🌟 RIEEA Member Spotlight: NE Basecamp🌟
Now enrolling for Fall 2026! Sign up today for NE Basecamp’s PK-5 Integrated STEM (i-STEM) RIDE Endorsement Course! This 50-hour advanced professional learning course equips educators with the knowledge and skills to design and deliver high-quality, integrated STEM instruction aligned with evidence-based practices and high-quality instructional materials. Across nine synchronous virtual sessions and four application-based coaching sessions, participants will deepen their understanding of the engineering design process, NGSS three-dimensional learning, and integration of technology, computer science, and mathematical thinking into daily instruction. The course culminates in the design and implementation of an integrated STEM project that is classroom-ready, culturally responsive, and grounded in best practices to promote student problem-solving, creativity, and collaboration. Registration closes on 9/22.
Learn more & register here: nebasecamp.org/stem
Photo credits: NE Basecamp (NEB). Photos are from a previous program with middle school educators from across the state in conjunction with the Rhode Island Department of Education to support the creation and sharing of project-based, STEM integrated units. These student-created hydroponics grow systems and vertical gardening designs are from Erin Rooney’s classroom at Chariho Middle School and Eliza Desrosiers’s classroom at Samuel Slater Middle School in Pawtucket.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
NE Basecamp is a Pawtucket-based nonprofit going on a decade of providing support to local educators with the mission of empowering students by supporting their educators through coaching, collaborative learning, and capacity building professional learning. They have helped school and district partners with curriculum implementation PD and coaching; supporting CTE teachers with academic integration; designing multi-tiered systems of support; training in-house coaches in a coach-the-coach model; and working with teachers on relationship building and SEL in the classroom. They also work with teachers to support the implementation of high-quality science curricula like OpenSciEd and Amplify. Stay tuned for upcoming events or find more information on their Science Curriculum Launch page.
Visit their website: https://www.nebasecamp.org/