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Subject: Further information about STEAM in the City program

Dear [INSERT NAME HERE],

My name is Izzy Lapidus and we just spoke on the phone about a paid professional development program for teachers called STEAM in the City. I'm following up to share some more details about our program; we would love to have teachers from your school participate next year!

The initiative is hosted by the Barnard College Office of Community Engagement and Inclusion and connects local teachers with resources and pedagogical training from Barnard scholars on experiential practices for educating students in science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics (aka “STEAM”). Teachers participating in this program are equipped with ideas and resources to implement STEAM-related curriculum that focuses on Harlem's parks and other local sites as environmental and design learning spaces, and use them to create educational opportunities for their students that investigate STEAM subjects through community engagement.

Teacher participants receive:

• Unique, hands on professional development experience: a mandatory one week Institute in July (comes with $1250 participation stipend and materials and meals) and 2 hour opt-in, follow-up workshops throughout the academic year (comes with $150 participation stipend and materials and meals)
• $5000 budget for purchasing supplies of their choice for STEAM projects or building STEAM learning makerspaces in their classroom
• Free materials for enacting STEAM projects they practice at the workshops in their classroom
• Access to staffing support from undergrad TAs for STEAM projects or field trips
• Community of teachers in Harlem and Upper Manhattan schools!

Any teacher who works with students in Upper Manhattan on STEAM-related coursework is eligible to join. More information about the opportunity is available on this website and in the brochure attached, and the teacher interest form can be accessed here. Please contact me at i[email protected] if you have any questions or want to find a time to speak further about this program; I hope we will be able to collaborate in the coming year!

You mentioned interest in having an info session for teachers at your school, which we would love to coordinate. A few questions:

• Would you prefer this to be in person or virtual?
• When is the best time to reach as many teachers as possible from your school?
• Is there a faculty meeting or early release day that we could join for a quick Q&A?

Please let me know your response to these questions and we look forward to collaborating with your school!

All the best,