SD STEM Ed Conference
February 6th, 7th, & 8th 2025
2025 Schedule-At-A-Glance Friday Saturday
2025 Program
Join educators from around the state, to collaborate and learn about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics!
Held at the CROSSROADS EVENT CENTER,
in HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA
Registration
Online Pre-Registration is OPEN.
- Payment can be made with PayPal, credit card, or check.
- Pre-registration (with payment) ends January 10th.
Banquet Tickets: Tickets are $35 with registration and $40 if purchased on-site. After January 20, 2025, only a small number of tickets will be available, so securing one is not guaranteed.
Registration includes conference and lunches.
Friday Night Banquet not included. (additional $35)
Team Discount
Teams of three (3) teachers from the same school/district are considered a 'School Team'.
- Schools/districts will receive a $50 discount for each team registered.
- The team can comprise a mix of math and science teachers as well as a mix of grade levels.
- The 'team' cannot include a first year teacher using the Goehring/Vietz Scholarship.
- The team discount is not for students.
- The team discount will be null and void if the invoice is not paid by 1/15/24.
***Invoices not sent until all members of the team have completed their individual registrations.
Questions? Contact Sheila McQuade at smcquade@ogknights.org
Scholarships & Grants
Goehring/Veitz Leadership Scholarship
- Supports attendance for teachers in their first year of teaching in South Dakota.
- Provides a free conference registration to SDCTM and SDSTA members.
- Watch for the Goehring/Vietz link when you register for the conference online.
Marian Filbrandt Memorial Scholarship
- Supports attendance for teachers in years 2 through 5 of their teaching career.
SDSTA Industrial Arts and Ag Grants
- Funds may be requested to cover the costs of attending the SD STEM ED conference.
EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION
- first table $400
- each additional table $100
Each paid registration includes:
- one quarter page (3" wide by 4" tall) OR banner size (6.5" wide by 2" tall) advertising space in the online
conference booklet.
- Please submit image to vendor@sdsta.org.
- TWO conference registrations and lunches for both Friday and Saturday.
Not Included:
- Tickets for Friday night’s banquet are NOT included in registration.
- Banquet tickets can be purchased for $35 a person.
- All exhibitors are requested to furnish a door prize for both the Friday and Saturday noon luncheons.
- Deadline for submitting exhibitor information into the online conference booklet is December 15th.
***Please submit advertising image to vendor@sdsta.org ASAP. 😊
Late registrations are welcome but exhibitor information may not be included in conference booklet.
GRADUATE CREDIT AVAILABLE
Conference hours can be used for CEU credit OR graduate credit - not both.
- Graduate credit will be available through BHSU.
- Register at the conference registration table.
- Course requirements are fully explained in the syllabus in Google Drive.
- Contact Deann.Kertzman@bhsu.edu for additional information.