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Join the community of Physics teachers on Long Island to share your ideas, find support from fellow Physics teachers, and stay informed. To learn more about the many ways we support our physics teachers, go to ABOUT LIPTA.
Benefits of Membership
All Physics, by Physics people, for Physics teachers of Long Island, NY:
- Fall Conference – for Physics teachers, typically on a Saturday morning
- Spring Conference – for Physics teachers, typically on a Saturday morning
- Physics Olympics: 1-day event for student teams, typically in March
- Discussion of AP/IB exams – for Physics teachers, typically in May
- BBQ social: for Physics teachers, typically in June
- Newsletters: delivered to your email of choice
You can now renew your LIPTA membership! Go HERE.
Latest Posts
- Fall Conference
The 2024 Fall Conference will be held October 26, 2024 – 9 am – 12 noon at Sacred Heart Academy. Click this link for additional info.
- Step Up Lessons
Hello Advocates
Our goal for the Advocate program this year is to provide each and everyone of you support with the STEP UP lessons so you and your students feel empowered to keep pursuing physics. We are also dedicated to building physics teacher networks local to you and your school as a place for support, community, and professional growth.
To that end, we invite you to reach out to anyone in your teacher networks that have physics classes this year and invite them to become 2024-25 Advocates with you.
If you have any colleagues that want to join, please send them the requirements below:
Please review and complete the following tasks by Friday September 20, 2024.
- Please complete the Advocate Questionnaire. It should take you about 10-15 minutes.
- Complete Pre Survey #1.The information will help the research team evaluate and improve the STEP UP program. You will complete a similar survey again at the end of your Advocate term in May 2025.
- Register for the Women In Physics virtual training on Thursday, November 7, 2024 @ 7 pm ET – Women in Physics Lesson Workshop. Your attendance will be collected at the event.
- Look out for email from your regional team for information on additional required training.
- Log in and access the STEP UP Online Community.
- If you are not registered on the website
- On the link above, click on “Register Here for STEP UP!”
- Create an account on my.aps.org
- Please complete all fields, especially if you heard about STEP UP from someone else. This will help us evaluate our program.
- If this is your first time logging in, our Online Community help page has some helpful tips. We suggest you adjust your email preferences to a daily or weekly digest.
- If you are not registered on the website
- (Optional but highly recommended) Follow STEP UP Physics on social media for updates and opportunities: Twitter, IG, FB, and LinkedIn.
- Take a look at the attached graphic to understand the tasks and events you will be participating in as part of the Advocate program.
Once they complete the surveys, they will be contacted with next steps. Please email me or stepupphysics@aps.org with questions.
- Long Island Physics TeacherWorkshop at Brookhaven Lab
Thursday, June 27 and Friday, June 28, 2024
9:00 am – 4:00 pmWhat you will:
● Learn how you can bring the excitement of particle physics to your teaching
● Open to all current and prospective QuarkNet teachers from the East River to Montauk and OrientPoints:
o Middle school physical science
o High School physics, chemistry, astronomy, or mathematicsCompensation
o Stipend: $120/day
o Lunch
o See the Lab!
o 12 hours CTLE credit to current LIPTA members● Web page: https://quarknet.org/node/2515
● Register at: https://cern.ch/qnbnl2024.
● Contact: Susan Wetzler, swetzler@pobschools.org, or Ken Cecire, kcecire@nd.edu.Click Here for more information