Teacher Professional Development

Opportunities

If you have questions about any upcoming professional development, please contact Jennifer Albert at jalbert@citadel.edu

CSPDWeek

CSPDWeek 2026

​The STEM Center at The Citadel has partnered with the national Computer Science Teachers’ Association (CSTA), SC CSTA, and South Carolina Department of Education CTE to provide computer science training to K-12 teachers in South Carolina. This professional development enables teachers from all contexts and backgrounds to select a week-long training based on their classroom needs. CSPDWeek will take place in Charleston at The Citadel during the week of June 22-26, 2026.

**Teachers will receive $1,000 for completing 30 hours of summer PD, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation. Please note that stipends will be sent in October after completing a beginning of the year survey. Teacher may also earn up to $480 over the 2026-2027 school year by participating in at least 12 hours of PD.

You can learn and register here: https://citadeljalbert.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0c8FcqC5wliPtQy

Workshops include:

CS & AI in Elementary Classrooms (K-5)

Hands-on CS & AI (3-8)

Integrating AI (6-12)

LEGO Education CS & AI Grades 6-8

Code.org CS + AI Foundations (8-12)

Code.org CS Discoveries (7-12) maps to Discovering CS and Fundamentals of Computing courses

Code.org CS Principles (9-12)

Intro to Web Page Design & Development (9-12)

Intro to Python (9-12)

Cybersecurity Fundamentals (9-12)

Advanced Cybersecurity + AI (9-12)

AI Pathway – Course 1

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2607763. 

Unboxing CT

A grant awarded by National Science Foundation, the primary goal of Unboxing CT is to investigate computational thinking (CT) teacher learning trajectories and curriculum integration opportunities for elementary teachers. The overarching research goals of Unboxing CT are to support elementary teachers in infusing CT to help students meet content-focused learning goals and to develop further understanding of the learning trajectories through which elementary teachers might move as they begin to integrate CT into disciplinary teaching. Ultimately, we hope that our findings can serve as the foundation for the design of more scalable elementary teacher professional development (PD) and ongoing support for CT integration. We will work intensively with teachers to support them in adapting and implementing interdisciplinary, CT-integrated lessons using equitable pedagogies. This year, the dates will be June 9-12, 2026. Elementary teachers may apply here: https://citadeljalbert.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8k2jTOkmrtH5E5o

​This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2300322 (2300323-UTA)​.

STEM Competition Training Workshop

Each year, The Citadel provides a training workshop for teachers interested in supporting a group of students in the Student Competitions that The Citadel hosts each year.

Topics Covered:

  • What is Storm the Citadel – Description, individual events
  • Starting a team – Recruiting students, getting other coaches involved, student expectations, parent involvement
  • Tournament Scoring- Tournament format, blocked events, individual events and team winners.
  • Event Training – Event manual, rules, practices, strategies, financial matters, resources.

Our next training is scheduled To Be Determined and will be virtual.

Field Trips

The STEM Center offers field trips for schools across South Carolina. Check out our resources page to learn more!