Professional Development
Professional development through the Department of Science/Mathematics Education ranges from workshops and district partnerships to year long cohorts.
Short-Term Professional Development for Teachers
SME faculty, MAT alumni, UTeach Dallas Alumni, and previous UTD TRC participants provide dozens of workshops for teachers every year. Offerings include workshops and short courses at national, state, and local teacher conferences, special offerings at UTD, workshops in local schools and the Regional Education Service Centers. More details on the curriculum or certain outreach projects are on the Outreach pages.
We are here to help you and your faculty.
Watch for the next Professional Development Offerings to come in the 25-26 School Year!
Recent Past Professional Development Offerings:
Super Science Saturday 2025
You are invited to join us at Super Science Saturday @UTD.
S3 is a Science Professional Development Day packed with hands-on activities for your 3rd -12th grade STEM classroom.
Network with like-minded teachers! Try out new labs and activities. Experience engineering design, PBI, and phenomenon-based lessons on newly added TEKS.
Includes lunch, parking, and admission to all sessions. Receive CPE credits.
View the PDF of the flyer here: Super Science Saturday Flyer (pdf)
Zebrafish Summer Institute
The Zebrafish Summer Institute (ZSI) offered by Dr. Vinita Hajeri is a unique professional development opportunity for secondary science educators. During a weeklong workshop, teachers learn how to use zebrafish (a small, freshwater fish commonly found in pet shops) to engage their students in authentic, real-world scientific investigations.
The ZSI empowers teachers to excite students about scientific inquiry, and to help them understand the connections between science and the world they live in. Workshop participants explore how to use zebrafish in their classrooms to teach students about concepts like the stages of growth and development, interactions between organisms and the environment, ecology, aquatic biology, and genetics.
Computer Science with WeTeach_CS ~ 2025 Cohort
In addition, Computer Science training was offered for the first time in summer 2016 and has continued in various forms since. We brought it back full steam with a partnership with WeTeach_CS in 2024 and it is continuing in 2025.
Professional Development Menu
Here is a just sampling of some of the other professional development that we can tailor to your needs.
Here are some example professional development sessions from virtual conferences during Covid.
In addition, Computer Science training was offered for the first time in summer 2016 and has continued in various forms since.
UTeach Dallas Induction
UTeach Dallas Induction is both an outreach program and an essential part of the UTeach model. After placement in local classrooms, graduates are provided new teacher kits and regular support services for up to three years.
The induction coordinator visits inductees in their schools. Inductees are also provided ongoing professional development, with about one meeting a month. Professional Developments is offered to all of our graduates both brand new and veteran to facilitate cross learning. In addition, many of PDs are led by our experienced alumni.
Currently, over 250 UTeach Dallas graduates are supported through UTeach Dallas Induction. Graduates from other UTeach programs who are teaching in the Dallas-Fort Worth area are also eligible to participate in UTeach Dallas Induction.
Once graduates are experienced teachers and no longer needing induction, UTeach Dallas is happy to recruit former inductees to be one of the approximately 150 mentor teachers working with the program in local schools.
