K-12 Teachers Explore Experiential Learning

 A new weeklong event brought K-12 teachers to Carnegie Mellon University’s campus to foster curiosity and discovery as they transform their students into future-ready innovators.

Hosted by CMU’s Leonard Gelfand Center for Service Learning and Outreach, the inaugural Teacher Summer Camp reflects Carnegie Mellon’s broader commitment to supporting K–12 educators and strengthening the region’s educational ecosystem. By investing in teacher professional development, CMU extends the impact of its expertise in learning science, technology, engineering, the arts and emerging fields such as artificial intelligence to classrooms across Pennsylvania and beyond.

The Teacher Summer Camp brought together 31 participants, most from across western Pennsylvania and two from Massachusetts, to interact with and learn from more than 30 CMU faculty, student and staff presenters throughout the week. Pittsburgh-based nonprofit Matt’s Maker Space sponsored the camp and hosted sessions on two of the five days.

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