Welcome to our last Rural Communities through Substack! Starting next month, we will be using MailChimp as our newsletter platform (alike to RML newsletters). *Don’t worry—All current subscribers will be moved to the MailChimp mailing list.* Until then, please see our shout-outs, upcoming events, opportunities, articles, and more below.

Shout-out to our latest rural network members:

• Norwin School District, comprised of the municipalities of North Huntingdon Township, Irwin Borough, and North Irwin Borough in southwestern Westmoreland County

• South Butler County School District, located in the southeastern corner of Butler County, PA.

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Don’t Miss It:

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6-8PM, February 26 @ Pitt MAC

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Upcoming Events and Opportunities (*extra fun):

• Helper’s Trauma Professional Learning Community, Deadline: January 30th

• Nominate a School of Opportunity, Deadline: January 31st

• DigiCitCommit Virtual Congress: Free Online Event, February 11th-12th

• Saturday Morning STEM Professional Development—Fab Lab, February 15th

• *Rochester Middle School STEAM Walk, March 11th

• Practical Training in Project-Based Learning, March 18th

See more, including upcoming conferences, on our Rural Communities page and the Remake Learning Calendar.

Grant Opportunities:

• Funding Opportunity: Infy Maker Awards, Deadline: February 24th

• Nellie Mae: Supporting Organizations Led By People Of Color, Deadline: February 25th @ 5 PM

• Remake Learning Ignite Grants ($5,000), Deadline: March 13th @ noon

Remake Learning Days Across America: SW PA and WV:

Remake Learning Days Across America is a festival of events hosted by a variety of organizations, such as schools, museums, libraries, after school organizations, early child care centers, universities, media centers, tech startups and more.  These events are designed to be hands-on, relevant and engaging educational experiences for youth of all ages (pre-K through high school) and their families, caregivers and educators.   The majority of events are free and open to kids of all ages.

Learn more, see past examples, and submit your event(s) for SW PA or WV here.

Some additional funding for events may be available for specific counties/areas.

Contact allie@remakelearning.org and a member of the RLDAA team with any questions. 

Articles and Resources:

• 20 K-12 edtech predictions for 2020

• What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

• A Focus on STEM and underrepresented students

• Joyful Transitions for Toddlers with Music and Movement (Trying Together), February 8th

• Strengthening Relationships with Children, Families, and Colleagues (Trying Together—Online), February 17th

• A look inside Kanawha County Schools' new support bus (Charleston, WV)

• Making (Low-Stakes) Practice Tests More Effective

Please do not hesitate to email me with any thoughts, rural event ideas, or questions at allie@remakelearning.org (not via Substack).

See you at the next event and take care!

Allie (@AllieKMullins)

Rural Outreach Coordinator

Remake Learning

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Remake Learning Days, Wheeling Country Day School, WV, 2019

Happy 2020 to all! I hope your holiday season has been a time of joy and relaxation.

First, a quick shout-out to our latest rural network members:

• South Side Area School District, located in Beaver County

• Lucerna Initiative, a Butler area nonprofit bringing hands-on STEM learning & research to underserved areas

Entering the new year, Remake Learning is gearing up for exciting opportunities, events, and resources. New opportunities and events are always being posted on the Remake Learning calendar (where you can also post opportunities), as well as our Rural Communities page. With that, please peruse and share the following:

Upcoming Events and Opportunities (* extra fun):

#RemakeRural Event: Stay tuned for February 2020

• Saturday Morning STEM Professional Development, January 11th (& Feb dates)

• Call for Proposals: Connected Learning Summit 2020

• Call for Proposals: National Science Teaching Association Pittsburgh Conference

• 2019-2020 School Tours: New Castle School District, January 16th

• *“What Do I Do With This Stuff?” BYOBrain Creative Session, January 22nd

• Nominate a School of Opportunity, Deadline: January 31st

• Bookish in the ‘Burgh Educator and Adult Advocacy Day, March 27th

Grants (** via Remake Learning):

• PASmart Grants, Deadline: January 10th

• **Remake Learning Ignite Grants (20 grants, $5,000 award), Deadline: March 13th

Network Gatherings and Conferences:

• STEAM Showcase X Remake Learning Network Assembly, January 17th

• Assessment for Learning Conference, CA, February 11-13th

• PETE&C 2020, PGH, February 23-26th

See more on the Remake Learning Calendar.

