Agricultural S.T.E.M Proposal Booker T. Washington High School

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020 Booker T. Washington S.T.E.M Signature Program Outline  Executive Summary

 Revised Mission/Vision

 Tentative Course Progression

 Problem/Project Based Learning Integration Themes

 Cognia Certification Process

o Highlights

o Standard Alignment/Overview

o Cognia Requirements for Certification

o Activities of On-Site Review & Evaluation Tool

o Guiding Questions

 Immediate Action Steps

 Implementation/Certification Timeline

 Current STEM Advisory Board Members

o Identification of New Agriculture Integration Partners

 Branding

 Local Ag STEM Assests

 Proposed STEM Budgets

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020 Executive Summary Booker T. Washington High School is located in the West End community and rests in a food desert.

Having a STEM focal theme centered around the agriculture field our students could be the immediate respondors to community needs relative to health, education, beautification, sustainability, and local revitalization efforts. As the first school built for African-American students in the city of Atlanta, the following proposal outlines how the new Agricultural STEM focused program will build upon the mission

Booker T. Washington’s Jesup Agricultural Wagon and Agricultural School on Wheels through the expoloration of real world and innovative topics in STEM related fields.

One hundred percent of the students at Washington High School fall into one or more ethnic minority groups and are classfied as economically disadvantaged. Having a STEM program with a unique theme could also address the serious lack of minority representation in STEM programs at local institutions such as Georgia Tech or The University of Georgia. As the nation moves toward a greater emphasis on STEM learning we could end students missing out on critical opportunities by exposing and getting them to think critically about a more technological and innovative future. Contrary to most belief we want to show that the agriculture field is way more than farming. It relates to leadership, innovation, logistics, green technology, food safety, and ground-breaking improvements in response to the technological challenges of modern agriculture.

To support this effort this proposal contains the revised mission, vision, updated course progression, as well as fluid project based learning themes. As we rapidly move towards STEM certification this proposal also contains a very detailed explanation of the Cognia STEM certification process/requirements, STEM diagnostic tools, action steps, and a timeline for STEM implementation for certification. This proposal was created by Chanel Cobey-Williams the STEM Program Support Specilist for preliminary review purposes and subject to change to fit and address the needs of the STEM Program as we collect artifacts in pursuit of certification.

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020 Mission & Vision for Agricultural S.T.E.M

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020 Tentative Course Progression

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020

As members of the STEM program students will accelerate their coursework within Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. In order to facilitate this process students are encouraged to participate in programs external to Booker T. Washington. Recommended programs include the Atlanta Public Schools Summer Mathematics and Science Enrichment Academy- available for rising 8th -12th graders. Please see link below: SEMSEA Frequently asked questions https://www.atlantapublicschools.us//cms/lib/GA01000924/Centricity/Domain/7153/SMSEA%20FAQ% 202020.pdf

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020 Problem/Project- Based Learning Themes

Please Note: Themes are subject to change upon collaboration with teachers and standard deconstruction Project Based Learning (PBL) will be actively engage the students of Booker T. Washington HS in real world and personally meaningful projects in their local community. The Booker T. Washington AG STEM program will focus PBLs on a series of issues surrounding the field of agriculture. Resources for PBL Planning Use:

PBL Engineering STEM PBL Design Process Planning Template.docxTemplate.docx

Tentative PBL Schedule

Possible Themes Involved Courses Topics & Resources for PBL Creation

9th Environmental 9th Grade Public Service Announcement creation to highlight current Justice Literature environmental injustices in West End Community affecting students Environmental of BTW. Science Biology EQ: How can maps and graphs help us see where injustice exists in AP World History West End Atlanta? Algebra Pathway I Examples: Danger in the ground: Lead contaminates westside Atlanta neighborhood https://www.ajc.com/news/local/danger-the-ground-lead- contaminates-westside-atlanta- neighborhood/r1wiLsN2tyUIIbuTI7yxEO/

Video: Environmental Justice Filmed April 2018 in West End Atlanta https://www.pbs.org/video/environmental-justice-265jdd/ EcoSense explores the intersection of environmentalism and the social justice movement with representatives from the Partnership for Southern Equity and the NAACP. In Atlanta, the vid interviews members of the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance literally minutes from BTW.

