2025 Alamo STEM Ecosystem Educator Conference
The Alamo STEM Ecosystem Professional Development Conference is an annual event for San Antonio-area teachers and pre-service teachers (hosted every February). San Antonio is a city rich in STEM-related organizations which provide innovative and relevant resources for teachers. The conference goal is to provide access to and information about these innovative resources through a free, one-day conference specifically for teachers at all career stages. The Alamo STEM Ecosystem is pleased to announce the 2025 Conference will be 100% in-person, hosted by the UTSA College of Education and Human Development.
Volunteer or Donate
Please contact us if you are interested in donating your time or resources towards this great cause! Our Alamo STEM Ecosystem is current accepting donations for door prizes, snacks, and educator resources and materials to share at the event. Please email our Education Conference Chair, Dr. Crystal Kalinec-Craig for more information at [email protected].
Keynote & Schedule
Let’s Welcome this Year’s Keynote Speaker, Dr. Cathery Yeh, from the University of Texas at Austin!
Read more about Dr. Yeh’s outstanding accomplishments and the way she’s served as a trailblazer in mathematics education.
Tentative Schedule Snapshot
8:30-9:30 am Opening Session & Keynote Speaker
9:30 -11:00 am Round #1 of Breakout Sessions
11:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch & STEM Expo
1:00 – 2:30 pm Round #2 of Breakout Sessions & Campus Tours
The 2025 Alamo STEM Ecosystem Educator Conference
SAVE THE DATE
Saturday, February 22, 2025
8:30 am – 2:30 pm
UTSA Main Campus
View & Share our Event Flyer
THEME
The Joy of STEM: Collaboration, Innovation & Celebration
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
For this year’s conference theme, we ask our submissions to focus on the notion of joy and our collective humanity when engaging in STEM ideas and activities. Consider the following questions to guide your proposal: What brings you joy when you collaborate with someone on a STEM project? What innovative strategies or approaches can you share that resonate with students and connect to their humanity, especially for students who do not yet see themselves in the STEM field? What suggestions can you share that will move the STEM field to be more joyous, more collaborative, and more humane? What new directions or practices might help teachers and students to collectively work together on finding solutions to new and existing STEM challenges that we face in San Antonio?
The call for proposals is closed. We welcome both national and local presenters to submit sessions that support San Antonio-area educators!
Priority Submission Deadline: December 20, 2024
Final Submission Deadline: January 13, 2025
Decision & Session Announcements: January 15, 2025
REGISTRATION
Registration is FREE, thanks to our sponor & partners!
> REGISTER HERE <
To ensure we have enough food ordered, please register before attending.
Volunteer Registration – we need about 40 volunteers, so please inform high school & college-aged students to sign up for a shift!
Exhibitor Table Interest Form – it’s FREE to host a table during our STEM Expo, but we do ask for a small donation for a door prize.
CONFERENCE DETAILS
Click HERE to view this year’s Conference Program.
Click HERE for the Session Surveys (take this survey after each breakout session – to give the presenter feedback).
Click HERE for the Event Survey (take this survey at the end of the event – to give our planning committee feedback).
Bring a laptop or tablet to interact in some sessions.
A small breakfast & boxed lunch will be provided, thanks to our sponsors!
LOCATION & PARKING
UTSA Main Campus – enter through the 1604 north side only!
1 UTSA Blvd
San Antonio, TX 78249
Free parking in any garage and unmarked space. Most of the activities will be held in the Student Union and MH Building. Linked here is a campus map with parking and drop-off directions.
QUESTIONS
If you have any questions, please contact this year’s Conference Chair, Dr. Crystal Kalinec-Craig at [email protected]
