Join Today for 2026 Cohort

Are you an elementary STEM teacher?

Would you like to develop your Teacher Leader skills and further develop your content knowledge and instructional strategies?

Would you like to participate in a network of like-minded educators focused on improving STEM education?

We are thrilled to announce our new STEM Education Innovators: Elementary Cohort, now open for application.

Participants will develop their Teacher Leader and Mentoring skills while working with subject matter experts to solve a STEM education problem they have identified in their community. This three-year commitment requires participants to stay in the classroom for the duration of the program. A salary stipend of $7,500 per year of participation will be paid to educators in the cohort.

The application will open April. 1, 2026 and close April 30, 2026. Participants will be notified of cohort selection by mid-May. The program will begin in August 2026. For more information or to apply, check out the documents below. If you have any questions about this program, contact Kellie Yates at [email protected].

Q&A webinar for those interested in applying:

> Watch Webinar

> Request for Applications doc

> Apply Now

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