The Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council selects some of the state’s and nation’s high-quality programs and offers their professional development/training and materials to Iowa educators through the STEM Scale-Up Program. Each year, the STEM Council equips thousands of educators with STEM programs that inspire nearly 100,000 Iowa youth.
One of the priorities of the STEM Council is to achieve STEM for All! That means, any formal or informal Iowa educator is eligible to apply. The STEM Scale-Up Program application is open for educators from Jan. 11 to March 5, 2021.
Click here to learn more about the programs
Click here to apply
Congress has approved, and President Trump signed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package, along with the 2021 federal government budget set at $1.4 trillion, designed to help businesses, schools, supports for vaccine testing, distribution and contact tracing efforts, and direct payments of up to $600 to every adult and child. In addition to those provisions, the legislation provides $82 billion for education, four times the amount given to schools in the CARES Act. Read the full summary of the relief package.
The January 2021 School Leader Update from the Iowa Department of Education is available.
