Join STEAM ASB
Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is a quarter-long program where students take a preparatory winter quarter seminar (SSc credit eligible) to learn about inclusive teaching pedagogies and then spend the week of UW’s Spring Break (March 21 – March 26, 2027) running culturally relevant & sustaining STEAM outreach programming (in teams of 3-5 UW students) with 3rd- to 12th-grade students in rural and Tribal communities across Washington State. During the spring break week, students also explore the communities they are placed in by engaging in hikes, museum visits, beach days, afterschool clubs and community cultural events.
Winter Quarter: You’ll take an EDUC 401 Winter Quarter Seminar (T/TH: 4:30-5:50). You’ll learn strategies for building curricula, managing a classroom, and teaching with a focus on equity. You’ll work with your team to finalize your curriculum.
Spring Break: You’ll travel with a team to one of our partner schools. You will stay at your program site and spend each day facilitating activities at the school and connecting with the students and community.
Spring Break: You’ll travel with a team to one of our partner schools. You will stay at your program site and spend each day facilitating activities at the school and connecting with the students and community.
Priority Deadline: NOV 1st, 2026 @ 11:59 PM
Apply to STEAM ASB Here: https://forms.gle/kLuMYh4sX7NPCEzV9
Questions: riverways@uw.edu
Best wishes,
Alison Horn & Mya Baker
ASB Facilitators
Riverways Education Partnerships
University of Washington
Community Engagement and Leadership Education (CELE) Center
Undergraduate Academic Affairs
MGH 171 | riverways@uw.edu
expd.uw.edu/riverways | 206-616-2302