Rethinking the High School Internship in a Digital World

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Education organizations are quickly adapting to school closures, distance learning, and remote work schedules. While school buildings are closed, many industries remain active. As the summer approaches, internship programs that prepare students for the workforce are shifting to accommodate job placements online when they cannot take place on-site.

On Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 3:00 – 4:30 PM PST, join a panel of educators and STEM industry partners discussing strategies to implement STEM internships while sheltering-in-place. The discussion will be moderated by the CEO of PilotCity and joined by representatives from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Bayer, Biotech Partners, Typeform, and San Mateo County.

REA’s Alex Gurn will present with Biotech Partners on the opportunities and challenges of recreating laboratory-based experiences through digital internships.

The meeting is hosted by Alignment Bay Area, a group of education, industry, workforce development boards, and community-based organizations focusing on strategies that lead youth through college and to careers. Register in advance for this meeting.

Indiana Evaluation Association Quarterly Meeting

Jennifer Borland will be attending the quarterly meeting of the Indiana Evaluation Association (online) on Friday, April 17th at 2PM EDT. This event will feature a presentation by John Gargani and co-author Robert McLean about their new book, Scaling Impact: Innovation for the Public Good. For more information about this event, click here.

American Educational Research Association Conference 2020

Prior to cancellation of the virtual American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2020 conference, REA was slated for two presentations

Kristin was co-presenting “Next Generation Science Standards Evolution Unit Efficacy: Student Results From Multiple-Choice and Constructed-Response Items,” a roundtable discussion in the Methodological Innovations in Researching Science Learning session. Her co-authors include Dina Drits-Esser, Louisa A. Stark, Sheila Homburger, and Molly Malone, University of Utah; Joseph Hardcastle, Jo Ellen Roseman, and George E. DeBoer, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Kristin was presenting “Learning Through Storybooks and Planetarium Shows: A Pilot Study of Two Elementary Instructional Sequences” a roundtable discussion in the Supporting Early Childhood and Elementary Science Learning session. Her co-authors include Alison Allen, Rockman et al; Brian Kruse, Linda Shore, Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

Please get in touch if you are interested in talking more about our work or collaborating in the future!

GSK Science in the Summer™ National Conference

Camellia Sanford-Dolly will be attending the GSK Science in the Summer™ National Conference at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA on February 24th and 25th. This event is invitation-only, though if you will be attending please get in touch!

National Educational Telecommunications Association Conference

Claire Quimby will be attending the 2020 NETA Conference (National Educational Telecommunications Association) in Washington D.C. on January 27th through 29th to collect data for the PBS Teacher Community Project. If you are attending the conference, don’t hesitate to reach out.