STEMbyTAF AT WMS PREPARING STUDENTS TO CREATE A WORLD THEY ENVISION The willingness to deeply connect with students and disrupt the current formulaic and inequitable school models 1
THE OPPORTUNITY Partner with SPS To Improve Opportunities Produce Students Who Are for Underserved WMS Create a culture of high ▪ Students expectations and support Socially conscious and ▪ to meet them Create academic ▪ self-aware Implement a pedagogy ▪ environment that Armed with the 21 st designed towards student ▪ eliminate race-based century skills needed to voice, choice and disparity in academic succeed leadership achievement Positioned to create the Curate content that is ▪ ▪ Promote the highest level ▪ culturally and world they envision, of student learning and personally, communally, communally relevant teacher development nationally and globally Enlist community to ▪ support learning and provide resources 2
THE MODEL 3
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GROUNDED IN STEM LITERACY STEM literacy is the ability to Enables students to apply 21st understand and apply concepts century skills such as collaboration, knowledge and content from science, construction, self-regulation, technology, engineering, problem solving, innovation, mathematics, humanities and information technology and arts to identify and solve communication to improve the challenges or problems that social, economic, and cannot be resolved by any one environmental conditions of disciplinary approach. their local and global community. 6
PROJECT BASED LEARNING Students receive direct instruction and PBL Core subject teachers collaborate to create interdisciplinary projects based on state and district mandated curriculum, student interest and state standards. Teachers adjust elements of project to ensure rigor for all students. Students have 3-4 projects per year One centered on Humanities ▪ One centered on Science ▪ One centered on Math or elective ▪ STEM Expo ▪ Teachers use some of the elements of PBL during direct instruction as well. 7
PROJECT BASED LEARNING 8
6 TH GRADE PROJECT: STEM EXPO 2019 How can we Took students Choose their Students Science: Students give Students improve and outside to park, Conservation issues conservation reflect on and receive share their create natural used app (Seek in WA, solution to issue, choose their critical project with spaces in urban by iNaturalist) apply to Saghalie their solution, learning and feedback on their families environments so to identify park, collect data, grouped the their work and the public that they benefit species in the provide evidence, based on challenges using a critical people and the community, design and model interests, and of the friends model Students organisms that measuring design their project designed a live in them? areas to Math: Ratios and model full-scale replace to scaling Design a way to increase model of their improve Saghalie biodiversity, solution Humanities: Park that based model Research articles, positively design by identify a valid Give full impacts specific areas source, cite presentation biodiversity in they wanted to resources, write our community. improve persuasive essay to 9 biodiversity propose solution
IMPLEMENTATION 10
CLASS SETUP Students in “Houses” containing 80-90 students* ▪ Houses have three core subject teachers: science, math and humanities ▪ Loop 6 th and 7 th grade to support student readiness for 8 th grade ▪ Provide at least one high school certified math teacher to support ▪ advanced learners Humanities teachers must be certified in both ELA and Social Studies. ▪ *Houses are randomly chosen groups of students that take all core courses together. Teachers in a House collaborate to define projects, support students and evaluate data. 11
PROPOSED COURSES Course Grades Notes ▪ The minimum threshold is for all 8 th graders take algebra, and there will Math All grades need to be an effort to ensure incoming students are on track to meet it. ▪ All students will be supported in achieving at their highest potential. ▪ High school credit available. Humanities All grades Teacher must be certified in ELA and Social Studies Science All grades ▪ 6 th & 7 th grade samples options World Language 6-8 th ▪ 8 th graders may take for high school credit 8 th graders may get high school credit Health All grades Physical Education All grades Available to 7 th and 8 th grade only Engineering Elective Available to 7 th and 8 th grade only Computer Science Elective Art and Design All grades Elective All grades Music Elective 6 th grade entry to engineering and computer Robotics Elective science. Current WMS Electives Grades determined by class Elective 12
TAF STAFF ON CAMPUS Position Role Interfaces With Director Manages the TAF staff on campus, is a partner with the principal in the Principal planning and rollout of the academic program and supports the principal in selecting staff. Instructional Coach Provides teachers instructional support in the STEMbyTAF Model and Assistant Principal, helps them reach the practitioner level in project-based teaching. WMS Instructional Brings STEM professionals to the campus to support learning. Coach, Teachers Program Manager – College and Provides college and career readiness services for all students, including WMS Counselor, Career Readiness college and career fair, college visits, college preparation coaching for Teachers parents and students, and career exploration Program Coordinator, Student Manages all out of school time extended learning opportunities and the Assistant Principal Support and Enrichment Student Ambassador program. Student Support Specialists Works side by side with classroom math teachers to provide additional Math Teachers, support to students. There is one Student Support Specialist per math Instructional teacher Coaches Tech Support Specialist Keeps all technology (classroom and student laptops) operating. This District IT, position will not be on campus if the district already has effective tech Teachers, support allocation. Students 14
STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES Summer Jump Start for incoming 6 th graders ▪ More time to learn ▪ Ability to demonstrate multiple way of meeting standards ▪ Field trips relevant to projects ▪ College and Career Fair, college visits ▪ STEM Expo ▪ Out of school time extended learning ▪ Robotics Team ▪ Engineering Lab ▪ ▪ Learn from industry professionals ▪ Get introduced to new technologies 15
WMS STAFFING Principal Hunt will remain the Principal ▪ No teacher changes unless they choose to leave ▪ Teachers will get extensive training in STEMbyTAF Model ▪ All other staff remain the same unless they’ve chosen to leave ▪ 16
LEARN MORE ABOUT TAF Website: http://www.techaccess.org Twitter: @STEMbyTAF Facebook: facebook.com/stembytaf Email: development@techaccess.org 17
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