FREE Meet-Up & Professional Development For K-12 Educators & Administrators

To build the workforce you need tomorrow, you have to start at the beginning.

Connect with educators and administrators across the region for FREE PD and workshop, with hands-on STEM exploration and peer conversation. Learn how to integrate the skill-building students need for success in school and their future careers.

The event is hosted by the Morris Plains School District in collaboration with the Morristown High School STEM Academy.

• Explore the Borough School's STEAM LAB
• Experience student-led activities targeting grades K-2, 3-8 and high school
• Talk with members of the Education Foundation of Morris Plains, and the Morris Education Foundation and learn the programs they support and how to get creative with your budget!
• Learn about NJSBA's STEAM Tank program, and the 4-H Compst Champions curriculum
• Hear the latest research on what truly moves the needle for students
• Leave with something you can use tomorrow

Those you attend for the full workshop can earn 2.5 continuing education hours through NJIT’s CLEAR program and Greater Newark STEM Ecosystem. CLEAR is NJIT’s Collaborative for Leadership, Education, and Assessment Research (CLEAR)

Tentative Schedule

12:00-1:30pm Arrival, hands-on station activities and networking (end at 1:45pm)

12:15pm Welcome, and Research Uncovered (10 minutes)

• Brad Schenker, Coordinator, Greater Newark STEM Ecosystem

1:30pm Presentation from Drizzle Weather

1:40pm Integrating STEM across the curriculum and school district

• Christine Lion-Bailey, Director of Technology and Innovation at Morris Plains School District
• Brian Young, Supervisor of PreK-12 STEM and STEM Academy Director, Morristown High School

2:00pm - 2:30pm - Educator only roundtable.

Professional Learning Standards Alignment

This event is designed as high-quality professional learning in alignment with New Jersey’s Standards for Professional Learning (N.J.A.C. 6A:9C-3.3), which focus on connecting educator learning to student outcomes. The workshop specifically addresses:

• Learning Communities — collaborative, job-embedded learning with peers across schools and districts
• Learning Designs — active engagement, hands-on exploration, and peer-to-peer knowledge sharing grounded in current research
• Implementation — practical takeaways teachers can apply in their classrooms the next day
• Outcomes — grounded in research, including the July 2026 Project Evident research brief “What Works in Career Exploration”