Remake Learning Days in SW PA and WV:

See the excitement of Remake Learning Days in WV from our featured photo? That can be you and your youth this upcoming summer as part of Remake Learning Days Across America 2020!

Remake Learning Days Across America is a festival of events hosted by a variety of organizations, such as schools, museums, libraries, after school organizations, early child care centers, universities, media centers, tech startups and more.  These events are designed to be hands-on, relevant and engaging educational experiences for youth of all ages (pre-K through high school) and their families, caregivers and educators.   The majority of events are free and open to kids of all ages.

Learn more, see past examples, and submit your event(s) for SW PA or WV here.

Contact allie@remakelearning.org and a member of the RLDAA team with any questions.

Articles and Resources (top articles from 2019):

• “Nearly All American classrooms can now connect to high speed internet…”

• “A 17-year-old wants to spice up science classes and, eventually, democratize education”

• “How to seamlessly integrate mindfulness into any classroom with tech tools”

A few notes before sign-off:

1. The #RemakeRural newsletter will transition to MailChimp in early 2020. Do not fret, the email list will be carried over!

2. Joining the Remake Learning Network gives you access to network-wide e-blasts, grant opportunities, event information, conference delegation opportunities, sponsorships, and more outside of our rural newsletter. Adding yourself, your school, or your organization is quick and free—join here.

3. Please do not hesitate to email me with any thoughts, event ideas, or questions at allie@remakelearning.org (not via Substack).

Until next time,

Allie (she/her/hers)

Rural Outreach Coordinator | Special Events Coordinator

Remake Learning

Studio at Touchstone Center for Crafts in Farmington, November Rural L&L

Happy start of holiday season, all! November has been packed full of great events, opportunities, and resources. As we enter December, there is plenty more happening within the Remake Learning Network and the region. Below you will see all there is to offer, sign-up for, read, and think over as the month comes to a close.

#RemakeRural Lunch & Learn: Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA (Fayette) Recap

• We had a great campus tour and turn-out for our event with Touchstone Center for Crafts in the beautiful Farmington, PA earlier this month (pictured above). Touchstone has plenty to offer to folks in Fayette and Greene counties—but also across the region. Immersive arts and crafts workshops for students and educators are available through Touchstone. Here are recap notes from the event.

  Learn more about Touchstone’s Teen Week and Educators Retreat workshops for 2020.

Interested in hosting your own Meet Up or Lunch and Learn event with Remake Learning? Email allie@remakelearning.org for 2020 dates!

Upcoming #RemakeRural Meet Up:

• #RemakeRural Virtual Meet Up, December 10th, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM.

  Sign up here.

Upcoming Events and Opportunities

• Nominate an All-Star Teacher, Deadline: November 29th

• Saturday Morning STEM Professional Development Series—Pillars of STEM: Integrating Engineering, December 7th

• Environmental Education Grants, Deadline: December 31st

• Mini-grant to Kickstart a Service Learning Project (via H2O for Life), Deadline: December 31st

• Saturday Morning STEM Professional Development Series – Pillars of STEM: Project-Based Learning, January 11th

• STEAM Showcase X Network Assembly, January 17th—Registration open soon!

  See the Rural Communities Portal and Remake Learning calendar for more events and opportunities.

Regional Resources and Shout-Outs

• School-Business Partnerships in action across the region—shout out to Community College of Beaver County, Project Lead the Way out of Chevron, and more!

• Live United: United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties 2020 Campaign—Shout out to The Shack Neighborhood House!

• Uniontown Area School District embracing locally-sourced food options—Shout out to Uniontown Area School District!

• Center for the Collaborative Classroom Guide (via NREA 2019 Conference)

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Articles

• STEM Careers Coalition Aims to Reach 10 Million Students

• How Girl Scouts built a cyber challenge that made girls feel included

• RCBI expands additive manufacturing technology

• SETDA urges lawmakers to embrace policies increasing school broadband speeds, access

If you have any questions, want to know how to upload your own events and opportunities to the Remake Learning calendar, or just want to chat about rural happenings, please email me. Thank you for your constant work in making education more engaging, relevant, and equitable. Please be safe on your travels this week and throughout the holiday season. Take care!

Until Next Time—

Allie

allie@remakelearning.org

@AllieKMullins

#RemakeRural Touchstone Center for Crafts Lunch & Learn, November 5th, 11:30 AM

Register here.

