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Why I need this:
The seven elementary schools of Grand Haven Area Public Schools District are eager and excited to implement a STEM course as an “academic special”. All students, Young Fives through fourth grade-- including our students with special needs and those who are differently-abled-- will attend a weekly 50 minute block of STEM instruction.
The elementary principals, and the instructional services director, envision our STEM program to integrate project-based learning objectives which foster real-world application skills, collaboration, individual and collective problem solving strategies, and teamwork. Our STEM program will be taught by highly-qualified teachers who have a passion, skill-set, energy, and enthusiasm for all the tenants of STEM. Furthermore, all students, regardless of whether they attend an affluent school, a high poverty school, or a school somewhere in between, will have high-quality instruction with full and equal access to resources and materials. Our STEM program will be the proverbial “level playing field”.
Our future STEM teachers will place a strong emphasis on fun, clearly relevant, high-student engagement lessons applicable to real-world challenges and scenarios. They will nurture an environment in which risk-taking is the norm, and where trial and error—even failure, is celebrated as an inevitable component of success.
It is our strong belief the STEM special will have the benefit of eliciting additional student interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The use of innovative instructional strategies and material will appeal to non-traditional learners. By implementing a STEM curriculum in the very earliest years of our students’ elementary education, we can begin to dispel the notion that a field of study, or career path, is not available to them. All of our students will have numerous opportunities to view themselves as scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technology professionals.
Our proposed concept is that all Grand Haven Elementary students will participate in a STEM class once a week for a period of 50 minutes. The goal of the program is to have students work as teams in a problem based learning environment in which the application of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are necessary to create a realistic solution to a posed exploration at an appropriate level for the various aged students. According to a study by The National Research Council early and repeated exposure to STEM subjects is essential for cultivating future interests and future aptitude in STEM subjects. By building this program into our systemic specials schedule, students will receive ongoing experiences in STEM related fields throughout their elementary years.
Grand Haven has a long history of being a leader in the Science Olympiad program both statewide and nationally. This program has led to incredible successes for a percentage of our student population. The implementation of a STEM special will provide opportunities to empower all students, including those traditionally underserved, to experience the potential of STEM related learning. STEM class will increase student thinking with inquiry-based and problem solving experiences.
Certified teachers will be hired to administer the class who have been identified by their background, experiences, and drive to promote a student centered learning environment in which the teacher is the facilitator for learning. These instructors will be tasked with further developing the program and identifying additional resources necessary to enhance the learning of the students.
It is our goal to utilize the expertise of our selected instructors to develop ongoing authentic formative assessments and rubrics related to student learning outcomes. Using Michigan K-12 Science Standards, these assessments will focus on engineering practices that have been traditionally absent from science curriculums. We will be evaluating the success of the program by integrating these results with the data collected from our local and state math and science assessments.
Grand Haven Area Public Schools has been actively laying a foundation for changes in our science instruction through our collaboration with the Van Andel Institute. We anticipate that our STEM special will only increase and enhance this partnership. In addition, Grand Valley State University has agreed to serve as a training partner for components of our STEM curriculum including providing in-kind professional development to our selected staff. STEM teachers will meet regularly to reflect on curriculum and student engagement, as well as meet with other relevant curriculum committees.
STEM instructors will use the engineering design standards from the Michigan K-12 Science Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, as well as the findings from “Successful K-12 STEM Education” as critical components in the selection and implementation of STEM curriculum and instructional practices.
This proposal is part of a change in our current specials structure, therefore, grant funding will be used to enhance the quality and quantity of material available for instruction. The program will be sustained through the use of existing funding will be used for ongoing staffing, maintenance of equipment, replacement of consumables and other costs of the program.
We are confident that implementation of the stem special will greatly enhance our students exposure to inquiry based collaborative learning environments, especially for those students who may not have traditionally pursued science and engineering careers in the past. Based on the success of this program, future considerations will be given to the expansion into the middle school setting.
