You can now give your students the opportunity to learn, grow, and lead by becoming your ’24-’25 teen science café leadership crew through the TSC Teen Catalyst Program. This program involves teams of four to five teens from active teen science café sites who will work together to become the teen leaders for their ’24-’25 Teen Science Café programs.
The TSC Teen Catalyst Program has two main components – training and leadership. The training component consists of six virtual webinars that will be held between the end of July and the beginning of August. The leadership component happens during the school year as each team of TSC teens helps guide and document science cafés presented for teen audiences. Teen participants who complete the TSC Teen Catalyst Program will each receive a $1,000 stipend, so this is a great opportunity for your students to develop their leadership skills while earning some extra cash.
Informational Webinar
If you’re interested in learning more about the TSC Teen Catalyst Program, we invite you to attend our information session webinar. Pre-registration is required, so be sure to sign up soon!
Date: April 11, 2024
Time: 4:30 pm EST/ 1:30 pm PST
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/mrx7mavv
- May 17: Application Final Deadline
- May 22: Notification of Acceptance status
- May 22 – 29: Connect with TSCN Staff to Confirm Commitment
- July 22, 24, 28, 31 and August 5, 7: Hour long Virtual Training sessions
- September 11 – Connect virtually with TSCN Staff to kick-off school year
- Plan and host a minimum of 3 Café events during ’24 – ’25 school year (Please contact us directly with questions regarding this requirement.)
- Attend virtual training dates listed above
- Virtual team meeting with TSCN Staff before and after summer training period
- Complete short assignments and Final Project during summer training period
- Plan and host a minimum of 3 Café events for ’24 – ’25 school year. (Please contact us directly with questions regarding this requirement.)
- Submit Café event reports following each Café event
- Create a “Cool Café” description following each Café event
- Final Survey
- Nominate Team Leaders
- Virtual team meeting with TSCN Staff before and after summer training period
- Adult Leaders will receive weekly team progress reports and should be available for a meeting with TSCN if team is not meeting the program expectations.
- Assist Café events & submission of Café event reports and “Cool Café” descriptions
**Applications go live on April 11th. Fill out your application here: https://tinyurl.com/36tf7dbp
