Then, of course, we start to explore follow up questions like:. Once you head down this path, you start to see all of the forks in the road. These can lead you down a totally different journey than what you originally anticipated. The answer to this is one is easy: everyone. Guess what? It IS your job. We are a community and we all help each other. What benefits students, benefits us all. No one teacher has ownership of an approach.
This question ties back to our first one. This is an approach, not a scripted curriculum. STEAM is meant to encourage curiosity, ask big questions and provoke creativity in the exploration of problem-solving.
Everyone can be a part of that in every class. STEAM occurs throughout the day. That means you can integrate STEAM into your math class, your music class, your field day — anything. This is something that is woven into the fabric of our school culture.
But that also means, this comes with some responsibilities. As with most approaches in education, we need to ensure that our teachers receive high-quality professional development before implementation. Whichever you choose, just be sure that teachers have the ability to learn more about how this approach works and how to use it in their classrooms. Since STEAM is an approach , teachers need to understand how to align curricular standards, create integrated assessments, develop lessons that ensure both the arts and the STEM areas are taught with integrity, and specific strategies that can be used with students.
STEAM is so much more than that, and you need to have teachers trained in how to use it. So no matter what option you choose, get everyone on your team some training to ensure the best opportunity for success.
These can be a great option for teachers who want to do a deep dive study. You might want to consider programs like:. This can include teacher-led PD days or even school-wide attendance at an online conference or course. This unfortunately does a disservice to both the teachers and the approach. Often, this switch comes without any training. This is also tied to the release of funding due to the updated ESSA law in This allowed schools to receive funds if they chose to integrate the arts.
Many schools added this to their improvement plans without a true knowledge of what it really takes to weave STEAM in and through a learning pathway. You need to teach each of these things individually first. Those science, math, technology and engineering classes need to focus on teaching those skills first. If all this is true, then surely STEAM becomes something that happens just in the arts classes, right? But they can also happen in the math or science room.
STEAM is a process of application. It allows our students to create meaning for themselves and others. That can occur in any class with any teacher. This approach to learning is certainly not an easy task, but the benefits to students and the entire school community are tremendous.
Students and teachers engaged in STEAM make more real-life connections so that school is not a place where you go to learn but instead becomes the entire experience of learning itself. We are always learning, always growing, always experimenting. Free video sharing helpful pedagogy and strategy. Base Ten Buildings Activity. Sample lesson and activity connecting math and art. Microscopic Images Resource. Explore the ways to integrate science and art through this resource.
Susan Riley T STEM vs. Additional Resources. This includes but is not limited to : providing mobile devices for students sometimes in the forms of computer labs, and other times in the form of — a single device for each student after-school STEM clubs or programs STEM curriculum, where projects using STEM practices are embedded BYOD initiatives bring your own device STEM days to encourage hands-on exploration within each of these disciplines robotics programs While these initiatives are a wonderful start into the exploration of these four areas of study, the critical process of creativity and innovation is missing.
In order to accomplish these goals, schools must consider a variety of factors, including: Collaborative planning, including a cross-section of teachers on each team. Adjusting scheduling to accommodate a new way of teaching and learning.
STEAM schema-mapping for the curriculum and assessment design process. Alignment and unpacking of standards and assessments. Seamless lesson implementation processes and strategies. Discovery Discovery is all about active research and intentional teaching. Application This is where the fun happens! Link This step is what closes the loop. These are excellent questions.
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