PK-12 Teacher Professional Development
Current Professional Development
The K-12 STEM Teacher Conference
June 12, 2026
Fee $60; Special Early Bird Pricing of $40 through April 31, 2026; 6 hours of PD Credit (includes continental breakfast, coffee lunch and a conference t-shirt)
Location: Nancy Randolph Davis Building, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Audience: K-12th Grade Teachers
The K–12 STEM Teacher Conference provides educators with opportunities to collaborate with colleagues and explore practical ideas and examples of STEM learning in action. A variety of sessions will be offered in mathematics, science, STEM, and integrated STEM content. In addition, the STEM Playground will give participants the opportunity to engage in hands-on, interactive experiences with vendors.
If you need to pay with a school purchase order, please email Nina Weaver - nina.weaver@okstate.edu
Fractions Across Grades 4-6: A Learning Trajectory
June 19, 2026; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Fee $55; 6 hours of PD Credit (includes lunch)
Location: Willard Hall, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Audience: 4th-6th Grade Teachers
Facilitator: Bridget Broome
Fractions are a central focus of the mathematics curriculum in Grades 4–6 and serve as a critical bridge from whole number thinking to proportional reasoning and algebra. In this professional development session, participants will explore how fraction understanding develops across these grade levels and how concepts progress from equivalence and operations to ratios, division, and rational numbers.
Through hands-on tasks, visual models, and rich mathematical discussions, teachers will examine common student misconceptions and learn strategies to strengthen conceptual understanding alongside procedural fluency. Emphasis will be placed on number lines, area models, and real-world problem contexts that deepen reasoning and sense-making.
Participants will leave with instructional routines and practical tools to support students in building a coherent and connected understanding of fractions across Grades 4–6.
If you need to pay with a school purchase order, please email Nina Weaver - nina.weaver@okstate.edu
From Patterns to Equations: Developing Algebraic Reasoning in Grades 1-4
June 18, 2026; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Fee $55; 6 hours of PD Credit (includes lunch)
Location: Willard Hall, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Audience: 1st-4th Grade Teachers
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Algebraic reasoning begins long before students encounter formal equations. In this professional development session, participants will explore how algebraic thinking develops across Grades 1–4 through patterns, properties of operations, relational thinking, and early work with unknowns.
Teachers will examine how young learners move from recognizing and extending patterns to representing relationships and generalizing mathematical ideas. Through engaging, hands-on tasks and rich discussion, participants will experience instructional strategies that promote reasoning, justification, and mathematical discourse in the elementary classroom.
Participants will leave with classroom-ready activities, purposeful questioning strategies, and practical tools to support students in building a strong foundation for future success in algebra.
If you need to pay with a school purchase order, please email Nina Weaver - nina.weaver@okstate.edu
Teaching the Nature of Science
June 15, 2026; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Fee $55; 6 hours of PD Credit (includes lunch)
Location: Willard Hall, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Audience: Science Teachers (all grade levels)
Facilitator: Staci Thomas
The proposed 2026 Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science includes “Connections to Scientific Literacy”. Nature of science (characteristics of scientific knowledge and how scientific knowledge is developed) is a critical component of scientific literacy. Participants will learn about the eight scientific literacy connections, how those connections are related to the three-dimensional standards, and some practical ways to integrate these connections in science lessons.
If you need to pay with a school purchase order, please email Nina Weaver - nina.weaver@okstate.edu
Making Math Real: Bringing Mathematical Models to the Middle Grades
June 11, 2026
Fee $55; 6 hours of PD Credit (includes lunch)
Location: Willard Hall, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Facilitator: Maria Stewart
In this session, participants will engage in middle grades focused mathematical modeling tasks designed to make mathematics feel real and purposeful for students. Through hands-on exploration, teachers will examine what defines a strong modeling task, what student engagement in modeling looks like, and how instructional moves can support and extend students’ thinking. We will unpack the nature of mathematical models and how they develop as students make sense of real-world contexts. Participants will leave with ready-to-use modeling tasks, practical classroom strategies, and renewed excitement for bringing meaningful mathematical modeling into their middle school classrooms.
If you need to pay with a school purchase order, please email Nina Weaver - nina.weaver@okstate.edu
Using Technology to Explore Secondary Mathematics
June 11, 2026; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Fee $55; 6 hours of PD Credit (includes lunch)
Location: Willard Hall, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Facilitator: Kansas Cole
This one-day summer professional development workshop is designed for high school mathematics teachers who want to learn more about the use of technology in the Algebras and Geometry. We will explore popular tools such as Desmos, GeoGebra, Polypad, and generative AI while also dabbling in some lesser known resources and lesson libraries to support the use of these tools. We will also discuss ways to decide when technology provides a meaningful enhancement to the learning process versus when an analog approach may be more effective. Everyone should leave with practical strategies, ready-to-use resources, and ideas for integrating technology into their instruction in ways that support student understanding and meaningful engagement with mathematics.
If you need to pay with a school purchase order, please email Nina Weaver - nina.weaver@okstate.edu
Agriculture IS Science: Using Agriculture Ideas to Connect Students to Science
June 11, 2026; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Fee $55; 6 hours of PD Credit (includes lunch)
Location: Willard Hall, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Facilitator: Jennifer Hofeld
Science Teachers: Learn how to incorporate agricultural ideas into your science classroom.
