Institutions of Higher Education (IHE)
Welcome Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) Faculty! Our goal is to help you integrate high-quality, inclusive STEM learning opportunities into your work as you prepare future early childhood educators. Here, you’ll find resources, tools, and shared documents tailored to your work and contributed by our growing community of IHE Faculty.
Community of Practice for IHE Faculty
Join STEMIE team members and early childhood and early childhood special education faculty in monthly conversations to learn and exchange strategies around problems of practice in teaching and learning related to STEM and disability
inclusion.

UPCOMING FEATURE
Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools Effectively in Higher Education
With guest discussant, Lisa Dieker from University of Kansas
September 15 – October 20, 2026
Additional Learning
Looking for supplemental materials to enrich your coursework? Access resources designed to support the development of future educators and allied health professionals.

STEMIE Learning Trajectories
Find learning progressions and activities related to science, technology, and engineering teaching and learning for each and every child (birth to five).

Microlessons
Find short lessons related to supporting engaged STEM learning opportunities for every child,
including children with disabilities

Guides and Adaptations
Find topic guides related to supporting STEM learning opportunities for ALL children.
See it in Practice
Explore featured examples that demonstrate how these concepts can be applied in teaching and professional practice.
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