Educator Academy

26+ professional development programs across 5 specialist tracks — structured certification pathways for teachers, trainers and STEM coaches across the MENA region.

📐 Track A · Curriculum Design 🤖 Track B · Robotics Coaching 💻 Track C · Coding Instruction 🏆 Track D · Competition Coaching 🌐 Track E · Emerging Technology
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Track A

STEM Integration & Curriculum Design

Design standards-aligned STEM curriculum using NGSS, CSTA and UAE MoE frameworks. Master PBL, differentiated instruction and cross-curricular integration.

5 Courses
📅 2 Days Foundation

STEAM Curriculum Mapping: NGSS, CSTA & UAE MoE Alignment

Map your school's STEM curriculum to international standards. Understand how NGSS science practices, CSTA computer science standards and UAE MoE requirements align and overlap.

  • Audit and gap-map your current curriculum
  • Build cross-subject mapping documents
  • Align assessments to standards descriptors
  • Create school-wide STEAM scope and sequence
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📅 2 Days Foundation

Project-Based Learning (PBL) Design for K-12 STEM

Design rigorous, authentic PBL units that drive genuine inquiry. Learn the Gold Standard PBL framework and adapt it for STEM contexts at any grade level.

  • Design a full PBL unit from scratch
  • Write driving questions that engage students
  • Plan voice, choice and critique into projects
  • Create presentation-ready exemplar projects
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📅 1 Day Foundation

Differentiated STEM Instruction: Scaffolding for All Learners

Reach every student in your STEM classroom — from gifted learners to those who need extra support. Practical tools for tiered tasks, flexible grouping and UDL in STEM contexts.

  • Apply UDL principles in STEM lessons
  • Design tiered engineering tasks
  • Use formative data to adjust instruction
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📅 1 Day Intermediate

Assessment & Rubrics for STEM Engineering Design Process

Move beyond tests and quizzes. Design performance-based assessments, process portfolios and analytical rubrics that measure real STEM learning and engineering thinking.

  • Build engineering design process rubrics
  • Design portfolio assessment frameworks
  • Align assessment to STEM standards
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📅 2 Days Intermediate

STEAM Cross-Curricular Integration: Math, Science & ELA

Break down subject silos. Design genuinely integrated STEAM units that connect mathematics, science, engineering, English literacy and the arts into coherent learning experiences.

  • Map integration points across subject areas
  • Co-plan with subject teachers outside STEM
  • Design bilingual STEAM resources (Arabic/English)
  • Pilot and reflect on an integrated unit
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Track B

Robotics & Hardware Coaching

Become a certified hardware coach across the full TechTelligence ecosystem. From micro:bit and MakeCode to LEGO SPIKE, Elecfreaks and XGO Robot Dog.

6 Courses
📅 2 Days Foundation

micro:bit & MakeCode Fundamentals for Educators

Master the BBC micro:bit and Microsoft MakeCode environment. Learn to facilitate lessons from beginner LED displays to intermediate sensor-based projects for Grades 4–8.

  • Set up and manage a micro:bit classroom
  • Deliver 10+ ready-to-use MakeCode lessons
  • Troubleshoot common hardware and coding issues
  • Assess student progress with digital projects
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📅 2 Days Intermediate

Elecfreaks Kit Mastery: Smart Cars, Building Blocks & IoT Kits

Hands-on mastery of the full Elecfreaks micro:bit ecosystem: TPBot, Cutebot, Nezha Pro, Smart Science IoT Kit and the Wisdom Life series for Grades 5–10.

  • Unbox, set up and troubleshoot all major Elecfreaks kits
  • Facilitate project-based lessons with each kit category
  • Differentiate complexity within a single kit
  • Connect hardware to the broader STEM curriculum
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📅 2 Days Foundation

LEGO Education: SPIKE Essential & Prime for Classroom Coaches

Deliver LEGO SPIKE Essential (Grades 1–5) and SPIKE Prime (Grades 6–8) with confidence. Learn lesson facilitation, classroom management and the LEGO App.

