3rd Annual Beginning Teacher STEM Conference

What:	A two-day conference with speakers, STEM content breakout sessions, networking opportunities, and more.
When:	July 28 and 29, 2015
Where:	I Hotel and Conference Center 1900 South First Street Champaign, IL 61820
Who:	K-12 STEM teachers with one to four years of full time classroom experience (priority will be given to first- and second-year teachers) including: Secondary teachers of math, science, technology, and engineering Elementary teachers who teach any STEM content
Why:	An opportunity for new teachers to: Attend top rated breakout sessions led by master teachers and STEM university faculty, all of whom are experts in their field Gain valuable teaching tools and ideas to use in their classroom next year Reflect on and share the past year’s teaching experience Network with other new teachers from around the state Two lunches, a breakfast, and a catered evening reception provided Door prizes including an iPad mini 4-star hotel on the University of Illinois campus

Archive of Conference Materials and Presentations

Conference materials including:

• Agenda
• Conference Booklet

Activity	Presenters
A4. Using FIRST Robotics to get students interested in STEM	Dan Green
A5. Immediate Student Feedback without Those Expensive Clickers	Bob Abrams
B1. Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity through Computational Thinking	Todd Lash, Jessica Pitcher, Wendy Maa, Minsoo Park
B2. The Friday Mystery	James Sparks
D2. Engaging Inquiry	Patricia Braun
D3. NGSS and 3-Dimensional Learning	Natacia Campbell
E1. Problem Based Learning Challenges & Working with STEM Mentors	Allie Barwise
E3. Promoting Inquiry Based Learning	Brandon Rutherford

Conference Sponsors

Special Thanks to Conference Sponsors
The Illinois New Teacher Collaborative would like to thank the Governors State University, the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Engineering at Illinois, and the State Farm Companies Foundation. Their support was key in making the conference a reality.