STEAM Center Services

The San Mateo County Office of Education's Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) Center provides teachers and administrators research-based professional development in STEAM content and pedagogy to engage, educate, and inspire our 21st-century learners. It collaboratively designs and facilitates learner-centered experiences that nurture innate human curiosity through:

• Catalyzing innovative, research-validated educational strategies to support student success
• Building educator capacity through a range of professional learning opportunities
• Connecting schools, networks, communities, industries, and government to create synergy and support innovation

STEAMCentric Newsletter

The STEAMCentric shares STEAM-related professional development opportunities, news, and information to teachers, administrators, and community partners. 

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STEAM Lending Library

The STEAM Center runs a lending library where educators can check out STEAM-related books and hands-on kits for classroom and training use. Note that due to high demand, kits can only be checked out to a classroom for one week. View the STEAM book library and request to check out a book. If you wish to check out a kit, please fill out the Kits Lending Library Check-out Form.