Professional Learning Consultant: STEM Educators Academy Half- Trainings Job New York New York USA,Education / Teaching

Professional Learning Consultant: STEM Educators Academy Half-Day Trainings Request for Proposals Professional Learning Consultant: STEM Educators Academy Half-Day Trainings

ExpandED Schools is a leading after school organization that advances educational equity for students from under-served communities across New York City. Founded in 1998 with a catalytic $125M grant from the Open Society Foundations, ExpandED helped shape the nation’s first city-wide, publicly funded system for after-school programming. Today, through advocacy, research, and program development, ExpandED continues to build the capacity of the NYC after school field to address the educational inequities that prevent far too many students from reaching their full potential.

STEM Educators Academy is ExpandED School’s signature after school STEM initiative.

STEM Educators Academy is taught by collaborative teams of school-day and after school educators at middle schools and elementary schools across New York City. Focused on relevant, hands‑on, and design‑based projects connected to the city’s science standards, the program is designed to nurture youth interest and engagement in STEM while also supporting educator skill development. Educators have access to training, curriculum, coaching, and planning materials from ExpandED Schools and the New York Hall of Science, which they utilize for support in creating interactive and inclusive STEM learning experiences for young people.

Scope

of Work

ExpandED Schools is seeking an experienced independent consultant (or consulting organization) to design and facilitate two half‑day, in‑person professional learning trainings for STEM Educators Academy after school educators — one session for elementary school educators and one session for middle school educators, using the same core content differentiated by grade band. These trainings will take place at ExpandED Schools on Saturday, November 21st, 2026 and Saturday, January 9th, 2027 from 10am to 2pm.

The consultant will design training content and activities that build educators’ capacity to achieve the following outcomes:

Demonstrate high‑quality instructional practices, with visible evidence of youth voice, youth participation, STEM engagement, and STEM content learning in their after school STEM sessions
Apply culturally relevant strategies that connect to young people’s backgrounds and identities
Demonstrate the skills and content covered in the professional learning day in their ongoing facilitation practice

ExpandED Schools has not prescribed specific workshop topics or frameworks for this training. Past successful trainings have focused on the Engineering Design Process and some topical ideas of interest include:

Facilitating the Engineering Design Process (EDP) as a Vehicle for Youth Voice
Productive Struggle and the Role of Failure in Design Thinking
Assessing Engagement and Learning in Design‑Based After school Sessions
Sessions focused on building connection to students’ neighborhoods, identities, and lived experiences
Capturing evidence of STEM content learning and participation throughout the design cycle, rather than relying on a finished product alone

Proposals should articulate the specific content, structure, and activities the consultant will use to achieve the outcomes above, and should be grounded in the realities of after school and informal STEM education spaces.

Workshops should be interactive, practice‑oriented, and grounded in the realities of after school and informal education spaces, along with aligning with ExpandED Schools current professional development portfolio.

Responsibilities

The consultant will be expected to:

Collaborate with ExpandED Schools staff to align training content with SEA program goals, participant…