled, “Supporting Multilingual Learners in the Science Classrooms.”
This is the second of the two mandatory ACE-STEM events in Spring 2023 semester. Please come ready to engage and collaborate in this professional learning experience.
Please check your GMU email for the meeting registration link
ACE-STEM Saturday Workshop 3 (Spring 2023)
We are pleased to host our third virtual Saturday Workshop on February 11, 2023! We will begin at 9 am and end at 12 pm. If you can join 2-3 minutes early (some may have to update Zoom), that would help us to begin on time.
Dr. Kate Seltzer from Rowan University will facilitate an interactive workshop titled, “Following a La Corriente of Translanguaging: Shifts in Perspective and Practice for Emergent Bilingual Students.” This is the first of the two mandatory ACE-STEM events in the Spring 2023 semester. Please come ready to engage and collaborate in this professional learning experience.
Please check your GMU email for the meeting registration link
ACE-STEM Fall 2022 Saturday Workshops 1 & 2
The first ACE-STEM Saturday Workshop was held on October 1, online, through Zoom. The research team invited Dr. Lisa Dorner as the guest speaker of the workshop.
The second ACE-STEM Saturday Workshop was held on November 5 online through Zoom. The research team invited Dr. Borup and Dr. Shin as the workshop’s guest speakers.
Events
Saturday Workshops
ACE-STEM Saturday Workshops are designed to provide an opportunity for teachers to communicate with experts from various fields to increase their knowledge and expertise in designing instruction that promotes deep content learning and language and literacy development.
Summer Institute
ACE-STEM Summer Institute is a 4-day event starting on June 20th to 23rd in the summer of 2023. This in-person event will be hosted at Mason SciTech Campus in Manassas. Teacher participants will join a series of workshops and activities. (Event page will open soon).