Join Scott Burg, Nicole Jarvis, and Maggie Deagon at the virtual SciPEP2023 Conference on July 25th and 26th from 8am-1pm PDT / 11am-4pm EDT each day. The theme of the conference is “New Insights for Communicating Basic Science” where science communication scholars, practitioners, and trainers are coming together to discuss new insights and think about new ideas and opportunities for sharing science research and practice with others. Registration for the event is free and open to all!

Meet Anna Jennerjohn at the virtual Nature Start Alliance conference, a branch of the North American Association for the Environmental Education (NAAEE), from Monday, July 24th through Thursday, July 26th. Anna will be presenting “What’s the Word? Language with Emergent Multilinguals Outdoors” on Thursday at 1pm EDT/10am PDT.

 

Meet Alison Allen and Kristin Bass at the 2023 SciEd Conference in Washington, DC from May 30th to June 2nd 2023.

Adam Moylan, Alison Allen, and Anna Jennerjohn will be attending the Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) National Professional Development 2023 Directors Meeting in Washington, DC on April 10th-13th. If you attending the meeting or would like more information on the NPD program, don’t hesitate to reach out.

Camellia Sanford-Dolly will be attending the American Educational Research Association‘s annual conference in Chicago, IL on April 13th & 14th. Camellia will be presenting a poster, “Creating Consequential Media: Findings From a National Needs Assessment With Informal Educators and Caregivers” with Bryce Becker (Twin Cities Public Television) on Friday, April 14th from 2:50-4:20PM CST in the East Tower, Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

Alison Allen will be attending the 96th annual NARST international conference in Chicago, IL on April 18th-21st. She will be presenting a poster, Representations of Astronomy in Children’s Picture Books, with Julia Plummer (Penn State University) on Thursday, April 20th from 3:50-4:35pm CST in the Grand Ballroom (L2) at the Hilton Chicago.

Jen Borland and Julia Li will be presenting “Creative Ways to Measure & Communicate Your Program’s Impact” on April 25th at the Indiana Summit on Out-of-School-Learning from 9:45-11 AM EST at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Conference Center in Noblesville, IN. Click here to learn more about the conference: https://lnkd.in/g5FtTsiw

Scott Burg will be attending the upcoming Association of Children’s Museum Interactivity Annual Conference in St. Louis, Missouri on April 26-28, 2023. On Thursday, April 26 at 2:00pm CST, Scott will be presenting preliminary research findings from an IMLS-supported grant on parent and caregiver preferences for virtual programming from children’s museums. Co-presenters include Jennifer Rehkamp, ACM’s Director of Field Service and Research, and Shaun Fields and John Voiklis from Knology.

Camellia Sanford-Dolly and Jennifer Borland will be attending the National Afterschool Association’s convention in Orlando, FL from March 19th-22nd. Camellia and Jennifer will be presenting a workshop “Measuring and Communicating Programs’ Impacts on Children’s Learning and Engagement” with Bryce Becker (Twin Cities Public Television) on Tuesday, March 21st from 3:15-4:15PM in Lafayette 1 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center.

REA colleagues are excited to be gathering together under one roof for the first time since becoming a cooperative. We will be meeting in Denver, CO to do some professional development, team building, and socializing! Stay tuned for some fun updates on our gathering.