Welcome to the STEM Teacher Leadership Academy’s 2025 Program!

2025 marks our third year of the STEM Teacher Leadership Academy, a week-long summer program for K-12 STEM educators in the National Capital Region held at the National Air and Space Museum. This program connects basic science research portfolios within the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to K-12 STEM content for our cohort of 20 talented teachers. This summer, we will also spend a day at the US Botanic Garden, which will coincide with our Natural Materials and Systems portfolio.

This was our most competitive application process to date, with only the top 13% of applicants being selected for the program. We are thrilled to welcome this cohort in July!

2025 Cohort Breakdown:

4 Elementary Educators (Grades K-5), 9 Middle School Educators (Grades 6-8), 7 High School Educators (Grades 9-12)

14 Virginia Schools, 4 Maryland Schools, 1 DC School, 1 Montana School

19 public schools, 1 private school

6 teachers teaching 0-5 years, 7 teachers teaching 6-10 years, 3 teachers teaching 11-15 years, 4 teachers teaching 16+ years

All 20 teachers lead instruction on STEM concepts in some capacity

To learn more about our 2025 cohort, check out our Introductions page.