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Regional Science Leadership Cadre: Fostering Students’ Science & Engineering Identity

Audience: K-12 Teachers, Teacher Leaders, Coaches & Administrators

Thursdays: 10/15, 12/3, 2/4, 4/1
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Monroe One BOCES, 15 Linden Park, Rochester, NY 14625
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Digging Deeper into Decimals Grades 4-6

Audience: Grades 4-6 Teachers of Mathematics, Special Education Teachers, Interventionists, Math Teacher Leaders, Math Coaches.

Wednesday, January 27, 2027
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
The Conference Center at Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES, 131 Drumlin Court, Newark NY 14513
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STEM Education Research and Practice Briefs

March 2026 Conference: 2026 Northeast Noyce Regional Conference Chair: Michael Daley Presenters: Cathleen Cerosaletti, University of Rochester, Simao Luis, University of Rochester Lauren Madden, The College of New Jersey Kimberly…

Math is Figure-Out-Able Podcast Episode 240: Real Math, Fake Math?

“Math may be figure-out-able, but communication can be tricky! In this episode, Pam Harris and Kim Montague discuss things to consider in order to be clear in the message we…

Math Therapy Podcast Season 6 – Episode 1: The different between equity and equality with Dr. Pamela Seda

In this episode, Vanessa chats with Dr. Pamela Seda, an expert in all things education and inspiration! They dive deep into hot topics like how teachers can build trust in…

Creating a Model for Sustainable Ambitious Mathematics Programs in High-Need Settings: a Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration

January 13, 2026

National Science Foundation Discovery Research K-12 Sponsor: University of Rochester Center Area: Mathematics Outreach

Recent Publication for New Test Post

November 16, 2025

About the Center for Professional Development and Education Reform The Center for Professional Development and Education Reform (CPDER) at the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education partners with schools,…

Carson Presents at the 2025 HyFlex Collaborative Conference

Kristen Love and Cynthia Carson presented “Pedagogy of Care as a Framework for HyFlex Teaching and Learning” at the 2025 HyFlex Collaborative Conference.

Daley receives University Research Award

Mike Daley, the Executive Director of the Center for Professional Development and Education Reform at the Warner School of Education, is a recipient of this year’s University Research Awards for the project “Level Up Your Toolkit: Introducing Machine Learning into Secondary School Education."

Carson Co-authors Article

Jeff Choppin and Cynthia Carson coauthored the article “Characteristics of Mathematics Coaches’ Suggestions to Teachers” in Mathematical Thinking and Learning.

Daley Co-authors Conference Paper

Michael Daley is co-author of a paper accepted to the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence. The paper, ‘Empower K-12 Teachers to Create ML-Supported Scientific Inquiries’, is a collaboration with Xioafei Zhou, Zhen Bai, and others in the Department of Computer Science at the UR.

Cerosaletti and Daley present at NSTA Conference

Cathy Cerosaletti and Michael Daley presented early findings from their STEM Education Research Framework project and conducted a roundtable titled 'Community-Informed Science Education Research' at the National Science Teachers Association Conference in Philadelphia.