• Format

    Self-paced

    Length

    6 Credit Hours

Amplify Summer Learning with STEM

Deepen your understanding of the importance of widening the reach of STEM-related summer learning opportunities targeted to middle school youth. This course is based on research conducted by ULC through two cohort-based research projects, and using insights learned from professionals in the field to achieve greater impact during the summer. 

Liz McChesney

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Elizabeth M. McChesney has three decades of experience in children’s librarianship and library administration. She has earned Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers Award, the National Summer Learning Association’s Founder’s Award for Excellence, and the Association for Library Service to Children’s Distinguished Service Award, and she is a recipient of the John Cotton Dana Award. McChesney serves as the director of community engagement and early childhood for the LaundryCares Foundation, is a senior advisor in educational equity for the Urban Libraries Council, and is the field consultant in libraries and literacy for the National Summer Learning Association. She passionately believes in the public library as a place of learning, education, joy, and wonder for all kids.