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We are so happy to welcome 

DC – NOVA Teen Science Cafe

 as our newest member of the Teen Science Café Network! This email is designed to help you take the next steps in membership and launching your Café program. This will be an exciting time and the most important thing to remember is that we are here to help you in any way we can. The second most important thing is to remember that your teen leaders are your #1 partner in creating a fantastic program.  Please do not hesitate to get back in touch with us at the TSCN National Resource Center at any time. 
 
Michelle Hall and Michael Mayhew
Co-Directors, Teen Science Café Network
TSCN R
esource Center
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Stay in the know with the “TSCN Happenings”

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Getting Started - Your Member Page
Please note: You now have your own customizable web page for your Café!
  • From the TeenScienceCafe.org homepage, find your page by clicking on the Directory tab, and Members on the drop-down menu. You can edit this page!
  • Via this Directory, other TSCN members and anyone from the public interested in your Café may contact you. 
  • Links to any writings or other resources you submit to the TSCN community will be linked to your Member Directory page for easy reference.
  • By clicking "more info" at the bottom of your page, you are able to copy its permalink: https://teensciencecafe.org/cafes/dc-nova-teen-science-cafe/. You may use this link to advertise your Café as you see fit.
  • The person who submitted the member application may log in to edit your page (or we can help you: email info@TeenScienceCafe.org
  • It's up to you to decorate and update your page. For some examples, see Open Minds NC'sMichigan's STEAM Café , or Tuscon AZ's Teen Astronomy Café pages. In a separate email you will be sent a Quick Guide to help you edit your page.
  • Should you or your teen leaders create Café Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter sites, you may log on and add the links to your Member Directory page. 

Again, welcome to the Network! Please stay in touch with us at the TSCN Resource Center and let us know how things are progressing with your plans. We are here to help you get started and grow into a sustainable, successful Teen Science Café.

info@teensciencecafe.org
TSCN Resource Center
New Member Information

Monthly Teen Science Café Network Newsletter

...will come to you via email!

Keep up to date on the fresh ideas coming from other Teen Science Café members across the country by reading the monthly e-Newsletter. Sometimes is also contains a call for specific resources you may have created, ideas, or experiences you have had regarding cafés that can be shared with the membership. Watch for contests!

Are there others in your organization or external partners who you would like to receive the TSCN newsletter? They may subscribe to it at TeenScienceCafe.org.

Have something great to highlight in the Newsletter? Please send it in!

Blogs & Cool Café Reports

Members agree to collect evaluation data, contribute Cool Cafe reports, and contribute to the betterment of the Network by sharing their knowledge and expertise.

You will receive a digested email once a week any time there is movement on the Blogs. Please participate when something applies to you, or when you have something to contribute that might be helpful to others.  

If you are the person who submitted the New Member Application, you have been automatically signed up as author for Cool Cafés/Blogs.  You may change your settings yourself.  Any other people associated with your café program must register a username separately to submit items.  Sign in or register
 

Please Collect Data at Every Café

We ask all members to gather some basic data on their café and to share it annually with the TSCN Resource Center so that we can track our progress.

Please read Member Annual Report – Data to Collect and Submit Annually by June 30 to see what basic ​data you should be collecting at every café. 
 

Webinars & other Professional Development Opportunities

You will receive email notifications.
All PD is free! 

Evaluation Documents
Showing Impact

The Teen Science Café model is is based on extensive evaluation and experience reported in two published papers: 
These are worth reading when you have to make the case to funders or media, etc., that Teen Science Cafés are effective in engaging teens in STEM. Impacts in New Mexico have been replicated in many other sites in the Network.
 

 

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