AMSTI-UAB
**NEW** 2024 AMSTI SCIENCE FOUNDATION TRAINING REQUIREMENT
WELCOME TO AMSTI-UAB TRAINING REGISTRATION 2024 !
You will receive an email confirmation from AMSTI-UAB.
Power School Registration will be shared during PL Session. If you have any questions regarding your registration, please email Becke Stripling, AMSTI-UAB Director beckes@uab.edu. or Cindy Willingham, AMSTI-UAB Assistant Director ciwillin@uab.edu
STEM PD Opportunity!
Join us, & guest Alex Reader, the founder of STIIX, for an incredible professional learning opportunity centered around bringing impactful STEM into the classroom in an incredibly easy, affordable, & FUN way. Attendees will not only get a chance to hear about some relevant data and best practices surrounding the latest and greatest in the STEM world, but will also get the chance to build some engaging projects themselves, and walk away with some FREE resources, including a STIIX classroom STEM bin for your own students. Mr. Reader lives in Phoenix, AZ and is a former engineer and educator. He has a passion for giving kids hands-on experiences, and blending that with introducing them to careers along the way. STIIX works with hundreds of rural schools around the country to help them bring meaningful STEM experiences into the classroom and community, leading to higher attendance, better family engagement, improved test scores, career awareness, and more!
Face to Face at UWA large dining area.
9 AM to 11 AM (lunch optionally provided)
Registration: https://alsde.truenorthlogic.com/.../viewCourseSearch...
K-5 Teacher Leadership Opportunity
AMSTI is partnering with the Office of Mathematics Improvement (OMI) to provide a Teacher Leadership Academy for K-5 math teacher leaders to begin building math coaching capacity across the state. (ATTACHED INFORMATION & FORM)
TEACHERS: If you are interested in AMSTI Math Teacher Leadership Academy, please let your admin know and ask them to submit your name.
SCIENCE ALCOS MAY CHANGE!
AMSTI is committed to providing educators and their students with resources, professional learning opportunities (PLOs), and ongoing classroom support aligned with Alabama's standards. AMSTI will begin offering updated K-12 Science Content PLOs in June 2024. Participation in these updated PLOs is required to receive AMSTI and ASIM science materials/kits starting in August 2024.
AMSTI's updated Science Foundational Training (SFT 2024) is a prerequisite for participation in updated K-12 Science Content PLOs. SFT 2024 will be available to K-12 science teachers starting in January 2024. K-12 science teachers who completed AMSTI's current SFT from September 2021 to December 2023 will not be required to complete SFT 2024.
AMSTI-UAB Specialists and Staff
SCIENCE:
- Jill Chambers Biology Specialist jcham@uab.edu
- Eric Lambert Physics Specialist. lambert2@uab.edu
- Tina Hendrickson Chemistry Specialist tlhendri@uab.edu
- Katrina Hughley K- 5 Science Specialist khugh@uab.edu
- Sonya Edwards 6-8 Science Specialist sfpriget@uab.edu
MATH:
- Tiffany Roddy 6-8 Math Specialist troddy@uab.edu
- Dwight Moore 9-12 Math Specialist dgmoore@uab.edu
- Katie Leachman K-5 Math Specialist kleachman@uab.edu
- Katie Oates K-5 Math Specialist keoates@uab.edu
- Christie Orr K-5 Math Specialist clwo@uab.edu
- Shernetta Bell K-5 Math Specialist yuneda@uab.edu
- Jessica Crosby K-5 Math Specialist jhcrosby@uab.edu
- Tonya Jones K-5 Math Specialist tmjones3@uab.edu
- Amber Cooper K-5 Math Specialist abcooper@uab.edu
WAREHOUSE:
- Emily Gagne Materials Associate emgagne@uab.edu
OFFICE:
- Ana Souza Office/AIMS Coordinator anasouza@uab.edu
- Reid Jones Program Manager jrjones4@uab.edu
- Cindy Willingham Assistant Director ciwillin@uab.edu
- Becke Stripling Director beckes@uab.edu