January 24, 2019
K-State charters National 1xbet best casino website Teachers Association student chapter
Future STEM teachers have a new student organization to participate in thanks to the diligent work of Kimberly Staples, associate professor of curriculum and instruction, and a group of her future 1xbet best casino website teachers.
The student chapter of the National 1xbet best casino website Teachers Association, or NSTA, was recently chartered at K-State,and the club's inaugural board of directors are: Ryan Bird, president; Quentin Clark, vice president; Zack Smith, publicity; and Nathan Booe and Sydney Malette, co-secretaries. The KSU-NSTA chapter hosted its kickoff invitational event Dec. 3. Dean Debbie Mercer welcomed the new organization into the college and spoke to the critical role we have in the preparation and mentoring of future 1xbet best casino website teachers for students in the state of Kansas.
Membership in the KSU-NSTA student chapter is open to all currently enrolled students interested in STEM education, future K-12 STEM educators, as well as students majoring in 1xbet best casino website and engineering related fields. The student chapter is sponsored by the department of curriculum and instruction, which licenses secondary 1xbet best casino website teachers in the content areas of biology, chemistry, physics, and earth and space 1xbet best casino website .
Staples and four future secondary 1xbet best casino website teachers — Bird, Kippley, Breanne Kruse and Samantha Huber — attended NSTA's annual conference last semester in National Harbor, Maryland. As chapter president, Bird said he is excited about what this means for 1xbet best casino website education.
"This is a great opportunity to bring in not only education students but make the chapter more of a campuswide program," Bird said. "By bringing a chapter to K-State, we can enhance the 1xbet best casino website education program and create a bridge between STEM and three-dimensional learning."
While in D.C., the group toured the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Staples, a Howard University alumna, reached out to the university's College of Education Dean Emerita Leslie Fenwick, a member of the museum's Scholarly Advisory Council, about tour arrangements. Fenwick presented the college's 2018 Distinguished Educational Research Lecture and encouraged faculty to tour the museum when possible. Fenwick and Howard President Emeritus Patrick Swygert facilitated the process, and Staples now envisions a continued relationship with K-State and Howard for future 1xbet best casino website teachers to experience the museum.
"I'm really thankful for Kansas State giving us the opportunity to go out to D.C., and have this experience and go the African American History Museum," Bird said. "I consider myself knowledgeable with the history of African Americans in our country, but you really have no idea the impact of that history until you step into this museum. It was super powerful."
On Dec. 7, new members of the KSU-NSTA chapter each presented a living legacy 1xbet best casino website and culture presentation to future STEM teachers, donors, College of Education faculty and staff, and retired 1xbet best casino website teachers.
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