Presenters

Call for Presentations

NCSTA’s 45 Annual Professional Development Institute

November 12-13, 2015

Benton Convention Center – Winston Salem, NC

"Mastering Literacy Through STEM”

Each year, NCSTA strives to provide professional development for our science educators that can be immediately transferable to the classroom. This year, we have identified an immediate need for literacy while providing quality STEM education for students.

NCSTA invites you to share your expertise with science educators across the state. This year’s theme is Literacy through STEM. We are calling for presentations in biology/life science, chemistry, physics, physical science, earth/environmental science, and engineering, demonstrating how general literacy skills of students can be strengthened at the same time students learn in the areas of STEM such as:

  • The five components of reading
  • Narrative, Descriptive Expository and Persuasive Writing
  • Interactive note-booking to promote writing and check understanding
  • Reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension
  • Identifying and decoding the meaning of the common prefixes and derivational suffixes
  • Writing opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons
  • Writing informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas

Click here to SUBMIT Proposal

We are asking all science educators K-12 who have successfully demonstrated teaching literacy skills in addition to STEM-related skills and content to submit a proposal.

All proposals will be considered.

Thank you for sharing your expertise and experience with your colleagues from across the state.