Hello and happy Halloween! October was a great month of buzz within the network—IU1’s Innovation Showcase, the CSforAll Summit, and the National Forum to Advance Rural Education in Louisville, KY. Going into November, there is even more going on with regional convenings and professional development opportunities.

First, shout out to our most recent network members:

• Cranberry Public Library, which serves as a local hub for information, inspiration, and enrichment in the greater Cranberry community

• The Genius Corps, a program that provides accessible lab experiences to middle school students

• West Virginia Public Education Collaborative, a nonpartisan collaborative of state and national leaders that furthers awareness and support for West Virginia public schools

Events & Opportunities

• 5th Annual Pittsburgh Gender Equity Symposium, November 2nd

• #RemakeRural Touchstone Center for Crafts Lunch & Learn (top of page)

• SEL: The Importance of Strategy and Practice, November 12th

• Professional Development Day of Innovation, November 13th

• Entrepreneurial Summit at PHCSE, November 15th

• Fred Rogers Center Teacher Technology Convening, November 16th

See more updates via our Rural Communities page.

Articles & Additional Resources

• How auto accelerates high school CTE

• Ready To Lead: A 2019 Update of Principals’ Perspectives on How Social and Emotional Learning Can Prepare Children and Transform Schools

• We need to put robotics in rural schools

• Pennsylvania Announces 2019 Market Rate Survey (Child Care charges)

• SPOTLIGHT! On Coding for Children with Autism

• Juried Exhibition Celebrating Black Creativity

• Audiobooks can reach students who struggle with reading

• Grants to Support College & Career Readiness

• U.S. secretary of education announces 2019 National Blue Ribbon Schools

Please post your events to the Remake Learning Calendar, share your event follow-ups on the Remake Learning Blog, and please keep in touch with me about the equitable, relevant, and engaging work you are doing across the region!

Until next time—

Allie

allie@remakelearning.org

October 9th, 11:30-1:00 PM. Morgantown, WV. Learn more and RSVP here.

Hello all and happy beginning stages of the Fall season! This is my absolute favorite time of year. As we enter October, please review the following Remake Learning shout-outs, events & opportunities (including the event above), as well as out-sourced articles & additional resources. Please be aware of rapidly approaching dates and deadlines!

Per usual, shout out to our latest rural network members:

• Grove City Area School District, a small, rural district serving portions of Mercer County and working to implement several new STEAM programs

• The Center, a nonprofit in Beaver County that offers an after school program, out-of-school learning opportunities, and family support programs

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Beaver County, nonprofit providing 1:1 mentoring in Beaver County

• Bria Koch, elementary technology facilitator for Seneca Valley School District and adjunct education instructor at Duquesne University

Events & Opportunities

• Remake Learning Resource Roundup: Fall 2019

• IU1 2019 Innovation Showcase—Oct 1st

• Connected Learning Summit—Oct 2nd-5th

• 2019 Maker Ed Convening—Oct 12th-13th

• Science and Engineering Workshop: Clean Energy—Oct 15th-16th

• CSforAll Summit—Oct 21st-23rd

• 2019 National Forum to Advance Rural Education—Oct 24th-26th

• SEL: The Importance of Strategy and Practice—Nov 12th

See more on our Rural Communities page.

Interested in hosting a meetup or showcasing your work with a Lunch and Learn? Hosting a convening or event of your own and want to learn more about an event sponsorship? Please email me!

Articles & Additional Resources

• Grant Opportunity: WV Dpt of Arts, Culture and History STEAM Grant Oct 4th Deadline

• Grant Opportunity: Grants for Early Career Educators to Lead a Project Oct 9th Proposals Deadline

• Grant Opportunity: Grants to Enhance Innovation in STEAM Teaching Oct 15th Deadline

• Grant Opportunity: Grants to Create Sustainable Food Gardens Nov 1st Deadline

• Future of Learning: Using virtual reality to help students with disabilities

• Infusing the Arts into Personalized Learning

• Buffalo schools build Wi-Fi network targeting ‘homework gap’

• Bookish in the ‘Burgh Educators Day (Cultural Trust) & 2020 Authors Announced

• Open-Source Science Materials Aligned to College & Career Standards

I hope to see you at some of these events! As always, please share with me your innovative and equitable practices via email, through the Remake Learning blog, or by tweeting with #RemakeRural and #RemakeLearning.

Until next time!

-Allie

Rural Outreach Coordinator, Remake Learning Network

allie@remakelearning.org | @AllieKMullins