STEM Certificate Program: PTC’s Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Opportunities, Resources

Since 2013, product-design software company PTC has provided professional development for K-12 teachers via the Massachusetts STEM Certificate Program.   This program offers strategies and resources to help teachers integrate design and engineering across all subjects — and develop inspiring project-based curricula using industrial-strength software tools.  The training is a combination of online webinars and onsite sessions at PTC’s headquarters in Needham.  It starts with a Foundations phase, in which participants explore industry and classroom STEM concepts, followed by an Authoring phase, in which participants develop a STEM curriculum tailored to their own classroom instruction.  Newton North HS Science teachers Matt Anderson and Anndy Dannenberg joined the program in the autumn of 2013.  This year, the following Newton teachers are participating:

  • Newton North HS:  Kevin Brosnan (Science), Stephanie Chmura (Math), Garrett Tingle (Career & Tech Ed)
  • Newton South HS:  Suzy Drurey (Science), Divya Shannon (Math)