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Innovative STEM Schools
February 23, 2012
Rebecca Payne – NC DPI STEM Education
and Leadership
Mark Ezzell – NC STEM Community
Collaborative
Overview
Outcomes:
• STEM Model Programs
– Elementary
• Q & A
– Middle
• Q & A
– High
• Q & A
• NC STEM Learning Network Benefits
Agenda
• Introduction Rebecca Payne
• New Hanover County, NC Liz Day
– Rachel Freeman
School of Engineering
• Winston-Salem Forsyth County, NC Andy Kraft
– Hanes Middle School
• Knox County Schools, TN Becky Ashe
– L & N STEM Academy
• NC Learning Network - Updates Mark Ezzell
• Wrap up Rebecca Payne
& Mark Ezzell
Rachel Freeman School of
Engineering
lizette.day@nhcs.net
Liz Day, STEM Coordinator
Rachel Freeman
School of Engineering
Gearing Young Minds for the Future
Adrian Pearson, Principal
Mission
We are a community of student
engineers who use team work,
communication, and creative
thinking to solve problems as we
build dreams and become lifelong
learners in a global society.
Vision
We will achieve social and academic
excellence utilizing the engineering
design process.
STEM
• Rachel Freeman School of Engineering incorporates Science, Technology, Engineering and Math into the NC SCOS
– Students learn science through hands on kits
– Students learn math through small group direct insruction, guided practice and independent practice
– Students use technology to help them learn all subjects
– Students apply what they’ve learned to an engineering design challenge
STEM
• We use four, 9week rotations, based on science kit rotation
• Field trip experience included each 9weeks
• Engineering notebook for every student
• National Engineer’s Week: school wide engineering design challenges, guest speakers
• After School Program
• STEM Coordinator
Partnerships
• NHCS
– Professional Development
– Financial Support
– Public Relations
• NC State
– Professional Development
– After School Program
• GE
– Professional Development
– Financial Support
– Volunteers
• College Acres Baptist Church
– Financial Support
– Volunteers
Freeman NC EOG Data by Year
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2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011
School Year
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Math
Science
Composite
NC EOG data by Content
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Reading Math Science Composite
Content Area
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2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
QUESTIONS
Rachel Freeman School of Engineering
Liz Day
Hanes Middle School
Andrew Kraft, K - 12 STEM Education
aakraft@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
www.hanesmagnet.org
Melita Wise, Principal
History of STEM at Hanes
$1,100,000
Federal Magnet Grant in 2008
Magnet Theme
Math, Science & Pre-engineering
Money was spent on;
Technology
Staff development
Personnel
Technology added to the Hanes campus
50” flat screen TV’s in all classrooms Wireless tablets in all classrooms Document cameras in all classrooms Distance Learning Lab added Laptops for every teacher TI Inspire calculators with wireless
communication Computer Lab added 3 Project Lead the Way Labs added
Every PLTW computer runs Autodesk inventor
5 Computer Labs on campus plus 3 PLTW labs
Changes with STEM
Before STEM / Magnet
500 students
Keyboarding elective
Only served certain students
Segregated student body
Very few after school clubs
After STEM / Magnet
1100 students
Project Lead the Way
Available to all students in Forsyth Co.
Integrated student body
Many after school STEM clubs
Math & Science
informs people
about the world
Engineering makes
improvements in the world
Technology is the improvement that
the engineer makes
To prepare our students to solve real world problems like;
Saving trapped miners
Cleaning up oil spills
Creating clean energy
Hanes 2011 – 2012 (1050 Students)
1. Core Classes (100% of students) a. Quarterly STEM Projects
b. Engineers speaking to students regularly via skype and pre- recorded interviews and visits to the school
c. Lessons infused with STEM
2. Encore Classes (75% of students every year – 90% of students over 3 years)
a. Project Lead the Way
3. After School Clubs (20+% of students) a. Science Olympiad d. TSA
b. TARC e. Math Counts c. FLL f. Sea Perch
Quarterly STEM projects Every grade level participates in quarterly
STEM projects
STEM theme integrated into curriculum How does an engineer use what we are
learning in Math
Language Arts teachers reading articles about local Scientists and Engineers
Social Studies classes looking at how technology changed history.
