Teacher Professional Development

Opportunities

If you have questions about any upcoming professional development, please contact Parker Berdon at pberdon@citadel.edu

APSIs at The Citadel*

​The STEM Center at The Citadel has partnered with the College Board and SC Department of Education to provide Advanced Placement Summer Institutes. All institutes will be held the week of June 16-20, 2025 from 8am – 4pm at The Citadel. 
You can learn and register here: https://eventreg.collegeboard.org/9NXVLk
Workshops include:

  • AP Chemistry
  • AP Computer Science A
  • AP English Literature and Composition
  • AP European History
  • AP Human Geography
  • AP Statistics

*APSIs are subject to approval from the SC Department of Education

CSPDWeek

​The STEM Center at The Citadel has partnered with the national Computer Science Teachers’ Association (CSTA), SC CSTA, and South Carolina Department of Education CTE to provide computer science training to K-12 teachers in South Carolina. This professional development allows teachers from all contexts and backgrounds to select a week-long training based on their classroom needs. 2025 dates are June 16-20, 2025. You can learn and register here: https://citadeljalbert.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3rSyjQEcEsiUfm6
Workshops include:

AP Computer Science A (10-12)

CS in Elementary Classrooms (K-5)

Integrating AI (3-5)

Introduction to Programming & Physical Computing (6-8)

Code.org CS Discoveries (6-12) maps to Discovering CS and Fundamentals of Computing courses

AP CS Principles with Minecraft (9-12)

Intro to Web Page Design & Development (9-12)

Intro to Python (9-12)

Cybersecurity Fundamentals (9-12)

EPIC Games Unreal Engine Bootcamp (9-12)

Unboxing CT

A grant awarded by National Science Foundation, the primary goal of Unboxing CT is to investigate computational thinking (CT) teacher learning trajectories and curriculum integration opportunities for elementary teachers. The overarching research goals of Unboxing CT are to support elementary teachers in infusing CT to help students meet content-focused learning goals and to develop further understanding of the learning trajectories through which elementary teachers might move as they begin to integrate CT into disciplinary teaching. Ultimately, we hope that our findings can serve as the foundation for the design of more scalable elementary teacher professional development (PD) and ongoing support for CT integration. We will work intensively with teachers to support them in adapting and implementing interdisciplinary, CT-integrated lessons using equitable pedagogies. This year, the dates will be June 24-27, 2025. Elementary teachers may apply here: 
https://citadeljalbert.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9z2RRMR3pjyXF0G

STEM Competition Training Workshop

Each year, The Citadel provides a training workshop for teachers interested in supporting a group of students in the Student Competitions that The Citadel hosts each year.

Topics Covered:

  • What is Storm the Citadel – Description, individual events
  • Starting a team – Recruiting students, getting other coaches involved, student expectations, parent involvement
  • Tournament Scoring- Tournament format, blocked events, individual events and team winners.
  • Event Training – Event manual, rules, practices, strategies, financial matters, resources.

Our next training is scheduled To Be Determined and will be virtual.

Field Trips

The STEM Center offers field trips for schools across South Carolina. Check out our resources page to learn more!