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Signature Session: Black Male STEM Teach (BMST)

Saturday, November 15, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM ET
Location: Convention Center, Ballroom A
Grade Level: Pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary, Professionals
Content Level: Intermediate
Target Audience: Administrators, Classroom Teachers, Counselors and other Clinical Professionals, Gifted Coordinators, Parents, Researchers
This Session highlights a current 1.5m dollar grant funded project by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation that is being implemented by the Achievement, Creativity, Research, and High Ability ARCH-III Center and Prairie View A&M University. The goal of this Project is to develop a framework that will increase the number of Black males in public schools who teach students in STEM.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the unique challenges that Black males in their efforts to become certified STEM teachers. Understand how P-12 and Postsecondary institutions can create a seamless pipeline between public schools and EPPS to solve teacher shortage problems.
  • Understand the unique history, legacy, and role of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Black teacher preparation.
  • Understand how conceptual and theoretical models are developed from grant-funded research projects.
  • Understand how Black male positionalities and intersectionalities influence the decision-making process in becoming a teacher.