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Why I need this:
The seven elementary schools of Grand Haven Area Public Schools District are eager and excited to implement a STEM course as an “academic special”. All students, Young Fives through fourth grade-- including our students with special needs and those who are differently-abled-- will attend a weekly 50 minute block of STEM instruction.
The elementary principals, and the instructional services director, envision our STEM program to integrate project-based learning objectives which foster real-world application skills, collaboration, individual and collective problem solving strategies, and teamwork. Our STEM program will be taught by highly-qualified teachers who have a passion, skill-set, energy, and enthusiasm for all the tenants of STEM. Furthermore, all students, regardless of whether they attend an affluent school, a high poverty school, or a school somewhere in between, will have high-quality instruction with full and equal access to resources and materials. Our STEM program will be the proverbial “level playing field”.
Our future STEM teachers will place a strong emphasis on fun, clearly relevant, high-student engagement lessons applicable to real-world challenges and scenarios. They will nurture an environment in which risk-taking is the norm, and where trial and error—even failure, is celebrated as an inevitable component of success.
It is our strong belief the STEM special will have the benefit of eliciting additional student interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The use of innovative instructional strategies and material will appeal to non-traditional learners. By implementing a STEM curriculum in the very earliest years of our students’ elementary education, we can begin to dispel the notion that a field of study, or career path, is not available to them. All of our students will have numerous opportunities to view themselves as scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technology professionals.
Our proposed concept is that all Grand Haven Elementary students will participate in a STEM class once a week for a period of 50 minutes. The goal of the program is to have students work as teams in a problem based learning environment in which the application of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are necessary to create a realistic solution to a posed exploration at an appropriate level for the various aged students. According to a study by The National Research Council early and repeated exposure to STEM subjects is essential for cultivating future interests and future aptitude in STEM subjects. By building this program into our systemic specials schedule, students will receive ongoing experiences in STEM related fields throughout their elementary years.
Grand Haven has a long history of being a leader in the Science Olympiad program both statewide and nationally. This program has led to incredible successes for a percentage of our student population. The implementation of a STEM special will provide opportunities to empower all students, including those traditionally underserved, to experience the potential of STEM related learning. STEM class will increase student thinking with inquiry-based and problem solving experiences.
Certified teachers will be hired to administer the class who have been identified by their background, experiences, and drive to promote a student centered learning environment in which the teacher is the facilitator for learning. These instructors will be tasked with further developing the program and identifying additional resources necessary to enhance the learning of the students.
It is our goal to utilize the expertise of our selected instructors to develop ongoing authentic formative assessments and rubrics related to student learning outcomes. Using Michigan K-12 Science Standards, these assessments will focus on engineering practices that have been traditionally absent from science curriculums. We will be evaluating the success of the program by integrating these results with the data collected from our local and state math and science assessments.
Grand Haven Area Public Schools has been actively laying a foundation for changes in our science instruction through our collaboration with the Van Andel Institute. We anticipate that our STEM special will only increase and enhance this partnership. In addition, Grand Valley State University has agreed to serve as a training partner for components of our STEM curriculum including providing in-kind professional development to our selected staff. STEM teachers will meet regularly to reflect on curriculum and student engagement, as well as meet with other relevant curriculum committees.
STEM instructors will use the engineering design standards from the Michigan K-12 Science Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, as well as the findings from “Successful K-12 STEM Education” as critical components in the selection and implementation of STEM curriculum and instructional practices.
This proposal is part of a change in our current specials structure, therefore, grant funding will be used to enhance the quality and quantity of material available for instruction. The program will be sustained through the use of existing funding will be used for ongoing staffing, maintenance of equipment, replacement of consumables and other costs of the program.
We are confident that implementation of the stem special will greatly enhance our students exposure to inquiry based collaborative learning environments, especially for those students who may not have traditionally pursued science and engineering careers in the past. Based on the success of this program, future considerations will be given to the expansion into the middle school setting.
