Data Fluency 3-day Professional Learning June 17-18, 2025 + 1 follow-up day in the fall*
This professional learning introduces place-based, data-rich strategies to support data fluency. Individuals with data fluency are confident and able to use and make sense of data, knowing when, how, and why to use data for a specific purpose such as solving problems and communicating ideas. In a place-based approach, learning is anchored in authentic engagement with local phenomena, physical landscapes, and connections to cultures and communities.
Program Highlights:
– Engage in an adult-level outdoor learning experience
– Explore instructional strategies to help students effectively interact with data
– Gain valuable resources to use in your classroom
– Deepen your abilities to identify and address common student difficulties when making sense of data
– Expand your knowledge and teaching strategies for utilizing placed-based approaches to support students’ data fluency
– Connect with other teachers who are passionate about using a place-based approach to expanding data opportunities to all students
Registration: tinyurl.com/NAUPLACES2025
Participants: Upper elementary, middle, and high school teachers who are in a position to teach students about a science topic using a place-based approach to data as part of in-school, classroom teaching. We encourage teams of two or more educators to participate.
Location: Northern Arizona University, Center for STEM Teaching & Learning (CSTL) in Flagstaff and a field experience at historic Hat Ranch on the Colorado Plateau.
Cost: Only $525/person** (regularly $1,000) for three days, thanks to generous support from the CSTL and a NASA grant. Includes transportation from NAU to Hat Ranch on June 17 and lunch daily. Check or purchase order must be received by May 16, 2025 or your registration will be canceled
Contact: Call or email Lauren Shollenberger, 928-523-9079, lauren.shollenberger@nau.edu
*There will also be a 45 minute virtual pre-session the week of June 9. The registration form has a questions about your availability. The follow-up day in the fall may be virtual or in-person, date and time TBD with participants.
**A limited number of scholarships are available for teachers from Phoenix and/or who are in the APS service territory. See registration for details.