Dr. Augusto Macalalag, Jr., Associate Professor of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education, teaches undergraduate and graduate science methods courses for pre-service and in-service teachers.  He is the coordinator of General Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics teacher certification programs.  In 2014, Dr. Macalalag conceptualized and developed the MEd in Integrative STEM Education and Graduate Certificate  for in-service elementary and middle school teachers. The certificate program’s goal is to foster teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge in planning, implementing and assessing instructions that incorporate science and engineering practices based on the National Research Council’s Framework for K-12 Science Education.  The STEM certificate program has five courses (15 credits) that include an environmental education preview to Sicily, Italy. Dr. Macalalag, who is the former Assistant Director of STEM Education at Stevens Institute of Technology’s Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE), has an interest in different aspects of reform-based science teacher education.  His research focuses on programs that promote science and engineering practices in elementary and middle school classrooms. In addition to teaching, through classroom support visits, Dr. Macalalag helps teachers plan and implement lessons, assess and analyze student thinking, integrate technology, and reflect in their instruction. His dissertation examined the changes in pre-service science teachers’ knowledge of inquiry and practices of lesson design in four methods courses in biological sciences. Throughout the years, Dr. Macalalag has been involved in two Mathematics and Science Partnerships (MSP) programs that received awards including the American Society for Engineering Education’s Best Practices in K-12 Engineering and Pre-college Outreach Program in 2010, Best Zone Paper in 2011, and Best Practices in K-12 Engineering and University Partnerships in 2012. Finally, in November 2013, Dr. Macalalag received the Steve Goldberg Faculty Development Award from the School of Education at Arcadia. He holds teaching certificates in elementary, middle and high school and school administrator certificates. Dr. Macalalag received his Ed.D. in Science from Rutgers University, and an M.A. in Education and a B.S. in Chemistry from St. Peter’s University. He also holds an Educational Leadership Certificate from the College of New Jersey. SCHOLARSHIP OF APPLICATION AND DEVELOPMENT (SELECTED GRANTS) 1. Principal Investor. NSF DR-K12 Understanding STEM Teaching through Integrated Contexts in Everyday Life (USTRIVE). National Science Foundation- Discovery Research in K-12 Education. Arcadia University (primary) with Dr. Greer Richardson (co-PI from La Salle University), Dr. Joseph Johnson (co-PI from Mercyhurst University), Dr. Lisa Marco-Bujosa (co-PI from Villanova University), and Dr. Victor Donnay (Senior Personnel and Director of Philadelphia Region Institute for STEM Educators at Saint Joseph’s University). $2,800,000.  Funded 2021 - 2025. Award Number: 2101395 2. Co-Principal Investigator. Philadelphia Regional Noyce Conference Series. National Science Foundation. $49,831. Funded 2019 - 2020. Award Number:1852807 3. Institutional Program Director, Arcadia University. The 21st Century Partnership for STEM Education (Lead Institution).   STEM Teacher Education and School Strengthening Activity – STESSA. United States Agency for International Development (USAID).  $256,608 (Sub-Award). Submitted August 2017. Funded 2018 – 2023. 4. Co-Principal Investigator. St. Joseph’s University (Lead Institution). Philadelphia Regional Noyce Partnership – Scholarship Program. Submitted to the National Science Foundations’ Robert Noyce Scholarship (NSF NOYCE). $171,000 (Sub-Award). Submitted September 2017. Funded 2018 – 2023. Award Number:1758353 https://www.arcadia.edu/noyce 5. Co-Principal Investigator. Philadelphia Regional Pre-and In-Service Teacher Conference Series on Integrating STEM in Everyday Life.  $49,9996 (Sub-Award).  National Science Foundation. Funded 2019 – 2021. Award Number:1852807 Courses: Undergraduate US221.1: We Inquire We Design ED207: STEAM 1: Design Thinking and Problem-Based Learning ED307: STEAM 2: Design Thinking and Problem-Based Learning ED324: Elementary Science Methods PRV181 Science, Technology, Society, and Culture: Exploring Cities of Philadelphia and Florence Graduate ED523 Teacher and the Classroom, Secondary ED552: Issues and Methods in Elementary School Science ED553: Issues in Science for Secondary Teachers ED694: Introduction to STEM Education ED695: Understanding the Designed World ED697: STEM and Society, Global Field Study