https://padlet.com/scottwcampbell/sf5pycnib972 en-us 2017-03-03 18:55:28 UTC 2026-02-27 11:21:53 UTC hello@padlet.com scottwcampbell https://padlet.com/scottwcampbell/sf5pycnib972/wish/157711745 Discovery's approach to STEM is unique:  Students and Teachers  Energizing Minds
1.  Let's get students excited about learning.
2.  Let's start pulling in real-world learning opportunities
3.  Learning is interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary
4.  Activities may cover several subject areas and address several academic standards
5.  The career connection in STEM is unique and helps draw on student interest and get them excited about a particular career
6.  The inclined plane illustration provided a good illustration.  Training for teachers is vital for getting them to move up that plan to interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary expereiences.
7.   More application of skills,  higher levels of rigor,  students get excited about these learning experiences.]]> 2017-03-03 18:57:47 UTC https://padlet.com/scottwcampbell/sf5pycnib972/wish/157711745 scottwcampbell https://padlet.com/scottwcampbell/sf5pycnib972/wish/157715363 The five essential elements are a key to STEM 
1.  Standards:  It's important that activities cover standards and with learning in STEM, several standards across several subject areas can be addressed.  
2.  Transdisciplinary Unit Tie-In:  Here is that awesome learning experience.  It's a real-world experience that's important to me.  It pulls together learning from other areas and lets me work to my strengths.  
3.  Real-World Examples:  This isn't just something that I'm learning in the classroom.  It's something that really happens or happened and impacts me in my life.  This activity helps me to solve a real problem that exists in society.
4.  Connection to STEM Careers:  I'm energized knowing that what I'm learning about connects to a career that I think I'd love and be passionate about.  I never even realized I could work doing that if I had an interest in it.
5. The 4 C's: This experience will give students the opportunity to be creative. They will be able to collaborate together and communicate at a high level. They will be forced to engage in critical thinking. All of the 4'Cs combined help to drive not only the essential elements, but also all of STEM. Now that this experience is over, I really believe that you need these present in a STEM learning environment to have any chance of success and to get the results you want from the experience. ]]> 2017-03-03 19:09:27 UTC https://padlet.com/scottwcampbell/sf5pycnib972/wish/157715363 scottwcampbell https://padlet.com/scottwcampbell/sf5pycnib972/wish/157720274 When facilitating in STEM there are few key points that really jump out at me and that I need to consider as a facilitator and instructional coach
1. Immersing teachers in the experience is a vital tool and helps them to see what this looks like in their own classroom.
2.  This immersion allows the question of "challenges" to come up and allows you to address them proactively with teachers so that they feel confident moving forward.
3.  My enthusiasm during the coaching and training will help to feed into what teachers are doing in the classroom.
4.  There are several program offerings with STEM and I feel like each one has a very unique look in the school.  Obviously, whatever I can do to help bring about buy-in will help the experience and implementation to be successful.
5. This is sort of a lingering question/thought combo. Since some schools are looking at STEM programs and working with Discovery for multiple years, I think the choice of what teachers and leaders to have involved in the program becomes even more important. You wouldn't want to work with a school with a 3 year commitment and have over half the educators leave the district at the end of the first year. I would think that the identification process of the best educators to involve in the experience is a key cog prior to any training.

]]> 2017-03-03 19:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/scottwcampbell/sf5pycnib972/wish/157720274 scottwcampbell https://padlet.com/scottwcampbell/sf5pycnib972/wish/157735879 When coaching in STEM there are several thoughts and ingredients that I think of that we lead me to success.
1.  First of all, I believe that in all coaching activities that building relationships with educators is a key to success.
2.  All of the teachers are going to be bringing in their own diverse set of skills to the table.  I need to utilize their strengths to help push them forward.  I also need to be prepared for having teachers in the emerging stages and thinking about what I can do to help push them to developing and then accomplished.
3.  Moving a teacher from emerging all of the way to accomplished is a process that takes time.  Like any coaching situation, teachers are at different levels and grow at different speeds.  I need to recognize these differences and come in with an attitude of developing teachers from where to are to where they need to be.
4.  When thinking about the 4'c and the connection with coaching, it's vital I give teachers the tools in these areas to move ahead.  Here is how you can get students to collaborate.  These are some ways to help tap into student creativity.  I may need to model a strategy as well to help get teachers going in the right direction.
5. Having a rubric is a key piece in helping me to look at teacher's comfort level with STEM and allows measuring growth with teachers throughout the experience.]]> 2017-03-03 20:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/scottwcampbell/sf5pycnib972/wish/157735879 scottwcampbell https://padlet.com/scottwcampbell/sf5pycnib972/wish/157886871 The concept of project based learning within a STEM environment will help to energize and excite students.
1.  This is another area of support for teachers that is vital.  They me need help with moving from a teacher-centered to a student centered classroom.
2.  Real-world learning situations where students can work to decide how to attack a problem will help them to grow in confidence as well as create buy-in from the class.
3.  During this process students will work with standards from multiple subject areas.  This should help to create some aha moments for them and see connections between subject areas and meaning for what they are learning in their own daily lives and as a focus on a possible future career.
4.  There are some great opportunities here for students to develop the opportunity to work together to solve a problem.  They also get a chance to see that there may be more than one answer to a problem.
5. As students begin to explore these experiences they will be able to tap into their expertise with technological tools as well as grow their own expertise. This may be an area where teachers need support in growing as well prior to moving forward with these learning experiences for students.

]]> 2017-03-05 22:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/scottwcampbell/sf5pycnib972/wish/157886871 scottwcampbell https://padlet.com/scottwcampbell/sf5pycnib972/wish/157887773 Summary:
1.  I feel energized after this experience.  I feel like one of my strengths working with educators is that I can get them energized.  These STEM programs are something I am excited about and I don't think I should have a lot of trouble getting educators excited as well.
2.  I feel like, for myself, I need to keep the 5 essential elements on my mind as I'm working with educators as it will help to drive what I do and ensure that I am not straying from my goals.
3.  At this point, I feel really confident moving forward to work with educators with STEM training.
Questions I still have
1.  What challenges have other Discovery consultants faced so far with teachers with these programs?
2.  What have been some of the Aha moments for consultants as they have worked with teachers?
Feedback:
1.  At some point, I think including the two questions above in one of the modules would be helpful.  Perhaps, some ideas from other consultants what some of their challenges and aha moments have been.
2. Thanks again for a very thorough and interesting learning experience. I feel like I was able to be exposed to everything in a very thoughtful and sequentially appropriate way.]]> 2017-03-05 22:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/scottwcampbell/sf5pycnib972/wish/157887773