PDP Teaching Sites
ISEE mobilizes many teaching teams each year through the Professional Development Program (PDP
1) the PDP participants – primarily graduate students and postdocs – who have a transformative professional development experience that they will draw on throughout their careers.
2) the students that they teach – primarily undergraduates – who gain an immersive inquiry experience in an inclusive environment.
Beginning with the most recent prior cohort of PDP teams, the team pages summarize how many people are impacted by ISEE each year.
PDP 2025 Teams and Teaching SitesAll PDP participants work in teams to design and teach an authentic, inclusive STEM learning experience (AISLE, sometimes also called an “inquiry” activity) at a teaching site that is associated with a larger program. Below is a list of ISEE-affiliated programs and relevant teaching sites for 2025. |
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TEAM 01-2025TEAM 02-2025 |
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Teaching site: Akamai PREP This workforce initiative centers on a nationally recognized summer internship program for college students from Hawai‘i, providing work experience at a Hawai‘i-based observatory, company, or scientific/technical facility. Begins with a one week PREP short-course experience in Hawai‘i. Interns are also supported through the summer by a communication curriculum leading to interns’ presentations on their projects at the end of the summer. The teams will design and teach activities for the PREP short course that prepares students for their internship experience. Activities focus on providing interns with inquiry-based experiences that strengthen their research/process skills and content knowledge while building community Teaching Dates: June 1-6, 2025 Location: University of Hawaii, Hilo Design Team Leaders: Jayke Nguyen and Finn Giddings Background/experience: We are recruiting PDP participants from a broad range of disciplines including engineering, computer science, astrophysics, other STEM fields to join these teams Contact Candice Brown Pacheco (candiceb@ucsc.edu) if you have questions about the Akamai teaching teams. |
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TEAM 03-2025 TEAM 04-2025 |
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Teaching site: Kanu a kupu Kanu a Kupu is a two-day summer bridge program designed for incoming students in the College of Natural and Health Sciences at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. Students gain hands-on experience in a STEM research-style activity. Team members have the option of serving on an informal panel about STEM pathways. The team will design an activity around a STEM research topic to be determined by the Design Team Leader (DTL) in collaboration with UH Hilo staff. Teaching Dates: Mon August 18 and Tues August 19 2025 Location: University of Hawaii, Hilo Design Team Leaders: Arina Favilla and Rie Usawa Background/experience: We are recruiting PDP participants from a broad range of disciplines with content preferably designed around related to the islands and communities of Hawaii. Contact Candice Brown Pacheco (candiceb@ucsc.edu) if you have questions about this teaching team. |
TEAM 05-2025
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Teaching site: AstroTech One-week astronomical instrumentation summer school held at UC Berkeley for upper-level undergraduates and early graduate students who are interested in careers in astronomical instrumentation. Students gain hands-on experience in optics and optical systems, and build community as they work in small teams to design, build, and test an optical instrument (spectrograph).
Teaching Dates: June 23-27, 2025 Location: University of California, Berkeley Design Team Leader: Rose Gibson Background/experience: We are recruiting PDP participants from across the US who have backgrounds in astronomy, physics, and optical engineering to join these teams. Contact Candice Brown Pacheco (candiceb@ucsc.edu) if you have questions about the AstroTech teaching teams. |
TEAM 06-2025
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Teaching site: ASTRAL (Astronomy/STEM Alliance with Lick Observatory) programs UC Observatories is expanding Lick Observatory’s education programs, including building a new consortium of Bay Area community colleges and Cal State campuses that have access to the observatory. Consortium activities include designing new educational activities for college courses and co-curricular programs; these activities will involve students in working with Lick Observatory telescopes, technology, and data.
Design Team Leader: Ian Weaver Background/experience: We are recruiting PDP participants primarily from UC campuses with astronomy and similar backgrounds to join these teams. Contact Anne Metevier (metevier@ucsc.edu) if you have questions about these teaching teams. |
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TEAM 07-2025
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Teaching site: ASTRAL (Astronomy/STEM Alliance with Lick Observatory) programs UC Observatories is expanding Lick Observatory’s education programs, including building a new consortium of Bay Area community colleges and Cal State campuses that have access to the observatory. Consortium activities include designing new educational activities for college courses and co-curricular programs; these activities will involve students in working with Lick Observatory telescopes, technology, and data.