STEM Fair (Not just Science Fair)
Project Lead the Way Components
Design and Modeling
Science of Technology
Energy and the Environment
Flight and Space
Automation and Robotics
*Adding Bio Tech in 2012 – 2013*
FIRST Lego League (FLL) 3 teams of 6-8 students
Students build and program a robot designed to accomplish certain tasks
Students develop an innovative solution to a particular problem and present their solution to experts
Local, Regional, State Competition
Season = September - January
Sea Perch
Program through the US Navy
Students build a submersible remotely operated vehicle
Students test the vehicle in a local pool
Obstacles are created for students and they work in teams to overcome the obstacles
Technology Student Association (TSA) Students work individually or as a team
agriculture and biotechnology
website design
dragster design
flight challenge
film technology
CAD with 3D modeling
desktop publishing
extemporaneous speaking
radio controlled transportation
scientific visualization
Science Olympiad
Life, Personal & Social Science
Earth & Space Science
Physical Science & Chemistry
Technology & Engineering
Inquiry & Nature of Science
Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC)
Largest Rocket Competition in the world
Students build a rocket that must accomplish a certain task
Teams of 6-8 students in 7th or 8th grade
Season= September - March
Community Partnerships
Partnerships provide Curriculum Development
Volunteers
Field Trips
Financial Support
Hanes Partnerships Include BE Aerospace
Cook Medical
Wake Forest University / WFBMC
Volvo/Mack Trucks
Data Max
Growth of STEM in WS/FCS
K-12 STEM Continuum in WS/FCS All available to any student in WS/FCS
Two new STEM schools will be added in 2012 -2013 Kernersville Middle, Wiley Middle
Community Partnerships WS Chamber of Commerce partnered
with every middle school in WS/FCS to add afterschool STEM clubs
QUESTIONS
Hanes Middle School
Andrew Kraft
L & N STEM Academy
Becky Ashe, Principal Knox County Schools, TN - STEM Coordinator
Becky.ashe@knoxschools.org
An overview
Meet
The L&N STEM Academy
Find us on Facebook: Knox County STEM Academy
On Twitter @KCStemAcademy
http://knoxscountystemac.knoxschools.org
L&N – how do we STEM-ify our teaching?
• L&N STEM Habits – We think STEM is not a content or discipline, but a
philosophy, a set of skills that allow logical analysis and innovation.
– All courses are designed to foster the L & N 6 STEM habits of: • Collaboration
• Critical thinking
• Inquiry
• Design thinking
• Problem solving
• Professionalism
The STEM experience
• Course offerings
– All freshmen and sophomores required to take Latin
– All students take 4-year STEM course arc. This is an original, completely problem based curriculum that is co-facilitated by a STEM field and humanities teacher. Modified from the Stanford “d school” concept. (www.dschool.stanford.edu)
– Inverted curriculum in science – all freshmen taking Conceptual Physics (one section, 18 students, on track to earn standard Physics credit)
Student Selection
• NO ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
– As a recipient of federal Race to the Top dollars, we are not allowed to have any prerequisites. No minimum GPAs, test scores, or aptitudes.
– Application asks only for a statement from student on why they want to attend (trying to solicit student “buy-in”) and their geographically “zoned” school
• Students are selected via lottery
– Each zoned high school in the system (13) is allotted a number of “seats” based on their grade-level proportion of the system’s total seats for that grade
Inaugural Year (2011-12)
• 173 students – 131 freshmen, 42
sophomores
• 27.6% free and reduced lunch
• 29.8% minority students
• 53% male, 47% female
• First mid-year benchmark tests show higher-than-peer growth in English 10 and Algebra I (only KCS benchmarked courses)
Looking ahead
• We’ve held showcases and school tours since September on a regular basis
• We’ve hosted visitors from 8 other school systems (surrounding counties, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Ohio)
• We’ll accept 150 new freshmen and 26 sophomores next year. – We received 250 applications for 176 seats
– Planning to implement geographical blind lottery (as last year)
Student Support Blocks
• Within the school
– Peer advisory groups
– Enrichment periods for enhanced instructional opportunities 3 x/week
• From the STEM community
– Distinguished lecturer series
– Brown bag lunches
– Volunteer opportunities through Advisories
Teacher Support Blocks
• Within the school
– Technology training
– Collaboration across disciplines
• From the STEM community
– Research opportunities through the University
– Externships
The KARST East TN Hub
Knox Area Resources for STem
Inspirational view! This is from the “porch” area on the back of the school facing World’s Fair Park. The Veteran’s Memorial is visible in the foreground, the Sunsphere to the left, Knoxville Museum of Art to the right, and the edge of the new Engineering Building on UTK’s campus just behind the Candy Factory lofts at the far right. Visual reminders all of the potential to impact and mold his/her own future for each one of our students!
QUESTIONS
L & N STEM Academy
Becky Ashe
Important Dates:
March 1, 2012
Applications due for NC Learning Network (1st
round)
Visit: www.ncstem.org/initiatives
April 16-18, 2012
Scaling STEM: Transforming Education Matters
Visit: http://newschoolsproject.org/2012stemconference/
Embracing STEM Education
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Thank You!
Rebecca Payne NC DPI
rebecca.payne@dpi.nc.gov
Mark Ezzell NC STEM
mezzell@ncstem.org
aakraft@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
Hanes Middle School lizette.day@nhcs.net
Rachel Freeman School of Engineering
Becky.ashe@knoxschools.org L & N STEM Academy
Tina Marcus NC DPI
tina.marcus@dpi.nc.gov