Lenoir STEM Learning Community

Lenoir STEM Learning

Community

Just the facts, ma’am…

0 What? Half million dollar MSP grant with additional financial support from industry partners

0 Why? 1) To support teachers in mathematics teaching, 2) to develop team of teacher leaders to help with district and school-wide initiatives, and 3) to foster industry partnerships

0 Who? K-8 Lenoir County Teachers; ECU Faculty; Industry Partners

0 When? Starts this summer –July 7-17 – MAYBE??0 How? Summer Institute plus four additional PD days during

the year

Lenoir STEM Learning Community Partners

0Lenoir County Schools0East Carolina University0Industry Partners

0 Best Diamond Packaging0 Chef & The Farmer0 Down East Protection Systems0 Department of the Navy0 Domestic Fabrics & Blanket Corporation0 Dupont Industrial Biosciences0 Electrolux Home Product0 Spirit AeroSystems0 West Pharmaceutical Services

Overview

0Three year project with 30 teachers completing the professional development each year.

0Ten teachers in the first group of 30 will become part of a teacher leadership team and participate the entire three years.

0Opportunities specifically for administrators in years two and three.

Year 1

Teachers

Teacher Leadership

Group

Summer Institute + 4 School Days

Number and Tasks Course /Formative Assessment (elementary)

Reasoning with Number and Algebra/ Industry Visits (middle grades)

Online Graduate Course

Year 2

New Cohort of

30 Teachers

Teacher Leadership

GroupAdministrators




Summer Institute + 4 School Days + Online Course

Work on district and school initiatives with ECU faculty and lead small groups for new cohort (summer).

Begin Lenses on Learning Training and continue small group work (during the year)

Online course

4 School Days (mornings only)

Begin Lenses on Learning Training

Year 3

New Cohort of

30 Teachers

Teacher Leadership

GroupAdministrators





Work on district and school initiatives with ECU faculty and lead small groups for new cohort (summer).

Finish Lenses on Learning Training and continue small group work (during the year)

4 School Days (mornings only)

Finish Lenses on Learning Training

Benefits for Participants

084 hours of professional development0Stipend for summer institute days0Graduate credit for one course0$100 to spend on classroom materials0$150 worth of books/software0Two additional graduate courses and master’s

program entrance fee** (Teacher Leadership Team)

Grant Evaluation

0 Increased teacher content knowledge0 Increased understanding of mathematical practices0 Increased teacher efficacy0 Increased student achievement0 Increased student of mathematical practices, specifically

discourse and modeling0 Increased use of data to drive instructional decision-

making0 Increased access to high-demand tasks, particularly

real-world tasks connected to industry partners

Research

0The research component of the project will investigate:0 The ways in which a group of elementary teachers

implement a formative assessment and intervention process focused on core mathematics topics

0 The impact of that implementation on student learning of those core topics

0 The impact of that implementation process on teachers’ mathematics knowledge, beliefs and attitudes

Where are we now?

RECRUITMENT!30 teachers for Cohort 1 (approx. 20 elementary and 10 middle)

Of those 30 -- Ten teachers for the Teacher Leadership Team(approx. 7 elementary and 3 middle)

Timeline

0End of May – Participants recruited0Early June – Hear about funding, contact participants

immediately to confirm0 July – Grant begins

Submit names of teachers here:http://blog.ecu.edu/sites/lenoirstem/

Documents

Lenoir STEM Learning Community