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Hello Teachers!

I have some exciting news to share!!!!

ESTEP (Earth Science Teacher Education Project) is funded for another two years!   WE GOT THE GRANT!!!

YEP, that's right! ESTEP 2.0 is coming your way 2025 - 2027!

Funding for this project is provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR). 

THANK YOU to the Minnesota ENRTF for this awesome opportunity and continued commitment to teacher professional development.

More info and details to come soon, but basically this means NO INTERRUPTIONS in ESTEP online courses or summer boot camps, AND brand new, never before seen PROGRAMMING - for beginners and ESTEP lifers alike! This means continued FREE online courses AND LOW-COST summer boot camps AND a few NEW surprises coming your way beginning in summer 2025!

We still have a lot of great online course offerings this upcoming fall, spring and summer semesters!  These graduate level, 3 credit courses are 100%, absolutely FREE - check out the fall registration options HERE!  Space is filling up, so don't wait!!!!  Spring course registration will begin soon!  Watch for emails, and if you have colleagues who are not MnSTA members, please share this information with them!  

More info coming soon!  Keep your eyes out and share with colleagues, leadership and others in your sphere of influence!  LET'S GOOOOOO!

Dana and the ESTEP Planning Team