Freeport–McMoRan Foundation Center for Leadership in Learning provides schools, districts, and community partners with standards-aligned, research-based professional development opportunities for PreK-8 educators and administrators. All of our facilitators are certified educators with a passion for inspiring creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking. We measure our success through the confidence and competence we instill in those we support.
At Your School
Engage in hands-on, standards-aligned, research-based best practices that strengthen educator/administrator practice and build the skills educators need to effectively address students' learning needs. We offer a wide range of topics with sessions ranging from 90 minutes to six hours, and can occur during or after the school day.
Science Teacher Residency (STaR) Program
STaR is an innovative, hands-on program that is led by expert facilitators and content specialists focused on addressing common misconceptions about STEM subjects that are often taught in the classroom.
Early Childhood Educator Science Series
Young children are engaged by and welcome the opportunity to explore their world and confront challenging concepts in science, technology and engineering.
Educate to Innovate Conference
Spend the day earning professional development hours by engaging with innovative content, networking with colleagues and exploring ways to engage our young learners in STEM lessons.
Code.org Regional Partner
Code.org has helped prepare nearly 100K elementary, middle, and high school teachers to offer computer science, 98 percent of whom say they would recommend the program to another teacher.
Integrating Authentic Research into the Classroom
Are you an educator in a Title I school looking to increase student engagement through authentic research projects? If you want to learn how to guide your students through the process of conducting real research and designing their experiments, our team can help you integrate this into your classroom.
Workshops
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Arizona Science Center's Professional Development Programs Are Generously Supported By:
APS/APS Foundation
Richard F. Caris Charitable Trust
Ernst & Young
Freeport-McMoRan Foundation
Junior League of Phoenix
PNC Foundation
Thunderbirds Charities
Verizon
Voya Foundation