Institute for STEM Education

Informal education environments are also recognized as one of the most important vehicles for introducing STEM to underrepresented/underserved students and leading them to pursue STEM careers. We also have undergraduate and graduate programs designed to instill STEM education within the new generation of teachers - better preparing them for cutting edge curricula.

Engaging an audience from kindergarten through the most advanced levels of graduate research, we make possible an unprecedented experiential learning environment. Whether in Potsdam, Schenectady or Beacon you are sure to receive an education that prepares you for the future of science, technology, engineering and math.

This two-day camp, which is held at Clarkson’s Capital Region Campus in Schenectady, NY, is for high school students interested in a career in teaching. Workshops and presentations provide students with opportunities to learn about the teaching profession while interacting with Clarkson graduate students enrolled in the Master of Arts in Teaching program and Clarkson’s Department of Education faculty. The 2017 summer camp was generously supported by the Schenectady Foundation and the Little Family Foundation. To learn more, contact Nicki Foley.

Based upon Clarkson’s successful Teacher Boot Camp, the Summer Institute for Early Career Teachers prepares the University’s new graduate teaching assistants (TAs) through a required five-week “boot camp,” where TAs take courses on pedagogy with an emphasis on STEM fields. Participants divide the day by taking classes in the morning and practice teaching in the afternoons.