S D S T A - S D C T M Joint
Conference
The 26th
Annual SDSTA/SDCTM Joint Conference is scheduled for February 8-10, 2018
in Huron, SD at the Crossroads Hotel & Events Center
( 100 4th St. SW, Huron, SD 57350 1-800-876-5858 )
Jim Goehring / Ann Veitz Future Leaders Scholarship Open to teachers in the first year of teaching in South Dakota Provides a free conference registration to SDCTM and SDSTA members |
Marian
Fillbrandt graduated from South Dakota State in 1933 with a Mathematics
major. She spent many years teaching math and science. She established
the Fillbrandt Endowment at South Dakota State to help South Dakota math
and science teachers. A committee of faculty, along with Jeff Nelson
with the SDSU Foundation, has determined that this endowment can be best
utilized by providing $400 stipends to second through fifth year math
and science teachers to attend the SDSTA/SDCTM conference. This will
allow new teachers in rural areas to interact with their colleagues with
similar professional interests.
The
application deadline is December 1st. To apply, go |
Science and math teachers at public, private, or tribal schools in South Dakota may now apply for the 12th annual “Kelly Lane Earth and Space Science Grant” provided by the NASA South Dakota Space Grant Consortium. This $5,000 grant is awarded annually to a select science or math teacher of U.S. citizenship in South Dakota. The award seeks to improve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in the state through the support of innovative programs in pre-college education. The application announcement for the 2018 grant is available at the following website. Preference will be given to applications focusing on topics pertaining to space science, earth science, and/or the use of geospatial technology, and to applicants who have not won this award in the past nine years. Applications must be received by January 17, 2018.
http://sdspacegrant.sdsmt.edu/KellyLaneTeacherGrant.htm
The NASA South Dakota Space Grant Consortium invites applications for the 2018 “Daniel Swets Robotics Materials Award”. We anticipate providing $5,000 in award funding under this call-for-applications. This funding is open to South Dakota teachers/educators of U.S. citizenship who either have: A) taken robotics training or plan to take robotics training and want to begin new robotics programs and teams, or B) have sustained robotics programs/curriculum in their classrooms or at their schools.
Preference will be given to: 1) applications that would start new robotics programs and teams (e.g., at a school that didn’t have one before), as opposed to augmenting existing robotics programs, 2) robotics programs at the Middle School level, and 3) applications from teachers/educators who have not won any prior robotics or other teacher awards provided by SD Space Grant in the past 12 years. The 2018 Application and Instructions are downloadable in PDF or Word format at the following website. Applications must be received by January 17, 2018.
http://sdspacegrant.sdsmt.edu/DanSwetsRoboticsAward.html
Conference Wiki
Several of the sessions have setup or will setup a Wiki page
about their session.
Click
here
DWU
Credit information
Click
here
Advance Pre-Registration
Form
The above link is to the Registration Form for the 26th Annual Joint Conference.
Pre-Registration is encouraged to
be mailed by/before January 20 so that name tags can be prepared,
and
noon meals can be properly accounted for. {Late registrations cost us extra.}
Please fill it out and bring it along to the Conference & use it to register
on-site.
{An additional $25 will be charged for on-site or late
registrations.}
The online Pre-Registration form is now
offline.
Reminder: Registering online does require payment through PayPal and
includes a $4 transaction fee.
If you prefer to pay with a check, you can print the form
at the above link and
mail it with your payment.
On-site registration (late registration) will
include a $25 late fee.
Speaker Proposal
Form
If you wish to be considered to
be a speaker at our February Conference, the above form must
be submitted by November 1, 2017.
Vendor
Form
Exhibitors are encouraged to
register by December 1, 2017, to ensure that space is available and
that your information is included in our conference booklet.
26th Annual Conference Program
The link at right will contain the Program Sessions for the
Conference Booklet.
You will receive a printed booklet when you arrive in Huron to pick up your
name tag, receipt, membership card, etc.
A quick first draft of the schedule-at-a-glance & times can be found here
when available.
Conference Brochure
For a copy of the Brochure/Registration form that was mailed out
the first of December, it's here.
Huron Map
As you arrive in Huron, SD Hwy 37
will take you to 4th or 5th Street. Just one block west
is the
Crossroads Hotel and Events Center. (Located in circles
"3"
and "12" on the map.)
Parking is available north, south or west of the Crossroads Hotel.
Feb 2017 Conference Pictures
Scrolling pictures of Friday morning, Vendors,
Friday PM or Saturday
Feb
2016 Conference Pictures
Pics as
thumbnails or Pics that scroll