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Opportunities for Educators!

Geographic Information System & Phonics!

Opportunitiesfor Educators!Geographic Information System & Phonics!

Have experience with ArcGIS in the classroom? Done some ArcGIS training in the past?

Exciting news! UMSL College of Education won a grant for a collaborative project using geospatial technology in K-12 classrooms. We are looking for teachers who have experience with GIS and would be interested in a collaborative project this spring.


There is a paid opportunity for STEM and STEM-related teachers with ArcGIS experience to join a project to create new GIS curriculum materials for K-12 classrooms around our region.


Benefits:

  • Support to attend the ESRI User Conference in July 2026 (San Diego, CA)

  • $500 stipend


The GIS Workforce Pathway Project will include:

  • 1 April training workshop

  • 1-2 May meetings to develop 1 new StoryMap about green space around St. Louis schools

  • 3-4 June, July team meetings to develop 1 new StoryMap for elementary, middle level, or high school classrooms

  • 1 August presentation of final materials

  • 1 September presentation of materials to pre-service teachers


If you feel like you’re a good fit, please fill in this interest form by February 21, 2026.


Have questions? Please contact Allison Antink-Meyer, am32m@umsl.edu.

IMPLEMENTATION OF UFLI FOUNDATIONS - An Explicit and Systematic Phonics Program

The E. Des Lee Tutorial Education Initiative & Turn the Page St. Louis are offering a FREE 6-hour workshop focused on implementing UFLI Foundations, an explicit and systematic phonics program that consists of a carefully designed scope and sequence, a collection of lesson plans, and supplemental resources to support lesson implementation. The sessions will be held virtually on Feb. 21 from 9 - 12 and Feb. 28 from 9 - 12.


If you are a PK-12 classroom educator, Literacy Specialist, Reading Interventionalist, Tutor, Tutor Educator, Literacy Program Organization and/or community partner, you are invited to attend!


UFLI Foundations is a research-based program to support teachers and readers. This is an explicit

and systematic phonics program that consists of a carefully designed scope and sequence, a

collection of lesson plans, and supplemental resources to support lesson implementation.

Participants will develop professional knowledge about readers and the reading process, how to

implement UFLI lessons using the online resources, integrate UFLI Foundations into comprehensive literacy instruction, and network with other regional literacy professionals.


With the generous support of Turn the Page St. Louis and the E. Des Lee Tutorial Endowment

Initiative, this professional learning opportunity is being offered at no cost to participants. There is a request to share implementation and learning with the network of literacy providers following the training.


Registration is required by Feb. 17. Fill out the form at this link.

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