acaSTEMy | Erasmus+ Teacher Academy

Project Focus

STEM teacher education for green, digital and diverse classrooms.

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Research-based partnership

acaSTEMy connects STEM teacher education and training providers to support high-quality development from pre-service education to continuing professional development.

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Digital competence

The project develops teachers' capacity to use digital tools and content in pedagogically meaningful ways across formal and non-formal learning.

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Modules and micro-credentials

Partners design, pilot and validate flexible learning opportunities tied to sustainability, transversal skills and classroom diversity.

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Mobility and policy impact

The academy builds international professional development through hybrid cooperation, job shadowing, co-supervision and policy-facing outputs.

Academy Mission

Teachers gain science confidence, transversal skills and practical routes into new STEM education practice.

The academy brings together universities, schools, education ministries, science centres, associations and industry partners across Europe. Its work is organised around teacher competence, digital skills, sustainability, mobility, micro-credentials and dissemination.

Green transition Digital transformation Diversity in classrooms Professional wellbeing

Project Pathway

From shared expertise to classroom-ready STEM practice.

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Connect expertise

Universities, schools and partner organisations align teacher education needs across national contexts.

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Build capacity

Hybrid seminars and trainer workshops strengthen STEM, digital and sustainability education competences.

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Pilot learning routes

Modules, micro-credentials and mobility formats are tested with educators and practice schools.

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Share impact

Outputs, policy-facing results and open materials support wider European use.

Project Objectives

The academy keeps the full project ambition visible, from teacher competences to policy impact.

Work Packages

Six connected workstreams guide the project from coordination to European outreach.

WP1

Management and Quality

Coordination, quality assurance, sustainability and mutual recognition of learning outcomes.

Led by the University of Tartu, this workstream safeguards delivery, quality monitoring and the long-term independence strategy.

WP2

Science Competencies

Capacity building for STEM staff in green deal, medicine and cultural-linguistic diversity.

Partners identify best practices and build staff capacity through hybrid seminars and train-the-trainers workshops.

WP3

Digital Skills

Pedagogically meaningful use of digital tools, collaborative learning and digital STEM materials.

The University of Eastern Finland leads teacher training, digital tool guidance and the collaboratively created STEM DigiManual.

WP4

Micro-credentials

Flexible modules and micro-credential programmes tested with practice schools and teachers.

The work designs four micro-credential programmes and six modules, with piloting through practice schools across partner countries.

WP5

Communities and Mobility

Job shadowing, local hybrid mobility, international visits and co-supervision pilots.

ELTE coordinates communities of practice, the acaSTEMy Hub, mobility formats and joint master thesis supervision pilots.

WP6

Impact and Dissemination

European outreach, dissemination events and policy-facing communication.

The Ivo Pilar Institute supports outreach to teachers, researchers, schools, policy institutions and associated partners.

Project Impact

Project results for teaching, teacher education, research and policy.

Use acaSTEMy through the route that best matches your work. Public materials are linked directly; restricted project documents remain protected.

Training, Materials and Outputs

Project outputs are grouped around quality, digital skills, modules, mobility and impact.

Digital Skills for STEM Teachers

The digital skills workstream includes a Training the Trainers syllabus, workshop materials and an e-manual for STEM teachers.

Open the STEM DigiManual

D1.1 Quality assurance and data management plan D3.1 Syllabus and training materials for Training the Trainers D3.2 E-manual: Digital Skills for STEM Teachers D4.1 Design of four micro-credential programmes D4.2 Syllabus and materials for six teaching-learning modules

Materials Library

Key outputs are explained here in a clearer, classroom-facing format.

Six Teaching-Learning Modules

Blended learning from health and sustainability to inclusion and systems thinking.

Each 32-hour module is designed for pre- and in-service STEM teachers and combines research-based content with practical classroom development. The syllabi are available in all nine project languages.

DigiCampus sign-in is required. Enrolment details are provided by the course organisers.

Four Micro-Credential Designs

Flexible 6 ECTS learning routes for STEM teacher development.

D4.1 defines four research- and practice-oriented courses. Each is designed for 6 ECTS (156 hours), online and asynchronous study, and assessment through a submitted lesson plan.

Programme designs

DigiCampus learning spaces

These confirmed course spaces require DigiCampus sign-in. The teacher enrolment key is not published on the public website.

Research and Dissemination

Publications and presentations connected to acaSTEMy.

The entries below come from the consortium's WP1 tracking workbook, updated on 6 August 2026. They are presented as project-related research, without implying that every publication was funded solely by acaSTEMy.

Published research

Conference presentations

Hybrid seminars connect educators around transversal skills, digital media and sustainability.

Research Team

People behind acaSTEMy: teacher educators, STEM education researchers and project specialists.

The research team brings together expertise in science, chemistry, mathematics, technology education, educational psychology, digital learning and teacher professional development.

Consortium

A broad European network across universities, schools, science centres and education organisations.

Partner Network

Countries and partner organisations around acaSTEMy.

Explore how the 37 partner organisations connect to their countries and to the central acaSTEMy collaboration.

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Associação para Investigação e Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Medicina
BAHCESEHIR EGITIM KURUMLARI ANONIM SIRKETI
BSA
Centar Drustvenih Inovacija
Eesti Keemiaõpetajate Liit
EESTI TEADUSTE AKADEEMIA
Egis Pharmaceuticals Private Limited Company
ELTE Bolyai János Gyakorló Általános Iskola és Gimnázium
Experimenta gGmbH
FabLab München e.V.
FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG
Gedeon Richter Plc.
HARIDUS- JA TEADUSMINISTEERIUM
Hariduse Edendamise Sihtasutus
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF ASSOCIATIONS FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION
IZMIR IL MILLI EGITIM MUDURLUGU
Jelgavas Valsts gimnazija
JOENSUUN KAUPUNKI
KIRCHLICHE PAEDAGOGISCHE HOCHSCHULE WIEN / KREMS
Kõrveküla Põhikool
Latvijas Fizikas skolotaju asociacija
Latvijas kimijas skolotaju asociacija
Magyar Kémikusok Egyesülete
Miina Härma Gymnasium
Opetushallitus OPH
Osnovna skola Veceslava Holjevca
RAVIMIAMET
Sihtasutus Tallinna Tehnika- ja Teaduskeskus
SIHTASUTUS TEADUSKESKUS AHHAA
SVEUCILISTE U SPLITU FILOZOFSKI FAKULTET
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN
ThingLink Oy
UDRUGA ZA PROMICANJE POZITIVNE AFIRMACIJE MLADIH U DRUSTVU IMPRESS DARUVAR
Valmiera State Gymnasium
VALSTS IZGLITIBAS SATURA CENTRS
VARAZDINSKA ZUPANIJA

Contact

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