NIA’s team of STEM education specialists, Educators-in-Residence, media specialists, and program managers deliver signature regional and national programs to advance STEM literacy and inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists.
K-20 Educational Outreach and Programs
Award-winning educational outreach covers the continuum of education through programs that capture early fascination with science, technology, engineering, and math; feed that interest through the formative years; and share exciting discovery and innovation to audiences across the nation.
Educator training through pre-service and in-service professional learning experiences
K-12 student engagement through formal and nonformal integrative STEM learning programs
Teacher internships through local Educators-in-Residence programs
Development of web-based digital learning assets
Higher education and university student engagement through rigorous engineering challenges
NIA’s Center for Integrative STEM Education focuses on the K-12 portion of the education continuum. Emphasizing research-driven best practices for teachers and students, the Center and its partners design, develop, and advocate leading-edge approaches to teaching and learning that inspire the next generation of the STEM workforce.
The Center develops STEM resources that build authentic connections to standards-based curriculum, utilizing 21st-century teaching strategies delivered in varied media and formats.
Our team includes award-winning Educators-in-Residence, multi-media producers, and project managers who specialize in the creative and effective use of emerging technology to bring STEM alive in the classroom. Areas of expertise include project-based STEM challenges, professional development, multi-media production, and virtual world learning programs that build STEM relevance for teachers and students.
Program and Project Management
Pre-Service and In-Service teacher education & training programs
K-20 curriculum development
Web-based digital learning programs
National engagement programs
Evaluation and Research
Mentorship and Internship programs
Authentic learning programs
Program videos and collateral
Higher Ed and K-12 engineering and technology design challenges
Section 508 compliance
Partner Development and Engagement joint agency, industry, academia, NGOs and not for profits)
Continue Your Education
The National Institute of Aerospace recognizes the importance of continuing and lifelong learning for all individuals engaged in technical fields of study. We also understand that the education and training needs of engineers and scientists established in their fields often differ from those entering the field for the first time.
For those seeking to enhance and expand their knowledge in focused fields, NIA offers programs of short courses, workshops, conferences, seminars and colloquia. A number of our short courses are open to NASA and the general public, and many of the seminars are video recorded and web-archived.
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Short Courses
Workshops
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Our Programs
K-12 Education Programs
NIA’s Center for Integrative STEM Education focuses on the unique needs of the K-12 formal and nonformal STEM learning community.
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Higher Education Programs
NIA provides university level engineering design challenges, graduate level coursework in integrative STEM education, and internship-mentorship programming.
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Program Director
Shelley Spears, Director of Educational Outreach and Programs
shelley.spears@nianet.org (757) 325-6732