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Why I need this:
The seven elementary schools of Grand Haven Area Public Schools District are eager and excited to implement a STEM course as an “academic special”. All students, Young Fives through fourth grade-- including our students with special needs and those who are differently-abled-- will attend a weekly 50 minute block of STEM instruction.
The elementary principals, and the instructional services director, envision our STEM program to integrate project-based learning objectives which foster real-world application skills, collaboration, individual and collective problem solving strategies, and teamwork. Our STEM program will be taught by highly-qualified teachers who have a passion, skill-set, energy, and enthusiasm for all the tenants of STEM. Furthermore, all students, regardless of whether they attend an affluent school, a high poverty school, or a school somewhere in between, will have high-quality instruction with full and equal access to resources and materials. Our STEM program will be the proverbial “level playing field”.
Our future STEM teachers will place a strong emphasis on fun, clearly relevant, high-student engagement lessons applicable to real-world challenges and scenarios. They will nurture an environment in which risk-taking is the norm, and where trial and error—even failure, is celebrated as an inevitable component of success.
It is our strong belief the STEM special will have the benefit of eliciting additional student interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The use of innovative instructional strategies and material will appeal to non-traditional learners. By implementing a STEM curriculum in the very earliest years of our students’ elementary education, we can begin to dispel the notion that a field of study, or career path, is not available to them. All of our students will have numerous opportunities to view themselves as scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technology professionals.
Our proposed concept is that all Grand Haven Elementary students will participate in a STEM class once a week for a period of 50 minutes. The goal of the program is to have students work as teams in a problem based learning environment in which the application of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are necessary to create a realistic solution to a posed exploration at an appropriate level for the various aged students. According to a study by The National Research Council early and repeated exposure to STEM subjects is essential for cultivating future interests and future aptitude in STEM subjects. By building this program into our systemic specials schedule, students will receive ongoing experiences in STEM related fields throughout their elementary years.
Grand Haven has a long history of being a leader in the Science Olympiad program both statewide and nationally. This program has led to incredible successes for a percentage of our student population. The implementation of a STEM special will provide opportunities to empower all students, including those traditionally underserved, to experience the potential of STEM related learning. STEM class will increase student thinking with inquiry-based and problem solving experiences.
Certified teachers will be hired to administer the class who have been identified by their background, experiences, and drive to promote a student centered learning environment in which the teacher is the facilitator for learning. These instructors will be tasked with further developing the program and identifying additional resources necessary to enhance the learning of the students.
It is our goal to utilize the expertise of our selected instructors to develop ongoing authentic formative assessments and rubrics related to student learning outcomes. Using Michigan K-12 Science Standards, these assessments will focus on engineering practices that have been traditionally absent from science curriculums. We will be evaluating the success of the program by integrating these results with the data collected from our local and state math and science assessments.
Grand Haven Area Public Schools has been actively laying a foundation for changes in our science instruction through our collaboration with the Van Andel Institute. We anticipate that our STEM special will only increase and enhance this partnership. In addition, Grand Valley State University has agreed to serve as a training partner for components of our STEM curriculum including providing in-kind professional development to our selected staff. STEM teachers will meet regularly to reflect on curriculum and student engagement, as well as meet with other relevant curriculum committees.
STEM instructors will use the engineering design standards from the Michigan K-12 Science Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, as well as the findings from “Successful K-12 STEM Education” as critical components in the selection and implementation of STEM curriculum and instructional practices.
This proposal is part of a change in our current specials structure, therefore, grant funding will be used to enhance the quality and quantity of material available for instruction. The program will be sustained through the use of existing funding will be used for ongoing staffing, maintenance of equipment, replacement of consumables and other costs of the program.
We are confident that implementation of the stem special will greatly enhance our students exposure to inquiry based collaborative learning environments, especially for those students who may not have traditionally pursued science and engineering careers in the past. Based on the success of this program, future considerations will be given to the expansion into the middle school setting.
