Millard Oakley STEM Center
Educator & School Programs
The center provides regional educators and schools with a range of resources from professional development workshops, field trips, our traveling interactive lab...the STEMmobile, and more!
Professional Development & Registration
- Ready for TN Science: Professional Development Series
About the Series
The Oakley STEM Center has developed a series of professional development trainings to assist educators in addressing the 3-dimensions of the Tennessee Science Standards. Each session will provide guidance to both new and experienced educators in using selected aspects of the Science & Engineering Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and the Disciplinary Core Ideas. Content shared in previous sessions and in upcoming sessions is included on our Google site below.
Ready for TN Science PD
October 25, 2022 from 4:30-6:00PM at the Oakley STEM Center Room 139.
In-person attendance is encouraged, but a live stream will also be available for virtual attendance.
Ready for TN Science PD
November 29, 2022 from 4:30-6:00PM at the Oakley STEM Center Room 139.
In-person attendance is encouraged, but a live stream will also be available for virtual attendance.
- Upper Cumberland Math Professional Learning Community
About the PLC
This PLC is designed to provide a series of professional development opportunities for educators seeking to implement technologies into their mathematics classrooms.
These sessions provide Upper Cumberland mathematics teachers with the tools and community needed to use the technologies with confidence.
We invite you to join the Upper Cumberland Math Professional Learning Community (PLC).
Upcoming workshops TBD
TSIN Innovative Educator Workshop - Building a STEM Culture
Workshop 1-Saturday March 25, 2023 - Oakley STEM Center at Tennessee Tech
Workshop 2-Saturday May 31, 2023 -TBD Cookeville, TN
Workshop 3- Saturday June 1, 2023 - TBD Cookeville, TN
Building a STEM Culture
Building a STEM Culture takes time and teamwork coupled with creativity, leadership support, and teaching pedagogy. This session will introduce or remind teachers regarding the concept of fundamental STEM integration in the elementary setting. Tools for creating original engineering design challenges with any curriculum will be shared. Teachers will share their “why” for STEM integration and lessons learned throughout their refinement process. The information shared aligns with the TSIN Designation Rubric and will support professional development toward this esteemed achievement.
A $200 dollar stipend will be awarded on a first-come-first-serve basis for the first 60 registrants.
Please note all workshop days are identical.
** Participants must verify with respective district if they are eligible to receive the stipend and/or PD credit for this workshop.
STEM In Motion Educator Resources
Explore transportation activities to implement in your Math and Science classrooms, created by educators that participated in the STEM in Motion Program.
2020 Transportation Activities High School
2021 Transportation Activities Middle School
EXPEDITION Field Trips
Our field trips provide an engaging lesson led by a member of the Oakley STEM team and assisted by the classroom educator. This format allows the classroom educator to facilitate the learning environment while the STEM team instructor leads the content of the Expedition.
- About EXPEDITIONS
During the program students participate in multiple hands-on, minds-on, cross-curricular, standards-aligned activities, PLUS a Virtual Theater experience.
Lesson experiences are designed based on the grade level of the students attending and may vary from year to year as new experiences are developed.
- How can I reserve an EXPEDITION Field Trip?
Please email Carlos Galindo at cgalindo@tntech.edu to coordinate details and arrange a date for your visit.
- Minors On Campus Policy
NOTE: Tech Policy No. 120 requires a 30-day advanced approval process requiring groups bringing minors on campus to secure local administrative permission using the following language to be included on your student permission slips:
MINORS ON CAMPUS: Language for P-12 / Parents
Tennessee Tech cares deeply about the safety and welfare of children while on its campus. As the event organizer or parent (as applicable), you are solely responsible for the supervision, oversight and protection of the participant(s) while on Tennessee Tech property.
- Student Capacity
Total capacity is around 90 students, requiring at least 3 teachers to support the STEM Center staff to help facilitate a smooth Expedition.