  • Navigate the LEGO Education SPIKE App
  • Facilitate structured and open-ended builds
  • Align LEGO lessons to NGSS/UAE MoE standards
  • Manage kit storage and maintenance
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📅 1 Day Intermediate

LEGO SPIKE App Facilitation & Lesson Delivery

Deep dive into the LEGO SPIKE App — both block-based and text (Python) modes. Plan and deliver engaging app-connected robotics lessons with structured facilitation techniques.

  • Use both coding modes of the SPIKE App
  • Customise LEGO lesson units for your context
  • Facilitate student-driven engineering challenges
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📅 2 Days Advanced

XGO Robot Dog & AI Robotics Coaching

Advanced coaching for the XGO Robot Dog platform. Python API, gait programming, computer vision integration and AI module facilitation for Grades 9–12 advanced learners.

  • Configure and deploy the XGO Robot Dog
  • Teach Python API and gait algorithms
  • Facilitate computer vision and AI modules
  • Design advanced student project challenges
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📅 1 Day Intermediate

Nezha Inventors Kit V2: Facilitating the 32-Case Curriculum

Specialist training for facilitating the full Nezha Inventors Kit V2 — all 32 cases including robots, mechanical builds, electronic structures and smart systems.

  • Navigate all 32 curriculum cases confidently
  • Facilitate the 4 build streams (robots, mechanics, electronics, smart)
  • Differentiate cases for different grade levels
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Track C

Coding & Programming Instruction

Teach any programming language or paradigm with confidence. From block-based Scratch to Python, JavaScript and AI/ML pedagogy for K-12.

5 Courses
📅 2 Days Foundation

Teaching Block-Based Coding: Scratch, MakeCode & SPIKE App

Master facilitation of block-based coding environments for K-8. Learn how to sequence concepts, handle common student misconceptions and build computational thinking progressively.

  • Teach Scratch, MakeCode and SPIKE App confidently
  • Scaffold computational thinking from K to Grade 8
  • Design unplugged activities to complement screen time
  • Assess coding skills with meaningful rubrics
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📅 3 Days Intermediate

Teaching Python for Robotics & Physical Computing

Develop deep confidence in Python teaching — from variables and loops to OOP and APIs. All concepts are applied to micro:bit, Elecfreaks and XGO robotics contexts.

  • Teach Python fundamentals with robotics context
  • Plan a Python programming unit for Grades 6–12
  • Use MicroPython for physical computing projects
  • Differentiate Python instruction for mixed-ability classes
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📅 2 Days Intermediate

Teaching JavaScript & Web-Based STEM Projects

From DOM manipulation to full web applications — teach JavaScript with STEM projects as the vehicle. Connects coding skills to tangible, shareable outcomes students care about.

  • Teach JavaScript fundamentals for Grades 8–12
  • Design browser-based STEM challenge projects
  • Connect JS to IoT dashboards and data visualisation
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📅 2 Days Advanced

AI & Machine Learning Pedagogy for K-12

Confidently teach AI and ML concepts to secondary students. From Teachable Machine and ML5.js to ethical AI discussions and real classification projects.

  • Explain supervised/unsupervised learning to students
  • Facilitate hands-on ML training with real datasets
  • Teach AI ethics through structured debate and case studies
  • Design a full AI unit for Grades 9–12
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📅 2 Days Advanced

Teaching IoT: Sensor Networks & Data in the Classroom

Teach the Internet of Things with confidence — sensors, microcontrollers, protocols and data pipelines. Apply to smart home, smart agriculture and environmental monitoring projects.

  • Understand IoT architecture well enough to teach it
  • Facilitate full IoT project cycles with students
  • Connect IoT data to spreadsheets and dashboards
  • Manage Elecfreaks IoT kits in a classroom setting
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Track D

Competition Coaching

Earn certification to coach WRO, FLL and Science Olympiad teams. Learn competition strategy, judging criteria, engineering notebooks and team management.

5 Courses
📅 3 Days Intermediate

WRO Coach Certification: Regular, Open & Future Innovators

Comprehensive WRO coaching certification. Understand all three WRO categories, judging criteria, rule sets and the physical and innovation challenges for each level.

  • Understand WRO rules for all three categories
  • Coach robot game strategy and build optimisation
  • Facilitate the Future Innovators research cycle
  • Manage a team through a full competition season
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📅 3 Days Intermediate

FIRST LEGO League Coach Certification: Explore & Challenge

Full FLL coaching certification for both Explore (Grades 2–4) and Challenge (Grades 4–8). Robot game, innovation project, core values and engineering notebook.