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Why I need this:
The seven elementary schools of Grand Haven Area Public Schools District are eager and excited to implement a STEM course as an “academic special”. All students, Young Fives through fourth grade-- including our students with special needs and those who are differently-abled-- will attend a weekly 50 minute block of STEM instruction.
The elementary principals, and the instructional services director, envision our STEM program to integrate project-based learning objectives which foster real-world application skills, collaboration, individual and collective problem solving strategies, and teamwork. Our STEM program will be taught by highly-qualified teachers who have a passion, skill-set, energy, and enthusiasm for all the tenants of STEM. Furthermore, all students, regardless of whether they attend an affluent school, a high poverty school, or a school somewhere in between, will have high-quality instruction with full and equal access to resources and materials. Our STEM program will be the proverbial “level playing field”.
Our future STEM teachers will place a strong emphasis on fun, clearly relevant, high-student engagement lessons applicable to real-world challenges and scenarios. They will nurture an environment in which risk-taking is the norm, and where trial and error—even failure, is celebrated as an inevitable component of success.
It is our strong belief the STEM special will have the benefit of eliciting additional student interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The use of innovative instructional strategies and material will appeal to non-traditional learners. By implementing a STEM curriculum in the very earliest years of our students’ elementary education, we can begin to dispel the notion that a field of study, or career path, is not available to them. All of our students will have numerous opportunities to view themselves as scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technology professionals.
Our proposed concept is that all Grand Haven Elementary students will participate in a STEM class once a week for a period of 50 minutes. The goal of the program is to have students work as teams in a problem based learning environment in which the application of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are necessary to create a realistic solution to a posed exploration at an appropriate level for the various aged students. According to a study by The National Research Council early and repeated exposure to STEM subjects is essential for cultivating future interests and future aptitude in STEM subjects. By building this program into our systemic specials schedule, students will receive ongoing experiences in STEM related fields throughout their elementary years.
Grand Haven has a long history of being a leader in the Science Olympiad program both statewide and nationally. This program has led to incredible successes for a percentage of our student population. The implementation of a STEM special will provide opportunities to empower all students, including those traditionally underserved, to experience the potential of STEM related learning. STEM class will increase student thinking with inquiry-based and problem solving experiences.
Certified teachers will be hired to administer the class who have been identified by their background, experiences, and drive to promote a student centered learning environment in which the teacher is the facilitator for learning. These instructors will be tasked with further developing the program and identifying additional resources necessary to enhance the learning of the students.
It is our goal to utilize the expertise of our selected instructors to develop ongoing authentic formative assessments and rubrics related to student learning outcomes. Using Michigan K-12 Science Standards, these assessments will focus on engineering practices that have been traditionally absent from science curriculums. We will be evaluating the success of the program by integrating these results with the data collected from our local and state math and science assessments.
Grand Haven Area Public Schools has been actively laying a foundation for changes in our science instruction through our collaboration with the Van Andel Institute. We anticipate that our STEM special will only increase and enhance this partnership. In addition, Grand Valley State University has agreed to serve as a training partner for components of our STEM curriculum including providing in-kind professional development to our selected staff. STEM teachers will meet regularly to reflect on curriculum and student engagement, as well as meet with other relevant curriculum committees.
STEM instructors will use the engineering design standards from the Michigan K-12 Science Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, as well as the findings from “Successful K-12 STEM Education” as critical components in the selection and implementation of STEM curriculum and instructional practices.
This proposal is part of a change in our current specials structure, therefore, grant funding will be used to enhance the quality and quantity of material available for instruction. The program will be sustained through the use of existing funding will be used for ongoing staffing, maintenance of equipment, replacement of consumables and other costs of the program.
We are confident that implementation of the stem special will greatly enhance our students exposure to inquiry based collaborative learning environments, especially for those students who may not have traditionally pursued science and engineering careers in the past. Based on the success of this program, future considerations will be given to the expansion into the middle school setting.
