2022 RET Program

The M-NeD RET hosted 11 teachers during the summer of 2022 for a 5 and a half week in-person program at the University of Texas at Austin. Teachers were paired with a fellow teacher and assigned a faculty and graduate student mentor who facilitated their lab and research training. The teachers participated in a variety of professional development and curriculum development activities, in addition to their research time spent in the research laboratory. Examples of those professional development activities include: workshops on approaches for STEM integration in middle school classroom & Engineering Habits of Mind for K-12 students, Design Based Learning training, Careers in Engineering Panel with UT Austin Faculty and learning tours of the UT Austin TACC Supercomputer and a Bioscience lab.

Teachers received extensive support in the development of their RET curriculum. The RET program hosted a 2 day training for RETs this summer on Design Based Learning and the Engineering Design Process providing them with a tools, strategies and techniques for the development of their RET curriculum. RETs were matched with a mentor teacher (past RET well versed in the program and curriculum development strategies) who met with their mentees in small groups and individually throughout the course of the summer to guide curriculum development. Program staff met regularly with mentor teachers to assess RET progress towards goals and provide support.

2022 Program – Schedule of Activities