The Emerging STEM Leader™ (ESL) series is a premiere leadership professional development program designed for STEM educators who want to learn how to integrate STEM across the curriculum. Core concepts include Design Thinking Infused Pedagogy™ (DTIP™) and a Learning by Doing Professional Development (LBDPD) model to empower STEM initiatives in classrooms and to foster student achievement in STEM. Our cutting-edge solutions are designed to meet the diverse needs of educators and administrators, regardless of location and school size.
Experience up to 6 hours of intensive training through our in-person and/or virtual workshops. Designed to fit diverse scheduling and learning preferences, these workshops offer flexible, comprehensive training to enhance your STEM teaching skills.
Benefit from monthly virtual coaching sessions that reinforce and support the implementation of strategies learned during workshops. These sessions help you adapt new techniques directly into your classroom in real-time, ensuring continual professional growth.
Empower your educators to think like designers through immersive, real-world challenges. These activities guide participants through the full design thinking cycle—from empathy and ideation to prototyping and testing—equipping them with creative problem-solving tools they can apply in any classroom. Each challenge is tailored to model how teachers can integrate student-centered innovation into STEM instruction, fostering both critical thinking and collaboration.
Today’s workforce demands creativity, agility, and collaboration—yet many classrooms still follow outdated models. Our professional development empowers educators to bridge that gap.Through immersive design thinking challenges, teachers experience firsthand how to lead innovation in their own classrooms. It’s not just theory—it’s transformation in action.
