The Power of DiscoverySTEM2

A Multifaceted Approach• After-school and summer programs• Girl Scout programs• Career exploration

Girls

• Professional development• Summer InstituteTeachers

• Family events• Family resourcesFamilies

• Role model trainings• Resource guide and toolkitRole Models

• Curriculum• Trainings and resourcesPartners

Techbridge Professional Development

Summer Institute

Role Models Matter

Girl Scouts Project

Written and online resources

Learning communities

Summer Institute

Summer Institute 2013Date: July 31- August 2, 2013

• Recruiting and engaging girls in a STEM program

• Training on Techbridge’s hands-on curriculum for grades 5-12

• Planning field trips and visits with role models

• Planning family outreach

• Developing STEM facilitation skills

• Integrating career exploration into your programming

Techbridge Professional Development

Summer Institute

Role models and Girl Scouts

Written and online resources

Learning communities

A Learning Community

What is it?

1. Shared beliefs and vision

2. Shared and supportive leadership

3. Collective learning

4. Supportive conditions

5. Shared practice

Hord, S.M., & Sommers, W.A. (2008)

Why the Engineering Design Process?

• Process skills (problem solving, observing,

collecting, communicating, inferring, applying)

• Collaboration or conferring with others

• Exploration

• Creativity

• Persistence – Growth mindset

• Resilience

The Engineering Design Process

Identify

Brainstorm

Choose

DesignTest

Show

Redesign

Tune in Techbridge

The scenario:

Since the big quake hit, our phones have lost all signal and we can’t contact anyone! We don’t even have a radio signal.

Tune in Techbridge

The challenge:

Using only the materials provided, work as a team to build the tallest tower. The golf ball / weight must sit at the TOP of the tower.

Time: 8 minutes

Reflection

• Based on this experience, how would you highlight the design process and make it meaningful to kids’ lives?

• How can you include the Engineering Design Process in ANY activity you do?

Apply your learning

How do you take a simple lesson and make it more meaningful?

• Highlight process• Highlight real world

implications and applications

• Collaboration• Creativity

Reviewing lessons

Learning Communities in ActionCoaching is key to the transfer of learning from the training to the classroom.

Effective coaching includes:• a commitment to reflection and

practice of whatever change is being implemented.

• Supporting others in the change process.

• Collecting data on student effects and instructor progress.

Thank you!

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