New Teacher Academy:

STEM and the CCSS

01.06.14
Celebrations
O Share with your table group a success
youve had implementing something from
our New Teacher Academy sessions.
O If this is your first session, then share
something that is working for you!

O Speed Circle: In a few words, each
person will share their celebration
Session Goals:
O What:
O Participants will be able to define STEM education
(What it isWhat it is not)
O Why:
O Participants will be able to definitively explain why
STEM practices are a necessity in ALL classrooms,
for ALL students
O How:
O Participants will have tools to help them arrange for
STEM-centric learning

What?
O Defining STEM Education in Maryland
What it IS, What it is NOT
O Each table has a set of documents that
define/ discuss STEM Education. As a
group, review (scan) the documents and
complete the What it IS/ What it is NOT
chart.
STEM is
Holistic in Nature
Embedded in Content
Performance Based
Transdisciplinary
Inquiry (Questioning)
Engagement
Purposeful
Reflection
College/Career Readiness (CORE)
Research
Authentic (Real World)
Problem Based
Project Based (PBL and BIE)
Collaborative
Relevant
Standards of Practice (never mastered; life-long; K-12;
revolve around CONTENT, REAL WORLD PROBLEMS, and
QUESTIONS)

STEM Education Expectations
All Students
All Courses
Students interested in
science, technology,
engineering, & mathematics.
Offered through specialized
programs, academies,
courses, etc.
Marylands Vision for
STEM Education


Marylands vision is to be a leader in STEM
Education, preparing and inspiring generations of
learners to meet the challenges of the global
society through innovation, collaboration, and
creative problem solving.

STEM Education
An approach to teaching and learning that integrates the content and skills
of the STEM disciplines and other disciplines to answer complex questions,
investigate global issues, and solve real-world problems and challenges.
What is STEM Education?
To prepare students for post-secondary study and the 21
st
century
workforce.
Why STEM Education?
STEM Standards of Practice and Frameworks
STEM-centric units and lessons
Project-, problem-, inquiry-, and challenge-based pedagogies
Professional learning communities
Backwards Mapping and Unpacking Standards
How to Implement STEM Education?
STEM Standards of Practice
1. Learn and Apply Rigorous Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics Content
2. Integrate Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics Content
3. Interpret and Communicate STEM Information
4. Engage in Inquiry
5. Engage in Logical Reasoning
6. Collaborate as a STEM Team
7. Apply Technology Appropriately


http://mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/stem/index.html
What is STEM Education?
What STEM education IS What STEM education is
NOT
Lets further explore the STEM
Standards of Practice
O The STEM Standards of Practice are NOT content
Standards. Rather, they are practices that have been
standardized. Teachers should arrange for these best
practices to support student learning
O These practices span PreK-12
O STEM is more than just Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics.. Its an approach to generate student
thinking and learning.
O You can teach a science lesson and not use STEM
practices
O STEM is not synonymous with building something
O STEM practices support the learning and mastery of
content
O The STEM Standards of Practice are HOW (best
practices) we teach the WHAT (content)
Maryland STEM Standards of Practices
are to Guide, Support and Inform:
Curriculum Development
Assessment (formative and summative)
Professional Development
Teacher Preparation
STEM Career and College Readiness
Student Independence and Problem Solving Capabilities

PreK-12 STEM Progression
Stem Standards of Practice
Why?
O Lets explore why the STEM Standards
of Practice are a necessity for student
learning
Awareness
Shift Happens
O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew4v_k
bZNUI
O What are the implications??


How the STEM Standards of Practice will support whats
already on YOUR plate!
O At each table there is a manila folder; each
folder contains copies of one of the
following documents
O CCSS Introduction
O Equip Rubric
O Evidence Tables
O Danielson Evaluation Rubric (Domain 3)
O DOK Levels

O As a group, review the information in your
folder. Using the STEM Standards of
Practice document, draw conclusions as
to how the practices can be supportive.

Caines Arcade
O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIFNkd
q96U

O Again, what are the implications and why
are the STEM Standards of Practice so
important?
How?
O How can we begin to effectively arrange
for STEM centric learning in our
classrooms?
Implementing STEM Education
Implementing STEM Education should not disrupt,
displace, or add on to curricular pacing.
STEM Education complements the continuum of
content instruction that would occur during the day.
Multiple Approaches
How Can All
Teachers
Implement STEM
Education?
Physical
Education
Health
Fine Arts
Career & Technology
Education
English Language
Arts
Social Studies
Science
Mathematics
Capacities of a Literate
Individual

They demonstrate
independence
They build strong content
knowledge
They respond to the varying
demands of audience, task,
purpose and discipline
They comprehend as well as
critique
They value evidence
They use technology and
digital media strategically and
capably
They come to understand
other perspectives and
cultures
Science and Engineering
Practices

Asking questions (for
science) and defining
problems (for engineering)
Developing and using models
Planning and carrying out
investigations
Analyzing and interpreting
data
Using mathematics and
computational thinking
Constructing explanations
(for science) and designing
solutions (for engineering)
Engaging in argument from
evidence
Obtaining, evaluating, and
communicating information

