WHAT IS PiE?
Developing innovative problem solvers who will create the jobs of the future.
Seamlessly incorporate STEAM into your current curriculum with Lemelson-MIT coaching and support.
Partners in Invention Education is a membership program for K-14 educators and administrators that focuses on increasing the number of inventors and entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds by building strong pathways to invention.
PD that energizes and brings excitement to the classroom
There will be one PD session for Administrators in Cambridge, MA, and two options to attend PD for Educators: Tustin, CA, and Cambridge, MA.
Exploring the power and promise of Invention Education
Available on YouTube
Each session dives into key topics designed to empower educators and administrators and explore how anyone can bring invention education to their school or district.
Explore what invention education is, learn about Lemelson-MIT’s curricula, and hear from educators currently teaching invention education!
Benefits of Membership
Members collaborate with Lemelson-MIT staff to assess, design or support design, and implement educational offerings.
Development Opportunities
Professional Development
Receive registration to the Professional Development Summit for STEM PD credit.
Access to a community of innovators
A National Community
Access a national community of educational colleagues, business leaders, and policy makers in the Lemelson-MIT ecosystem.
Backed by research
Research-based Curricula and Support
Exclusive access for K-12 members to curricula that aligns with national learning standards.
Higher Education members receive Curricula design support and research assistance.
We’re here to support you
Individualized and Ongoing Support and Training
LMIT staff provide customized support as you implement invention education in your school, district, or institute of higher education.
Why Invention Education
Plenty of problems need solutions, but developing the ability to recognize problems that matter, and provide technological solutions to problems through hands-on, experiential learning makes invention education unique.
Along the way, students develop the hard and soft skills needed for tomorrow’s jobs.
The Lemelson-MIT framework teaches students how to look at a problem, analyze it, and then articulate a solution. That is powerful and valuable.
— Eric Caesar, Business Professor, Rio Hondo College
The story of Lemelson-MIT
We know our methodology works thanks to 20 years of offering InvenTeams grants to high school student teams across the U.S. Building on that work, we’ve developed activities and curriculum to expand access to invention education.
Interested in learning more?
We’d enjoy the opportunity to speak with you about how becoming a Partners in Invention Education can benefit your school or district.
Cristina Sáenz
Invention Education Manager