Knowledge is power – but only if it is made accessible to all and used to uplift and inspire the next generation.
School outreach is a critical way through which you can play a vital role in engaging younger students in the excitement of your research. However, it can be difficult to know where to start as a researcher, graduate student, or practitioner who has not worked in classrooms or with teachers. In this webinar led by Jennifer Chavez-Miller, you will learn how to reach out and partner with educators on public programming, how to foster effective educator-researcher collaborations, and how you can improve your communication skills for younger audiences. Jennifer will share her expertise of collaborations from over 18 years as a public school educator, including research trips to Svalbard and Finland, and a recent National Geographic funded education project Vamos Explorar: Conserving and Protecting New Mexico’s Wild Places. You will leave this webinar with next steps you can take to begin meaningful outreach to interest students in your field and create a path to participation.
Jennifer Chavez-Miller is a full-time Education faculty member in the Alternative Teacher Licensure Program at Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Over two decades as an educator , Jennifer has taught elementary, middle and high school students, and served as a curriculum coordinator and an instructional coach at both school and district levels. As a 2010 New Mexico Golden Apple Fellow, 2014 Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Fellow to Finland, 2018 National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions Grosvenor Teacher Fellow, and 2019 National Geographic Grantee and Explorer, Jennifer has cultivated her own attitudes, skills, and knowledge to create opportunities for students to develop global competence and an Explorer mindset using literature, technology, geography, outdoor experiences, and inquiry to connect students with the world.
Migration In Harmony is an international, cross-disciplinary network of Arctic migration researchers funded by the National Science Foundation and co-led by The Arctic Institute. Learn more and sign up here.
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