Math Practices


Make sense of problems
and persevere in solving
them
Reason abstractly and
quantitatively
Construct viable
arguments and critique the
reasoning of others
Model with mathematics
Use appropriate tools
strategically
Attend to precision
Look for and make use of
structure
Look for and express
regularity in repeated
reasoning

Social Studies (C3)
Dimensions

Developing questions and
planning inquiries
Applying disciplinary tools
and concepts (civics,
economics, geography, and
history)
Evaluating sources and
using evidence
Communicating conclusions
and taking informed action
STEM Standards of Practice

Learn and apply rigorous science, technology, engineering, and mathematics content
Integrate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics content
Interpret and communicate STEM information
Engage in Inquiry
Engage in Logical Reasoning
Collaborate as a STEM team
Apply technology appropriately


Maryland State STEM Standards of Practice
Frameworks and Instructional Guides
Grades: Pre-K, K, 2, 5, 8 and 12
http://mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/stem/index.html
STEM Standards of Practice
Engage in Inquiry
STEM proficient students will engage in inquiry to
investigate global issues, challenges, and real world
problems.

A. Ask questions to identify and define global issues,
challenges, and real world problems.
B. Conduct research to refine questions and develop
new questions.

Standard
Student Proficiencies
STEM Proficient Student
Statement
Comparing and Contrasting Approaches to
Integrated Curriculum
Interdisciplinary
Transdisciplinary
Multidisciplinary
STEM-Centric Lesson and Unit Checklist
Content Standards and the
STEM Standards of Practice
Real World Connection
Development of Deep
Conceptual Understandings
Diverse Learners
The lesson or unit:
Aligns to a target set of rigorous
course content standards.
Identify content standards below:



Aligns to the STEM Standards of
Practice.
Identify Practices below:



Integrates content standards from
science, technology, engineering, or
mathematics courses as
appropriate to address the real
world connection.
Identify standards below:



Focuses teaching and learning on
developing content mastery and
STEM proficiency.
The lesson or unit:
Presents the real world connection
in the form of a complex question,
global issue, challenge, or problem.
Provides opportunities for students
to apply content knowledge from
multiple courses as appropriate to
answer complex questions, to
investigate global issues, or to
develop solutions for challenges
and real world problems.
Provides opportunities for students
to develop or use a systematic
approach (e.g.: engineering design
process, computational thinking) to
investigate and develop solutions or
answers to the real world
connection.
Provides opportunities for students
to understand the relationship
between the real world connection,
course content, and the work
performed by STEM professionals.
The lesson or unit:
Requires students to employ higher
order thinking skills in the
application of content knowledge.
Provides opportunities for students
to adapt or extend concepts,
activities, or projects to enhance
their understanding.
Provides opportunities for students
to develop understanding of content
through questioning, problem
solving, collaboration, and hands-on
activities.
Provides opportunities for students
to demonstrate their understanding
of content and the application of the
STEM Standards of Practice
independently (this check box is for
a unit containing multiple lessons).

The lesson or unit
incorporates the following
as appropriate to meet the
needs of diverse learners:
Universal Design for
Learning Principals
http://marylandlearninglinks.
org/950
WIDA Performance
Definitions and CAN
DO Descriptors
http://www.wida.us/standards/
CAN_DOs/
Accelerations or
enhancements for
gifted and talented
students.


Unpacking Standards- Inside Out Method
Wiggins & McTighe 2012










STANDARD

Stated/implied big ideas in NOUNS: Stated/implied performances in VERBS:
ADJECTIVES and ADVERBS:
Understandings
Essential Questions
Transfer Goal(s)
Performance Task(s)
Criteria
Backwards Mapping
Resources
O http://mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/ste
m/index.html (Maryland Frameworks and
information)
O http://wcpsstem.weebly.com (STEM
Weebly)
O https://edmo.do/j/h66l67 (STEM Edmodo)
O vzar9x (code to join Edmodo group)
Clarifying Questions
Planning and Inquiry Time
O Consider upcoming Standards and how
STEM Practices could support student
mastery
O Consider various initiatives and how
STEM Practices could support them
O Explore Resources
STEM Education
An approach to teaching and learning that integrates the content and skills
of the STEM disciplines and other disciplines to answer complex questions,
investigate global issues, and solve real-world problems and challenges.
What is STEM Education?
To prepare students for post-secondary study and the 21
st
century
workforce.
Why STEM Education?
STEM Standards of Practice and Frameworks
STEM-centric units and lessons
Project-, problem-, inquiry-, and challenge-based pedagogies
Professional learning communities
Backwards Mapping and Unpacking Standards
How to Implement STEM Education?
Session Goals:
O What:
O Participants will be able to define STEM education
(What it isWhat it is not)
O Why:
O Participants will be able to definitively explain why
STEM practices are a necessity in ALL classrooms,
for ALL students
O How:
O Participants will have tools to help them arrange for
STEM-centric learning