  • Navigate FLL Challenge rules and robot game missions
  • Coach the Innovation Project research process
  • Embed FIRST Core Values into team culture
  • Maintain an engineering notebook to judging standards
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📅 1 Day Intermediate

Competition Strategy, Team Management & Judging Criteria

Go beyond technical coaching. Learn how winning teams approach strategy, time management, team dynamics and presentation. Includes judging simulation exercises.

  • Analyse competition scoring systems strategically
  • Manage team conflicts and motivational challenges
  • Prepare students for judging panel presentations
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📅 2 Days Advanced

Robot Game Strategy & Build Optimisation Workshop

Advanced technical coaching: mission analysis, attachment design, autonomous reliability and game strategy. Hands-on with LEGO SPIKE Prime and Elecfreaks platforms.

  • Analyse table missions for maximum scoring efficiency
  • Design and test reliable robot attachments
  • Coach students through autonomous consistency testing
  • Apply engineering design process to robot iteration
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📅 1 Day Intermediate

Engineering Notebook & Research Project Coaching

Coach students to produce competition-quality engineering notebooks and research projects. Documentation habits, evidence standards and presentation techniques.

  • Teach engineering documentation habits from Day 1
  • Coach research methodology for innovation projects
  • Provide feedback aligned to official judging rubrics
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Track E

Emerging Technology for Educators

Stay ahead of the curve with AI literacy, AR/VR integration, space science delivery and digital fabrication. Future-proof your classroom and your career.

5 Courses
📅 1 Day Foundation

AI Literacy for Educators: Understanding & Teaching AI

Build your own AI literacy before teaching it. Understand how machine learning works, explore common AI applications and develop confidence to facilitate AI discussions and projects in class.

  • Explain AI and ML concepts clearly to any age group
  • Use Teachable Machine and ML5.js with students
  • Facilitate ethical AI discussions effectively
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📅 1 Day Foundation

Integrating AR/VR into STEM Classrooms

Practical introduction to augmented and virtual reality for education. Explore existing AR/VR tools, understand pedagogical integration and plan your first AR/VR lesson activity.

  • Evaluate AR/VR tools for classroom appropriateness
  • Design an AR/VR-integrated STEM lesson
  • Manage student device use in immersive environments
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📅 2 Days Intermediate

Space Science & STEM: NASA-Aligned Classroom Delivery

Design and deliver space science units aligned to NASA education resources and UAE Space Program priorities. Rocketry, orbital mechanics, satellite design and astrobiology made classroom-ready.

  • Integrate NASA resources into your STEM curriculum
  • Facilitate rocketry design challenges safely
  • Connect space science to UAE national identity and goals
  • Design a CanSat project for advanced students
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📅 2 Days Advanced

AI + IoT in Education: Smart Systems Pedagogy

Teach the convergence of AI and IoT (AIoT). Understand how intelligent systems use sensor data, edge AI and cloud inference — and design learning experiences that make this tangible for students.

  • Teach the full AIoT architecture to secondary students
  • Facilitate predictive maintenance and smart monitoring projects
  • Connect AIoT to sustainability and smart city contexts
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📅 2 Days Intermediate

Digital Fabrication: 3D Printing & Design Thinking

From CAD concepts to printed prototype — integrate digital fabrication into your STEM programme. Learn basic 3D modelling, printer operation and how to embed fabrication into engineering design cycles.

  • Model basic parts in TinkerCAD or Fusion 360 Lite
  • Operate and maintain a 3D printer safely
  • Design fabrication challenges for K-12 students
  • Integrate 3D printing into PBL and design challenges
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TechTelligence Academy Certification

Educators who complete any full track receive a TechTelligence Academy Certificate of Completion — a digital credential recognised across schools in the UAE, KSA, Qatar and wider MENA region. Complete all five tracks to earn the TechTelligence Master STEM Educator designation.

✓ Track Completion Certificate ✓ Digital Credential (Shareable) ✓ Master Educator (All 5 Tracks) ✓ MENA Region Recognised

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Register your interest in any track and our PD team will reach out to plan your certification journey.