Agriculture Educators: Learn how to incorporate inquiry-based STEM lessons into your agriculture classroom.
You will work through two science lessons that will engage you and your students in scientific thinking and leave with the ability to implement them in your own classes!
- Soybean Leaves and Solar Panels
- The Soil is Breathing!
If you need to pay with a school purchase order, please email Nina Weaver - nina.weaver@okstate.edu
STEM Adventures: Explore, Build, Discover! HandsOn STEM for Young Learners
June 11, 2026; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Fee $55; 6 hours of PD Credit (includes lunch)
Location: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Facilitator: Nikki Huckabay
Get ready for a full day of hands-on STEM learning designed just for early childhood classrooms! In this engaging workshop, teachers will experience interactive activities aligned with the Oklahoma Academic Standards that can be easily implemented with young learners.
Participants won’t just hear about STEM, they will experience it. Throughout the day, teachers will explore exciting investigations in forces and motion, light and shadows, life science, and engineering design challenges. Working collaboratively in small groups, participants will test ideas, build solutions, and engage in activities that spark curiosity and creativity.
Each activity models developmentally appropriate strategies that encourage young children to ask questions, explore concepts, and think critically about the world around them. Teachers will walk away with ready-to-use ideas, practical classroom activities, and the confidence to create meaningful STEM experiences that inspire young scientists and engineers.
Come ready to build, experiment, investigate, and create, and leave with STEM lessons your students will love!
If you need to pay with a school purchase order, please email Nina Weaver - nina.weaver@okstate.edu
A more detailed catalog of summer learning can be found here.
Archived Professional Development
- Proportional Reasoning with Ratio Tables (Grades 4-8)
This online learning experience will allow teachers to move at their own pace in order to accommodate their students’ needs. Teachers will learn how to incorporate ratio tables that have students focusing on reasoning, receive on-going implementation support and have the opportunity to collaborate with other teachers. Space is limited, so apply soon!
- K-12 STEM Teacher Conference
June 14, 2024
OSU Stillwater, Willard Hall
The K-12 STEM Teacher Conference provides teachers with opportunities to engage with other educators, serving to provide ideas and examples of STEM learning in action. Attendees can select from a variety of sessions pertaining to mathematics, science, STEM, or integrated STEM content (e.g., agriculture and science)
- Building Students’ Multiplicative Thinking
June 11, 2024
OSU Stillwater, Willard Hall
Participants will learn how to help students build their multiplicative understanding through games and activities that can be done in the classroom. Strategies to help students build fluency with multiplication will also be taught. Participants can expect to leave with materials for games and activities to help them as they teach their students.
- Supporting Productive Problem Solving
June 13, 2024
OSU Stillwater, Willard Hall
Problem solving is a critical mathematical behavior, but many students remain stuck on procedures and repetition rather than creative and critical thinking. In this session, teachers will learn strategies to support their students’ engagement in productive mathematical problem solving within the standards that we teach every day. Professional learning will include how noticing and wondering can open up mathematical problems, using mathematical representations to problem solve, and more strategies that can be used in PK-8 mathematics lessons to spark student thinking!
- From Cookbook to Inquiry: Practical Steps on How to Turn any Lab into an Inquiry Investigation
June 20, 2024
OSU Stillwater, Willard Hall
Not all labs or science lessons are true inquiry or promote 3-dimensional learning. However, there’s no need to throw away all of your teaching materials and start from scratch. This training will cover simple steps to how to improve any science activity and make it more student-focused.
- Focus on Fluency
July 31st, 2023 and Sept. 23rd, 2023
Lawton, Muskogee, or Oklahoma City
A series of workshops focused on building mathematical fluency in students
- K-12 STEM Teacher Conference
June 16, 2023
Location: OSU Stillwater, Willard Hall
The K-12 STEM Teacher Conference provides teachers with opportunities to engage with other educators, serving to provide ideas and examples of STEM learning in action. In addition to attending a keynote presented by Annie Fetter, attendees can select from a variety of sessions pertaining to mathematics, science, STEM, or integrated STEM content (e.g., agriculture and science).
- Strategies to Assess and Address Unfinished Learning in Middle Grades Mathematics
These PD experiences will focus on assessing and addressing missed or unfinished student learning. Specific components of the PD will include a focus on using Open Up curriculum to address gaps in learning, using the 5 practices for orchestrating productive discussions, and implementing effective strategies and resources for mathematics instruction.
Cost: Free
- Teach from Anywhere Workshops
For PK-12 Teachers - Using Digital Tools to Support Seamless Learning
Three three-week long courses are completed online, allowing you to work at your own pace. Up to 25 Professional Development hours and a custom badge are provided upon completion of each course.
Cost: $100 per course
Materials Needed: Internet-capable device, internet connection, a personal Gmail account. - Creating and Delivering Engaging Content
Learn how to create interactive presentations, foster collaboration and explain concepts with digital white boards, record your screen/lessons, gamify your practice, and assess student understanding with digital tools!
- Communication, Collaboration and Critical Thinking in Digital Environments
Learn how to build classroom community, support rich discussion, and engage in critical thinking and collaboration in digital spaces.