Professional development workshops for teachers

Join us in person at SRP’s free teacher workshops

We’re excited to offer in-person teacher training workshops, all hosted at SRP’s Tempe facilities. Here’s what you need to know to attend:

• Workshops are offered Saturday mornings from 8 a.m. to noon.
• They’re open to K–12 educators in SRP’s service and impact areas.
• Educators will receive a certificate for continuing education units for four hours for each workshop.
• All workshops are free to educators.

Free teacher workshops

Explore our professional development offerings below.

• Powering Our Future (Grades K–2): Engage in hands-on K–2 engineering experiences that focus on understanding the differences between technology and engineering and explore how to support K–2 students with engineering design challenges that incorporate the 5E instructional model. 
• Powering Our Future (Grades 3–5): Learn about the renewable and nonrenewable resources used to generate electricity through GRC (Gather, Reason, Communicate) and 5E Picture-Perfect Science lessons. We will explore how the different resources are used and the advantages and challenges of each type.
• Powering Our Future (Grades 6–8): Explore energy transfers and transformations through a phenomena-based 5E lesson and apply this knowledge through engaging in an engineering design challenge focused on kinetic and potential energy.
• Powering Our Future HS (Grades 9–12): Engage in hands-on activities to learn about solar energy, energy transformation and energy generation. This workshop features 3D-modeled instruction using both the 5E and GRC (Gather, Reason, Communicate) instructional models. 
• Electricity (Grades 3–8):  Explore electricity by engaging in a 5E lesson using investigation stations that guide students through sensemaking focused on how energy is transferred through circuits.
• Magnetism (Grades 3–8): Explore magnetism by engaging in a 5E lesson using investigation stations that guide students through sensemaking focused on magnetic force at a distance, orientation, interactions of magnets, and discovering key differences between magnetic and nonmagnetic materials. 

Cash in on a Powering Our Future grant

Here are the details:

• Grants are only available to attendees of SRP's series of Powering Our Future workshops.
• Educators can attend up to three workshops per school semester for a total of twelve professional development hours.
• Educators can apply for one grant per school year but are welcome to attend multiple years and reapply.
• Teachers must attend the workshop before applying for the grant.
• Other workshops are not eligible for the grants; however, educators will receive materials at the workshop to help teach the content.