RCOE Instructional Services

Attention all educators! It's now Last Call to register for the 2025 Modernizing Math Summit at the Riverside County Office of Education, happening on March 13 and 14, 2025. The registration deadline has been extended until this Friday, so if you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment to sign up, now’s your chance! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to dive into the latest in math education and modern teaching practices. Secure your spot today! 💡✏️ "

Register at: https://events.rcoe.us/MMSummit

We wanted to loop you into an amazing event coming to Los Angeles in May 2024: the Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF). We are looking for Grand Award Judges for the over 1700 students selected as finalists and offered the opportunity to compete for approximately U.S. $9 million in awards and scholarships.

Students will travel to Los Angeles from over 65 different countries and territories to compete in the fair– this is the Olympics of science fair. We need STEM volunteers to judge at the Los Angeles Convention Center on May 14 and May 15, 2024. Parking, meals, training, and all supplies to serve as judges will be provided.

The scientific research conducted at ISEF is very impressive; take a look at the winners from this year. From a novel microneedle patch for type-2 diabetes control to discovering the smallest ever ultra-short-period planet using a novel phase folding detection system parallelized on a cheap GPU. These young researchers are doing some groundbreaking research. Many of these students either have patents or are patent-pending, and over 20 categories of disciplines are represented.

A Grand Award Judge must have one of the following qualifications:
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• Have a minimum of six years of related professional experience beyond receiving their B.A., B.S., or Master’s degree, OR
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• Have a Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent (D.O., Ed.D., D.D.S., D.V.M., etc.), OR
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• Be a current graduate student with more than four years of doctoral-level research experience or who is within one year of doctoral dissertation defense.
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By volunteering as a Grand Award Judge, you can play an essential role in encouraging the top students from around the world to become the future science and engineering leaders of tomorrow. If you are interested and available, please sign up below via the Judge Interest Form to be notified when the application opens.

All projects compete in one of 22 subject categories. You can also get a sense of the energy and excitement at the fair from this 3-minute video taken at the 2023 fair in Dallas.

You can find more information at, https://www.societyforscience.org/isef/grand-award/, but if you have any questions, please feel free to ask me. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Link to Sign up to Judge: Log On (societyforscience.org)

LITE Conference Early Bird registration is open now until Tuesday, April 30th! Take advantage of this discounted rate and lock in your ticket to learn more from our innovative lineup of speakers and informational sessions. Keep an eye on these socials for updates over the next few months leading up to 2024 LITE Conference!

Thank you to the 300 educators that joined us at last week’s Passport to Literacy event. From our dynamic keynote speakers, Dr. Antonio Fierro with 95 Percent Group LLC and Teaching with Lindsay Kemeny, and our many expert session presenters, together we deepened our knowledge of developing student’s literacy skills over the 2-day journey.

We are excited that you will be embracing the science of reading principles as you support your classrooms, schools, districts, and community. For future professional development opportunities to strengthen Literacy for ALL, please follow our RCOE Instructional Services calendar: https://go.rcoe.us/IS-PD.

Elevate your teaching journey at the California Collaborative for Learning Acceleration (CCLA) Summit on March 16, 2024! This hybrid event welcomes educators from across California to come together to explore innovative ways to reinvigorate classroom instruction and enhance student outcomes. Our inclusive space fosters collaboration, innovation, and a dedication to putting Students First: Making Moments Matter!

Register Now: https://sccoe.to/CCLA2024Summit

Advancing Student Research Teaching (ASRT) is designed to support high school science teachers, so they are able to provide many students with a variety of opportunities to conducts hands-on research projects and give students the option to present those projects at local, regional, state and national/international science competitions.

The workshop will take place January 31, 2024 - February 2, 2024

Please use following link to access registration and more information regarding the workshop: https://events.bizzabo.com/ASRTWorkshop23-24

Regeneron ISEF 2024 is coming to Los Angeles, CA from May 11-17, 2024! Learn more about how you can volunteer and support the best young scientists and engineers from around the world.

More than 500 general volunteers for a variety of activities are needed during the week, beginning Thursday, May 9, 2024–Friday, May 17, 2024. Daytime, evening and weekend shifts are available for everyone ages 14–99! On-site training provided.

Please use the following link for more information: https://www.societyforscience.org/isef/volunteers/

The Dual Immersion Riverside County Consortium is excited to offer an outstanding in-person event for Dual Immersion educators of Riverside and San Bernardino County to gather and connect globally through language. This year’s keynote speakers will include Dr. Jordi Solsona-Puig. All of the speakers are renowned multilingualism advocates, dual language educators, professional learning facilitators, and more. They are all dedicated to world language learners and excited to share their experiences with the DLI Consortium as we continue to Connect Globally. Furthermore, there will be several outstanding break-out sessions being offered by current practitioners in areas of instruction, technology, equity, social-emotional supports, and more.

Please register at: https://events.bizzabo.com/541796

RCOE is excited to partner with the Banning Unified School District and Central Elementary School to host our first Dual Language Immersion (DLI) School Showcase of the 2023-2024 school year! Please join us on Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 at Central Elementary School for a walkthrough of their DLI program.

Please register at www.events.bizzabo.com/542419

The Department of Defense (DoD) is the largest employer of STEM professionals in the federal government, with nearly 300,000 civilian scientists and engineers. The Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program is a combined educational and workforce development opportunity for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students funded by the DoD.
In 2023, the SMART Program expanded the scholarship program eligibility by introducing the Ronald V. Dellums Memorial SMART Scholarship (Dellums SMART Scholarship). To honor the lifetime work of Representative Dellums, Congress established the Ronald V. Dellums Memorial SMART Scholarship, with the goal to increase participation of underrepresented students in the DoD STEM workforce. This opportunity expands the SMART scholarship opportunity to rising college freshmen who plan to pursue a bachelor’s degree in one of the 24 SMART STEM disciplines. High school seniors are eligible to apply for the Dellums SMART Scholarship.
Students seeking to attend a Historically Black College and University, Minority Institution, or Minority Serving Institution are particularly encouraged to apply. The Dellums SMART Scholarship is open to all applicants who meet the eligibility requirements.
The application is open annually from August 1 to December 1.

For more information: https://www.smartscholarship.org/smart

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