From Classroom to Catalyst: Nurture Creativity & Confidence in All Learners

This is a half-day workshops, Thursday, July 10 from 9am - 12pm.
An additional workshop on AI and Design Thinking: The Perfect Combination will run from 1 - 4pm in the same location. Those who purchase a ticket for both will be provided lunch.

Leaders: Lillian Ritchie, Director of Innovation; Don Buckley, Entrepreneurship Educator; and Eric Walters, Director of STEM; Marymount New York.

Director Ava DuVernay once noted, “Don’t wait for permission to do something creative.” This raises the question: how do we as educators help our learners build a creative mindset, one that empowers them to take risks, embrace curiosity, and develop innovative solutions to complex problems. Participants will engage in a series of hands-on, minds-on activities that help students (and you) model creativity at any age and in any discipline. By the end of the session, participants will walk away with a toolkit of creative ideas to foster a classroom environment where students feel confident embracing ambiguity, expressing their ideas, and tackling challenges creatively.

Contact us at [email protected] for a 10% discount!

STEMteachersNYC delivers professional development workshops for teachers, by teachers, about teaching, since 2011. All workshops over 2hrs offer CTLE. CUNY Pre-service teachers may attend for free. Please reach out if your school requires an invoice. We are an NYCDOE MTAC Vendor.

Current CUNY students with valid ID may attend summer workshops at a discount or for FREE! Please email [email protected] for details.

Email general questions to [email protected]. Note this workshop requires a minimum number of participants. In the event there are not enough participants, the workshop will be cancelled, and a refund will be issued.

Interested in an Invoice/Purchase Order Request?

Teachers! Ask your school to pay for your ticket! All the school needs to do is send us a Purchase Order (PO). Fill out our PO/Invoice survey and we will prepare you an invoice for you to submit to your school/district. Or just copy and paste the information above and let them know the workshop you want to attend. Don’t be afraid to ask. There’s always a chance the money will be available and they’ll say yes, but if you don’t ask, there’s no chance at all.

Districts/Schools, to request an invoice for a STEMteachersNYC Workshop, please fill out a quick invoice survey. This is a required step in order to process your request. Any questions regarding the PO process please contact [email protected]

Please send Purchase Orders (POs) to our Billing Office

Via Email: [email protected]

OR Via US Mail: STEMteachersNYC – Billing Office 245 West 107th Street, Suite 10B New York, NY 10025.

Please note: We take screenshots, photographs and record video of our workshops in order to publicize a positive image of science teaching, and of STEMteachersNYC – a recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization – and to support future teacher leaders. If you register, you are agreeing to be photographed and to have your voice and image video-recorded. You are also agreeing to relinquish all your rights to the photographs and video recordings.

If you do not wish to be photographed or video-recorded – you must inform us before the workshop starts. For in-person workshops, we will take one photograph of your face so that we can erase your image if we happen to catch it by chance during the workshop, and we will do our best to avoid you. We would also appreciate your cooperation in positioning yourself at the edge of the group so as to help us avoid you.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Marymount School of New York, 115 East 97th Street, New York, United States