SF Bay Area 3rd Annual STEAM Colloquium

Full STEAM Ahead: Pathways to the Future

The STEAM Colloquium will:

• Address critical issues in implementing STEAM education
• Showcase best practices in STEAM education
• Build leadership capacity for educators
• Provide opportunities to develop learning communities throughout the region

The STEAM Colloquium is open to all who want to impact students with STEAM, including:

• Pre-K to 12 educators, administrators and professionals
• Legislators and policy makers
• College and university professors, administrators and students
• Community organizations
• Business leaders
• Parents

Featured speakers include:

Helen Quinn is Professor Emerita and former Chair of the Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Dr. Quinn is a theoretical physicist who was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in 2003 and holds numerous honors, including the prestigious international Dirac and Klein medals, for her research contributions in particle physics. She is a Fellow and former President of the American Physical Society. She received her Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University in 1967.

Dr. Quinn has had a long term engagement in education issues and has worked on them at the local, state, and national level. Her interests range from science curriculum and standards to the preparation and continuing education of science teachers. (picture credit: Dan Quinn)

Alex Kajitani is the 2009 California Teacher of the Year, and a Top-4 Finalist for National Teacher of the Year. In a desperate attempt to connect with his underperforming students, he began rappin' about the math concepts he was teaching. Now known around the country as "The Rappin' Mathematician," his CDs and Workbooks are being used in thousands of homes and classrooms around the world. He has been featured on the CBS Evening News, is the first featured teacher in the book, Conversations with America's Best Teachers, and is a contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales. He has been honored at The White House, and when he isn't teaching in the Escondido Union School District, Alex travels the country speaking with educators and parents on a variety of educational topics.

Engaging breakout sessions include:

• Using creative teaching to enhance STEM Learning
• Early learning and STEAM
• Integrating Common Core Standards and Next Generation Science Standards in the STEAM classroom