PD Opportunities
View Past EventsWe regret to announce that all Data Paths professional development opportunities that have been scheduled for summer 2025 are cancelled.
Unfortunately, starting July 1, 2025, the State of Massachusetts is placing an indefinite freeze on funding from Chapter 268 of the Acts of 2022 as the state legislature works to balance the Fiscal Year 2026 budget. The Data Paths project receives its funding from this budget source. Due to the timing of this freeze, we must cancel planned professional development workshops for the summer. We hope that the Data Paths project will have funding to resume after the freeze is lifted and to offer these workshops in the future.
Upcoming Teacher Professional Learning Opportunities
The Data Paths project is offering free PD opportunities to Massachusetts elementary, middle school, and high school teachers, coaches, specialists, and leaders.
The PD opportunities feature hands-on curriculum modules, instructional routines, and strategies for building students’ data literacy skills. You will try the activities yourselves and prepare to use them with students. Benefits include high-quality PD sessions, ready-to-use resources, PDPs, and stipends.
Upper Elementary Teachers (Grades 3–5)
Integrating Data Science in Upper Elementary Grades: A PD Session for Teachers and Leaders
July 24, 2025
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
EDC offices, 300 Fifth Avenue, Waltham, MA
Data Routines for the Upper Elementary Grades (3–5):
Learn an Engaging Instructional Routine
July 29, 2025 (Full) and July 31, 2025 (Space Available)
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
EDC offices, 300 Fifth Avenue, Waltham, MA
View OpportunitiesMiddle School Mathematics Teachers (Grades 6–8)
Data Routines for the Middle Grades (6-8): Learn an Engaging Instructional Routine for Mathematics Class
July 22, 2025 (Full)
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
EDC offices, 300 Fifth Avenue, Waltham, MA
Integrating Data Science in Middle School Math: A PD Session for Teachers & Leaders
August 14, 2025
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
EDC offices, 300 Fifth Avenue, Waltham, MA
View OpportunitiesHigh School Science Teachers (Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics)
Investigating Chemistry with Data: Carbon Dioxide (How can we use carbon chemistry to address climate change?)
August 5, 2025 (Full)
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
EDC offices, 300 Fifth Avenue, Waltham, MA
Investigating Physics with Data: Exoplanets (Is there life out there?)
August 6, 2025
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
EDC offices, 300 Fifth Avenue, Waltham, MA
Investigating Biology with Data: Invasive Species (How do non-native species affect ecosystems?)
August 12, 2025
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
EDC offices, 300 Fifth Avenue, Waltham, MA
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Webinars
“What’s Your Data Path?” Webinar Series: Exploring Data Science Across Professions
Are you an educator or school counselor interested in learning why it is essential to facilitate students’ data science and mathematics learning and what students can do with the knowledge and skills they gain? The webinars feature speakers from a variety of professions, such as epidemiology, oceanography, human resources, sports data, and business, sharing how they apply data science in their careers. You will gain valuable insights into applications of data science skills and have access to video snippets about data careers to use with students.
May 12
Speakers:
- Heather DiGregorio, Research Coordinator, Sports Cardiology at Emory University, GA
- Cristian Casanova, Data Strategist, Accenture, CA
May 28
Speakers:
- Sidney Batchelder, Information Systems Associate at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA
- Emily Voytek, Data Scientist, MIT, MA
Sign up to be on our mailing list to learn about opportunities this summer and in future years across the grade levels, or contact datapaths@edc.org with any questions.