Ongoing Support

Engineer Your World recognizes the value of ongoing professional development and support, so we are committed to supporting teachers beyond the two-week summer training. Research tells us that professional development is only truly transformative if it is longitudinal, so we offer comprehensive ongoing support that:

• Ensures ready access to staff engineers and instructional support specialists to answer questions and offer support;
• Engages teachers in virtual and real-life communities of practice guided by our successful veteran teachers; and
• Leverages online communication tools to facilitate peer-to-peer interaction and sharing of best practices.

Meet Our Consulting Teachers

Consulting Teachers are the veteran Engineer Your World teachers who deliver instruction in summer Professional Development Institutes, provide ongoing instructional support to new teachers, or support both of these vital roles. In each Professional Development Institute, several Consulting Teachers model effective teaching practices for project-based instruction and share their best practices for successfully managing the project-based classroom, facilitating effective collaboration, promoting productive failure, differentiating instruction, and assessing student learning. Consulting Teachers mentor cohorts of new Engineer Your World teachers throughout the year in communities of practice that promote peer-to-peer learning.