STEM Summer Institute
Monday, June 13 - Friday, June 17, 2016
8am - 4pm
Morgridge College of Education
1999 E Evans Ave, Denver, CO 80210
The STEMinspired Team:
• Kellie Lauth, Principal, STEM Launch K-8 and STEM Coordinator, Adams 12 Five Star
Schools
• Kerry Glenn, STEM Coordinator, Northglenn High School
• JP Sampson, STEM Coordinator, Northglenn High School
• Tracey Calderon, STEM Coordinator, STEM Lab K-8
• Jeanette Ryan, STEM Coordinator, STEM Launch K-8
• Keely Rochford, STEM Coordinator/Instructional Coach, STEM Launch K-8
SCHEDULE
Monday, June 13
8:00 - 8:30
Welcome
Facilitator Introductions
What is STEM?
STEM vs. Traditional Classrooms
Why STEM is not a fad
8:30 - 9:00 STEM: It's a Journey
Partnership Guest Speaker
9:00 - 10:00 Problem Introduction and Task
Guest Speaker: Janet Burgesser - Program Manager at Certifiably Green Denver - 720865-5457 - [email protected]
10:00 - 10:15 Board Buses (or walk)
11:00 - 3:30 Field Experience with Experts
Tuesday, June 14
8:00 - 8:30 Check-in, Computer Checkout, Q/A, time to finish reflection
8:30 - 10:30 Panel Preparation
Review Rubric & Panel Expectations
Prepare solutions and presentations
10:30 - 12:30 Panel Presentations
Panel Schedule
See two other groups present
Design challenge
Reflective task to prompt conversation after lunch
12:30 - 1:30 LUNCH
1:30 - 2:00 Reflect and share thoughts about the panel process
2:00 - 2:45 STEM Documents and Commitments
Read the STEM docs - Brainstorm commitments and post - get up and do gallery walk add dots to ones you agree with
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 3:30 Transdisciplinary Overview
PBL Applications - PBL Look-Fors
3:30 - 4:00 Closure and Reflection
Wednesday, June 15
Cycle two groups at DU and one group at RAFT: 8:30 - 10:00, 10:30 - 12:00, 1:30 - 3:00 (times TBD)
Select one 45-minute course from each session:
Session 1: 8:30 - 10:00 - 9 sessions - 45 minutes each (go to 4 of 9)
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Primary (K-2) Instruction and STEM - Jina Bradford and Teri Crump - Room 642
Creating Websites to Structure PBLs - Jess Noffsinger - STEM Room 644 (Additional Resources)
Embedding STEM into Language Arts & Social Studies - Kurt Helfrich and Andrea Overton - Room
648
Student Accountability & Assessment Strategies - Lori Egan and Kerry Glenn - Room 649
(Additional Resources)
Teaching Collaboration - Alice Smith - Room 648
Student Motivation/Engagement - Kurt Helfrich and Andrea Overton - Room 645
Technology - Google Classroom, Google apps, helpful resources
Panel Presentations/Preparation/Formats - Kerry Glenn and Lori Egan - Room 645
Authentic Work with Industry Partners - partnership, staff realizing the work of industry, how
this leads to authentic work products for students, essential skills they want to see developed NEED 1 or 2 in each session
Session 2: 10:00 - 12:00
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Primary (K-2) Instruction and STEM - Jina Bradford and Teri Crump - Room 642
Creating Websites to Structure PBLs - Jess Noffsinger - STEM Room 644 (Additional Resources)
Embedding STEM into Language Arts & Social Studies - Kurt Helfrich and Andrea Overton - Room
648
Student Accountability & Assessment Strategies - Lori Egan and Kerry Glenn - Room 649
(Additional Resources)
Teaching Collaboration - Alice Smith - Room 648
Student Motivation/Engagement - Kurt Helfrich and Andrea Overton - Room 645
Technology - Google Classroom, Google apps, helpful resources
Panel Presentations/Preparation/Formats - Kerry Glenn and Lori Egan - Room 645
Authentic Work with Industry Partners - partnership, staff realizing the work of industry, how
this leads to authentic work products for students, essential skills they want to see developed NEED 1 or 2 in each session
12:00 - 1:30 LUNCH
Session 3: 1:30 - 3:30
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Primary (K-2) Instruction and STEM - Jina Bradford and Teri Crump - Room 642
Creating Websites to Structure PBLs - Jess Noffsinger - STEM Room 644 (Additional Resources)
Embedding STEM into Language Arts & Social Studies - Kurt Helfrich and Andrea Overton - Room
648
Student Accountability & Assessment Strategies - Lori Egan and Kerry Glenn - Room 649
(Additional Resources)
Teaching Collaboration - Alice Smith - Room 648
Student Motivation/Engagement - Kurt Helfrich and Andrea Overton - Room 645
Technology - Google Classroom, Google apps, helpful resources
Panel Presentations/Preparation/Formats - Kerry Glenn and Lori Egan - Room 645
Authentic Work with Industry Partners - partnership, staff realizing the work of industry, how
this leads to authentic work products for students, essential skills they want to see developed NEED 1 or 2 in each session
3:30 - 4:00 Reflection
Thursday, June 16
8:00 - 8:30 Review plans for the day - share previous day’s reflections
TED TALK - A LOCAL BACTERIA
8:30 - 9:15 Robert Payo - Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Learning & Memory Presentation
Learning & Memory Notes
Working Memory
9:15 - 9:30 Break
9:30 - 9:45 Education Entrepreneurism
Guest Speaker: John Farnam, Morgridge Family Foundation
9:45 - 11:00 What does it mean to be a young entrepreneur?
