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MAKING THE CASE…. for STEM Education STEM Leadership Network: Forum #3 April 17, 2014 ESD 123 Blue Mtn. Room Georgia Boatman & Peggy Willcuts. PREPARING YOUR STEM NOTEBOOK. Title for Today ’ s Page: SLN 2013-2014 Forum #3 April 17, 2014 ESD 123 Blue Mt. Room. Tools for Your Use….
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MAKING THE CASE… for STEM Education STEM Leadership Network: Forum #3 April 17, 2014 ESD 123 Blue Mtn. Room Georgia Boatman & Peggy Willcuts
PREPARING YOUR STEM NOTEBOOK • Title for Today’s Page: • SLN 2013-2014 Forum #3 • April 17, 2014 • ESD 123 Blue Mt. Room
Tools for Your Use… • Quick inventory of table: • Table Box – take off the lid and set underneath
Remember your two lenses… Adult Learner Instructional Leader 4
AGENDA OVERVIEW Lunch ! • PART ONE: • Immersion into STEM Education through Family Engineering • PART TWO: • Sharing Successes • PART THREE: • Team Action Planning
GOALS • Build a shared understanding of the elements of effective STEM instruction • Increase awareness of the research supporting effective teaching and learning • Experience, first-hand, an immersion activity modeling effective STEM instruction • Take action together as school district teams
Engineering Experience • Task: You are engineers hired to design the framework for the model of a tall building. • Materials Available: 20 Pipe cleaners. • Constraints: • Work as a team. • Tower must be free standing-not attached to anything and not hand-held. • Start with discussion and sketch of potential plan. • Listen for the chime – important instructions will follow!
Engineering Experience Continued Due to significant cuts in budgets, you will now have only 15 pipe cleaners to work with. Put 5 back in the bag.
Engineering Experience Continued We have just learned that this project is being managed by a company from another country. Their engineers do not speak English. • All team members are now forbidden to speak.
Engineering Experience Continued Human Resources has just informed us that we have to reduce our workforce by 50%. • All team members must now work with one hand behind their back.
PART TWO:Sharing Successes Part 1Richland District Middle SchoolsLivingston Elementary
PART TWO:Sharing Successes Part 2Learning From Each Other Poster Session
Your Focus for the Poster Session • Listen for how teams have used resources from the SLN: • Family engineering • Presentation resources • Readings • Parent/community engagement
Poster Session • Leave a docent with your poster • 3 minutes per poster – listen for the chime!
TEAM DISCUSSION AND SENSE-MAKING • What did you hear that is similar to what you have done but had an interesting twist? • Was there anything you heard that might change the direction your team will take next year? • Were there ideas you could implement right away?
Action Plan Continuum We have a strong Action Plan and we REALLY work it! We have a pretty good Action Plan, and we are making some of it happen Well….we HAVE an Action Plan, but need a nudge to really make it happen Action Plan? What the heck’s an Action Plan?
Final Notes… SLN Evaluation AESD Survey • See You Next Year! • Elementary and Secondary Cadres • Building Administrators • +Teacher Leader(s) • Please Complete Your Evaluations • New Technology-easy as PIE! • Drive safely!
MAKING THE CASE… for STEM Education STEM Leadership Network: Forum #3 April 17, 2014 ESD 123 Blue Mtn. Room Georgia Boatman & Peggy Willcuts