EDUCATORS:
Oregon MESA equips educators with cutting-edge curriculum for invention education, and creates innovators in and out of the classroom. Educators gain valuable skills and support in providing equity-based STEM instruction in a fun, hands-on, collaborative setting. MESA offers teachers (1) Valuable practice implementing facilitated learning with diverse, underserved students that focuses on student-led learning, problem-solving, and critical thinking, (2) Training opportunities that support individual teacher growth, provide access to hands-on curriculum, and offer strategies to incorporate engineering-focused opportunities within day-to-day practices, and (3) A collaborative cohort of teachers and ongoing learning opportunities that help educators successfully apply instructional material in exciting and inclusive ways that increase peer support and cooperation.