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Why I need this:
The seven elementary schools of Grand Haven Area Public Schools District are eager and excited to implement a STEM course as an “academic special”. All students, Young Fives through fourth grade-- including our students with special needs and those who are differently-abled-- will attend a weekly 50 minute block of STEM instruction.
The elementary principals, and the instructional services director, envision our STEM program to integrate project-based learning objectives which foster real-world application skills, collaboration, individual and collective problem solving strategies, and teamwork. Our STEM program will be taught by highly-qualified teachers who have a passion, skill-set, energy, and enthusiasm for all the tenants of STEM. Furthermore, all students, regardless of whether they attend an affluent school, a high poverty school, or a school somewhere in between, will have high-quality instruction with full and equal access to resources and materials. Our STEM program will be the proverbial “level playing field”.
Our future STEM teachers will place a strong emphasis on fun, clearly relevant, high-student engagement lessons applicable to real-world challenges and scenarios. They will nurture an environment in which risk-taking is the norm, and where trial and error—even failure, is celebrated as an inevitable component of success.
It is our strong belief the STEM special will have the benefit of eliciting additional student interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The use of innovative instructional strategies and material will appeal to non-traditional learners. By implementing a STEM curriculum in the very earliest years of our students’ elementary education, we can begin to dispel the notion that a field of study, or career path, is not available to them. All of our students will have numerous opportunities to view themselves as scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technology professionals.
Our proposed concept is that all Grand Haven Elementary students will participate in a STEM class once a week for a period of 50 minutes. The goal of the program is to have students work as teams in a problem based learning environment in which the application of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are necessary to create a realistic solution to a posed exploration at an appropriate level for the various aged students. According to a study by The National Research Council early and repeated exposure to STEM subjects is essential for cultivating future interests and future aptitude in STEM subjects. By building this program into our systemic specials schedule, students will receive ongoing experiences in STEM related fields throughout their elementary years.
Grand Haven has a long history of being a leader in the Science Olympiad program both statewide and nationally. This program has led to incredible successes for a percentage of our student population. The implementation of a STEM special will provide opportunities to empower all students, including those traditionally underserved, to experience the potential of STEM related learning. STEM class will increase student thinking with inquiry-based and problem solving experiences.
Certified teachers will be hired to administer the class who have been identified by their background, experiences, and drive to promote a student centered learning environment in which the teacher is the facilitator for learning. These instructors will be tasked with further developing the program and identifying additional resources necessary to enhance the learning of the students.
It is our goal to utilize the expertise of our selected instructors to develop ongoing authentic formative assessments and rubrics related to student learning outcomes. Using Michigan K-12 Science Standards, these assessments will focus on engineering practices that have been traditionally absent from science curriculums. We will be evaluating the success of the program by integrating these results with the data collected from our local and state math and science assessments.
Grand Haven Area Public Schools has been actively laying a foundation for changes in our science instruction through our collaboration with the Van Andel Institute. We anticipate that our STEM special will only increase and enhance this partnership. In addition, Grand Valley State University has agreed to serve as a training partner for components of our STEM curriculum including providing in-kind professional development to our selected staff. STEM teachers will meet regularly to reflect on curriculum and student engagement, as well as meet with other relevant curriculum committees.
STEM instructors will use the engineering design standards from the Michigan K-12 Science Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, as well as the findings from “Successful K-12 STEM Education” as critical components in the selection and implementation of STEM curriculum and instructional practices.
This proposal is part of a change in our current specials structure, therefore, grant funding will be used to enhance the quality and quantity of material available for instruction. The program will be sustained through the use of existing funding will be used for ongoing staffing, maintenance of equipment, replacement of consumables and other costs of the program.
We are confident that implementation of the stem special will greatly enhance our students exposure to inquiry based collaborative learning environments, especially for those students who may not have traditionally pursued science and engineering careers in the past. Based on the success of this program, future considerations will be given to the expansion into the middle school setting.
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