Design Team Leader: Nicholas McConnell Background/experience: We are recruiting PDP participants primarily from UC campuses with astronomy and similar backgrounds to join these teams. Contact Anne Metevier (metevier@ucsc.edu) if you have questions about these teaching teams. |
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TEAM 08-2025
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Teaching site: ASTRAL (Astronomy/STEM Alliance with Lick Observatory) programs UC Observatories is expanding Lick Observatory’s education programs, including building a new consortium of Bay Area community colleges and Cal State campuses that have access to the observatory. Consortium activities include designing new educational activities for college courses and co-curricular programs; these activities will involve students in working with Lick Observatory telescopes, technology, and data.
Design Team Leader: Zoe Haggard Background/experience: We are recruiting PDP participants primarily from UC campuses with astronomy and similar backgrounds to join these teams. Contact Anne Metevier (metevier@ucsc.edu) if you have questions about these teaching teams. |
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TEAM 09-2025
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Teaching site: ASTRAL (Astronomy/STEM Alliance with Lick Observatory) programs UC Observatories is expanding Lick Observatory’s education programs, including building a new consortium of Bay Area community colleges and Cal State campuses that have access to the observatory. Consortium activities include designing new educational activities for college courses and co-curricular programs; these activities will involve students in working with Lick Observatory telescopes, technology, and data.
Design Team Leader: Luke Finnerty Background/experience: We are recruiting PDP participants primarily from UC campuses with astronomy and similar backgrounds to join these teams. Contact Anne Metevier (metevier@ucsc.edu) if you have questions about these teaching teams. |
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TEAM 10-2025
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Teaching site: ASTRAL (Astronomy/STEM Alliance with Lick Observatory) programs UC Observatories is expanding Lick Observatory’s education programs, including building a new consortium of Bay Area community colleges and Cal State campuses that have access to the observatory. Consortium activities include designing new educational activities for college courses and co-curricular programs; these activities will involve students in working with Lick Observatory telescopes, technology, and data.
Design Team Leader: Nathan Sandford Background/experience: We are recruiting PDP participants primarily from UC campuses with astronomy and similar backgrounds to join these teams. Contact Anne Metevier (metevier@ucsc.edu) if you have questions about these teaching teams. |
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TEAM 11-2025
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Teaching site: Michigan State University
Design Team Leader: Saul Beceiro Relevant background/experience: We are recruiting PDP participants from across the US who have backgrounds in physics/nuclear physics, as well as, participants from a broad range of disciplines Contact Candice Brown Pacheco (candiceb@ucsc.edu) if you have questions about these teaching teams. |
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TEAM 12-2025 |
Teaching Site: University of Colorado, Boulder (CU Boulder)
Design Team Leader: Samantha Walker Relevant background/experience: We are recruiting PDP participants from across the US who have backgrounds in astronomy and/or physics, as well as, participants from a broad range of disciplines
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TEAM 13-2025
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Teaching Site: The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
Design Team Leader: Jackie Champage Relevant background/experience: We are recruiting PDP participants from across the US who have backgrounds in astronomy and/or physics. Contact Anne Metevier (metevier@ucsc.edu) if you have questions about this teaching team. |
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TEAM 14-2025
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Teaching Site: Stanford University, Palo Alto Lick Observatory is expanding its outreach efforts throughout the Bay Area, including participating in more community events and evolving our summer evenings at the observatory.
Design Team Leader: Lauren Corlies Relevant background/experience: We are recruiting PDP participants from across the US who have backgrounds in astronomy and/or physics, as well as, participants from a broad range of disciplines. Experience or interest in informal outreach is a plus. Contact Lauren Corlies (lcorlies@ucsc.edu) or Anne Metevier (metevier@ucsc.edu) if you have any questions about this teaching team. |
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