Maverick Magazine Spring 2023: Bringing STEM to Life in Elementary School Classrooms
The Mercy College Center for STEM Education is providing professional development training to hundreds of elementary school teachers as part of a five-year New York State grant called Smart Start that supports teachers in integrating STEM learning into everyday classroom lessons.
The teacher training was designed, developed and is now being delivered by the following faculty from Mercy’s School of Education (SOE) and Center for STEM Education (MCCSE): Amanda Gunning, Ph.D., and Meghan Marrero, Ed.D., SOE professors and MCCSE co-directors; and Elena Nitecki, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Early Childhood and Childhood Education and MCCSE affiliated faculty. Through Smart Start, the funding aims to make STEM learning more accessible — not only to all students at an earlier age, but also to school districts that historically have dealt with socioeconomic and other barriers to administering STEM education.
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