Resources
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This curated collection includes a sampling of articles, online courses, professional organizations, and other tools that ISL professionals from a wide range of roles and settings have found useful.
While exploring these resources, it may be helpful to focus on specific competencies you want to develop (see Framework and Self-Assessment), your own personal learning goals (see Learning Plan), and/or broader strategies for professional learning. The Key Terms page can offer additional insight into Pathways language.
Institute ofAmerican Indian Arts Research Center
Website provides information on workshops, internships, fellowships, artist residencies, exhibitions, curriculum development, research support, and other (often free) resources related to contemporary Native American arts.
interPLAY
Website provides free resources that explore the intersection of play and STEM for young learners. Provides a framework, observational tools, and reflection guides for play-based STEM learning.
Reflecting on Practice
Professional learning program designed to build understanding of best practices in informal STEM learning environments through habits of reflection. Designed for institutions to implement for staff and volunteers to use at their own pace. Free resources.
International Perspectives on Museum Management (1st ed, Vol. 1)
Edited book explores contemporary practices in museum management with a focus on how strategic vision and effective leadership can help museums and individual professionals achieve their goals. Open access/free download.
National Coalition of Dialogue and Deliberation
Organization provides training and free resources around community and group dialogue and deliberative processes. Focuses on facilitation and engagement skills.
Project Management Institute
Training institute provides online and in-person courses and certifications for developing project management skills and advancing organizational effectiveness. Various resources, some at no cost.
World Cafe
Online platform provides free resources and opportunities to learn methods and strategies for creating, facilitating, and engaging in collaborative conversations about critical topics. Includes glossary, podcast, hosting toolkit, and reading resources for facilitation.
Connected Science Learning
Peer-reviewed journal of the National Science Teaching Association highlights programs and strategies that connect in-school and out-of-school STEM learning. Some articles are open access and free to download.
Visitor Studies
Peer-reviewed journal of the Visitor Studies Association focuses on visitor research, evaluation studies, and research methodologies. Some articles are open access and free to download.
Association for Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums (ATALM)
Organization maintains a network of support for Indigenous programs, provides culturally relevant programming and services, and encourages collaboration among tribal and non-tribal cultural institutions.
This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Award No. 2215274. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of NSF.