Marie Steckelberg, EdD, has a proven record of professionalism, leadership, organization, coordination, and grant writing abilities. Her background includes K-12 education, teaching science education at The University of South Dakota, writing grants, providing professional development in leadership, grant writing and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), and designing, implementing and coordinating workshops, institutes, conferences and programs. Please visit the About Marie page for more information!
This is the fifth of a series of posts comparing grant writing to house remodeling. As Kevin and I were planning the remodeling, we identified the basic tools needed for most remodel projects. Fortunate for us, Kevin is a handy man so we had most of the basic tools such as hammers, drills, squares, measuring tape, chalk line, and […]
This is the third in a series of posts on takeaways in facilitating STEM professional development for informal educators. 3. Informal educators understand the importance of STEM standards. Informal educators understand and appreciate their role in extending science learning beyond the classroom. During our workshops, we often talked about standards and how they can guide STEM programming […]
Although there is a sequential process per se, remodeling is not a linear process. Yes we developed our master plan to guide us. However, before and during the master plan development and remodeling, we were doing lots of research and decision making. What is the best way to make the kitchen/dining area larger? What are the […]
This is the second in a series of posts on takeaways in facilitating…
This is the first in a series of posts on takeaways in facilitating STEM professional development for informal educators. Informal educators are up to the challenge of learning STEM For many of the informal educators, STEM was not something they were comfortable teaching. Consequently, STEM was not regularly included in their programs. One of the […]
There are many things that need to be done before starting the actual remodeling. The first is a master plan. In developing the master plan, we identified our “mission, vision, and goals”. Fortunately, Kevin took some drafting classes in college. Using good old fashion drafting equipment, Kevin drew our master plan. As we were designing […]
This is the second of a series of posts comparing grant writing to house remodeling. Just as an organization brainstorms what it would like to accomplish on a regular basis, Kevin and I over the years regularly shared ideas of how we would like to remodel the house, some reasonable and some a bit outlandish. […]
Over a ten year period my husband, Kevin, and I added two additions and remodeled the entire main floor of our house. Although it had its challenges, it was an enjoyable time for us. One day, when I hit a grant writer’s block, I started to reflect on our remodeling. Then it dawned on me […]
In May of 2011 I received a call from Kristie Maher, Ex. Dir., SD Discovery Center, asking if I would be interested in managing their Summer of Innovation (SoI) program, a four year NASA grant they were just awarded. With STEM education being one of my passions, I naturally said yes to this wonderful opportunity. […]
Marie Steckelberg, Ed.D.
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Phone: 605.660.2369
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