Guest Speakers: Quantum Tech, LLC founders
Dan Morris
Jack - Jack’s Stands
Cheyenne
STEM Chat - Kylan (5h grader from STEM Launch) - Sumer Sorensen-Bain
11:10 - 12:00 PBL Outcomes - STEM Workspaces
Service Learning and Entrepreneurism - grade level breakout sessions
12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH
1:00 - 1:15
Taking Risks, Permission to Fail - STEM Norms
1:15 - 1:45
Planning Framework
1:45 - 2:15
Sample PBL Ideas and Standards, forms, resources, etc.
2:15 - 2:30
BREAK
2:30 - 3:30
Two 30-minute rounds of Teacher panels - Participants self-select which panel to attend
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Administrators
K-8 Electives
Technology, Librarian, SPED, Coaches
3:30 - 4:00 Closure and Reflection
Friday, June 17
8:30 - 12:00 PBL DESIGN TIME
12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH
1:00 - 3:00 PBL DESIGN TIME
3:00 - 4:00 Pitching to Shark Tanks (combinations of student, teacher, and administrator shark
tanks)
Final Reflections - Please complete the reflection appropriate to your school location.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Participants will be able to:
• Demonstrate understanding of STEM components
• Articulate and employ instructional strategies and tools that support STEM education
• Plan and implement problem-based learning
Colorado Teacher Quality
Standards:
• Quality Standard I-Teachers
• demonstrate mastery of and pedagogical expertise in the content they teach.
◦ ELEMENT D: Teachers demonstrate knowledge of the content, central concepts,
tools of inquiry, appropriate evidence-based instructional practices and
specialized character of the disciplines being taught.
◦ ELEMENT E: Teachers develop lessons that reflect the interconnectedness of
content areas/disciplines.
◦ ELEMENT F: Teachers make instruction and content relevant to students and
take actions to connect students’ background and contextual knowledge with new
information being taught.
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Quality Standard III
- Teachers plan and deliver effective instruction and create an environment that
facilitates learning for their students
◦ ELEMENT A: Teachers demonstrate knowledge of current developmental
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science, the ways in which learning takes place and the appropriate levels of
intellectual, social and emotional development of their students.
ELEMENT C: Teachers demonstrate a rich knowledge of current
research on effective instructional practices to meet the developmental and
academic needs of their students.
ELEMENT D: Teachers thoughtfully integrate and utilize appropriate available
technology in their instruction to maximize student learning.
ELEMENT E: Teachers establish and communicate high expectations for all
students and plan instruction that helps students develop critical-thinking and
problem solving skills.
ELEMENT F: Teachers provide students with opportunities to work in teams and
develop leadership qualities.
ELEMENT H: Teachers use appropriate methods to assess what
each student has learned, including formal and informal assessments, and use
results to plan further instruction.
Quality Standard VI
- Teachers take responsibility for student academic growth.
◦ ELEMENT B: Teachers demonstrate high levels of student academic growth in
the skills necessary for postsecondary and workforce readiness, including
democratic and civic participation. Teachers demonstrate their ability to utilize
multiple data sources and evidence to evaluate their practice, and make
adjustments where needed to continually improve attainment of student academic
growth.