Professional development workshops for teachers

Join us in person at SRP’s free teacher workshops

We’re excited to offer in-person teacher training workshops, all hosted at SRP’s Tempe facilities. Here’s what you need to know to attend:

• Workshops are offered Saturday mornings from 8 a.m. to noon.
• They’re open to K–12 educators in SRP’s service and impact areas.
• Educators will receive a certificate for continuing education units for four hours for each workshop.
• All workshops are free to educators.

Free teacher workshops

Explore our professional development offerings below.

• Powering Our Future (Grades K–2): Engage in hands-on K–2 engineering experiences that focus on understanding the differences between technology and engineering and explore how to support K–2 students with engineering design challenges that incorporate the 5E instructional model. 
• Powering Our Future (Grades 3–5): Learn about the renewable and nonrenewable resources used to generate electricity through GRC (Gather, Reason, Communicate) and 5E Picture-Perfect Science lessons. We will explore how the different resources are used and the advantages and challenges of each type.
• Powering Our Future (Grades 6–8): Explore energy transfers and transformations through a phenomena-based 5E lesson and apply this knowledge through engaging in an engineering design challenge focused on kinetic and potential energy.
• Powering Our Future HS (Grades 9–12): Engage in hands-on activities to learn about solar energy, energy transformation and energy generation. This workshop features 3D-modeled instruction using both the 5E and GRC (Gather, Reason, Communicate) instructional models. 
• Electricity (Grades 3–8):  Explore electricity by engaging in a 5E lesson using investigation stations that guide students through sensemaking focused on how energy is transferred through circuits.
• Magnetism (Grades 3–8): Explore magnetism by engaging in a 5E lesson using investigation stations that guide students through sensemaking focused on magnetic force at a distance, orientation, interactions of magnets, and discovering key differences between magnetic and nonmagnetic materials. 

Cash in on a Powering Our Future grant

Here are the details:

• Grants are only available to attendees of SRP's series of Powering Our Future workshops.
• Educators can attend up to three workshops per school semester for a total of twelve professional development hours.
• Educators can apply for one grant per school year but are welcome to attend multiple years and reapply.
• Teachers must attend the workshop before applying for the grant.
• Other workshops are not eligible for the grants; however, educators will receive materials at the workshop to help teach the content.

Additional professional development opportunities

In partnership with the Arizona Department of Education, SRP offers a unique professional development opportunity for science educators. This professional development program aims to enhance science instruction across Arizona by providing targeted support for both elementary and secondary science teachers. Participants will gain insights into effective science teaching strategies and learn to develop Arizona-specific lessons, write performance tasks and integrate key scientific concepts into their classrooms. This opportunity is facilitated by Brett Moulding, a leading expert in science education.