Eastfield College hosted a professional development workshop entitled "Teaching Science Students: Developing a Few New Tricks Up Our Sleeves" on February 16, 2008. This free teachers' workshop was organized by the National Science Foundation Science Talent Expansion Program grant Project Pathways, in association with the Science & PE and Continuing Education Divisions.

The sessions covered topics such as maintaining academic rigor while helping students succeed, writing a good and still honest recommendation, recognizing a talent for science, plus other informative topics. Dr. Mark Presley, dean of the Science & PE Division at Eastfield College, even led a rousing session on Adventures in Texas Geology.

Attendees were also given the opportunity to receive training on, and devote time working directly with, Eastfield College's portable scanning electron microscope, the Hitachi TM-1000. Attendees, including science teachers from the DCCCD, Garland, Mesquite and Dallas ISDs, and Dallas Christian Academy, were present for the all day TEA approved workshop. Plans are to make the professional development workshops a recurring event at Eastfield College.