The 2026 New Mexico Technical Evaluation and Assessment Manual (NM TEAM) updates focus on special education compliance timelines, updated evaluation and eligibility worksheets, and added guidance designed to support consistent, high-quality evaluations statewide
Teachers will learn how to integrate children’s books through multi-modal music pathways. Aligning with interim goal 1.2 & the EPA 90 day plan, teachers will gain access in how to better support student literacy through music.
Take learning beyond classroom walls by leveraging the outdoors as a dynamic space for equitable STEAM education. This session explores responsive teaching strategies that center students’ place-based knowledge—their community, culture, and environment—as powerful assets for learning. Participants will engage in hands-on, place-based activities designed to build science capital by connecting scientific concepts/standards to real-world, local contexts. Emphasis will be placed on increasing access to meaningful environmental education experiences. Leave with practical, ready-to-use activities that foster curiosity, deepen engagement, and empower students to see themselves as capable contributors to their communities and the scientific world.