Covid 19 Impact COVID mapping: on Agriculture http://www.georgiastem.com/mapping-covid-19-using-gis/

COVID 19 Math Integration: http://www.georgiastem.com/covidmath/

Impact of COVID on Agriculture: https://www.fb.org/land/impact-covid19-on-ag

http://agr.georgia.gov/covid-19/Georgia-Department-of-Agriculture- COVID-19-Update.pdf

Georgia Department of Agriculture: http://agr.georgia.gov/COVID-19.aspx

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020 Agriculture To Turn Around Covid-19 Crisis https://foodtank.com/news/2020/03/remember-your-farmers-during- the-covid-19-crisis-well-need-them-the-next-time-around/

10th Environmental 10th Grade Possible Annual Event: Impact of Literature Students design and build Jessup Trucks (Physics/Geometry) as a Pesticides& Chemistry Community Outreach Project – A modern day approach to the Fertilizers Physics Tuskegee Moveable Agricultural School via market day Geometry *Pathway II -Students will showcase projects aligned with themes via Jessup Trucks/Wagons

Topics of Exploration: Soil sampling and balancing crops nutrient needs with fertilizers and compost Inorganic Fertilizer conversion to Organic fertilizers Carbon Footprint: Synthetic fertilizers and pesticides vs Organic Farming Urban Sustainable Atlanta BeltLine Westside Impact Neighborhood Agriculture Topics of Exploration: Solving Food Insecurity in the West End Food Building Equitable Communities Historic West End Urban Food Well Alliance Farm to School https://georgiaorganics.org/programs/for-schools/ Soil Depletion Reduction from Hemp

Ecologically Sustainable Agricultural Based Living https://saafon.org/

11th Journey 2050 AP U.S. History Local and World Food Sustainability PreCal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYecU_gJdxA&feature=youtu.be AP Science or Anatomy Inquiry based approach to encourage students to make decisions and Pathway III adjust our local impact on society, the environment and the economy at both a local and global scale.

http://www.journey2050.com/ Food Tank https://foodtank.com/

The Green Revolution and Its Impact on Poverty Holistic Medicine Environmentally Friendly Implications of Hemp

Hemp: Hardest Working Plant on the Planet Hemp Implications: Textiles, construction, bioremediation, technology, nutrition and health

The Anatomy of Hemp Seeds: Rich in protein, essential fatty acids & Vitamin

Exponential Growth in Hemp for Production of Everyday Products (Paper, wood, plastic, cotton and fossil fuels )

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020 12th Culminating Ag Literature Food Affordability and the Economics of farming Stem PBL AP Statistics Project AP Science or Atlanta the 3rd-worst urban food desert in the country Submission Anatomy Ag Stem Solutions Economics Atlanta BeltLine Westside Impact Neighborhood Pathway Economics of Color

Food Access and Food Production in West End Atlanta

Agricultural Productivity and Technology

Food Desert & Poverty https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/mar/17/atlanta-food- deserts-stranded-struggling-survive

Correlation Between Food Deserts & Obesity https://www.ajc.com/news/food-deserts-map/

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/24/us/atlanta-food-forest-fighting- food-desert/index.html

Urbanization Impacts on Urbanizations

Risk Assessments Growth Hormones in Foods & Human Impact

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020 Cognia Certification Process

Cognia Certification Highlights

 Cognia STEM Framework has changed and now has 16 Indicators rather than 11 (as of 2019).  Added standards to address Leadership, Continuous Improvement, and Program  16 Standards across 4 Domains

Cognia Requirements for Certification

 Cognia Network Membership  At least two years of STEM implementation  All Domains rated at “Improve” (minimum)  Cost: ~$2,000-

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020 Major Activities of the Onsite Review • Initial Team Work session – evening before Day 1 (at least 3-4 hours) • Initial discussion with STEM Leadership Team – first thing on Day 1 (1 hour) • Classroom observations – around 20 observations for a typical review (around 5-6 hours) • Stakeholder interviews – Students, teachers, parents, community partners (about 1 hour each) • Team Work Session #2 – Evening after Day 1 (at least 2-3 hours) • Team Work Session #3 – At school site on Day 2 (at least 2 hours) • Findings Conversation – At the end of Day 2 (1 – 1.5 hours)

STEM Evaluation Tool

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020 Engagement Implementation Results Sustainability Embeddedness

Level 1 = 1 Level 1 = 1 point Level 1 = 1 Level 1 = 1 Level 1 = 1 point point point point Level 2 = 2 Level 2 = 2 points Level 2 = 2 Level 2 = 2 Level 2 = 2 points points points points Level 3 = 3 Level 3 = 3 points Level 3 = 3 Level 3 = 3 Level 3 = 3 points points points points Level 4 = 4 Level 4 = 4 point Level 4 = 4 Level 4 = 4 Level 4 = 4 point point point point

Guiding Questions: Engagement: Do we currently have data and documentation relative to the level of involvement of our stakeholders for this improvement initiative? Implementation: Do we current have data and documentation to demonstrate that initiative is monitored and adjusted for quality and fidelity of implementation? Results: Do we currently have evidence that we collect, analyze, and use data to attain the desired results for this initiative? Sustainability: Do we have data to demonstrate growth and improvement for this initiative over time? Embeddedness: Can we demonstrate that this practice is deeply ingrained in the culture and practice of our institution? Note for Certification: Cognia’s expectation for STEM schools/programs in each area of practice (standard) is that the organization has reached the point of using data to drive improvement (Level 2) Certification Contact: Scott Davidson Email: [email protected] 678.392.2285, ext. 5722

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020

Immediate Steps for Admin, Master Teacher Leader, and STEM Certification Team:

1. Enrollment in Cognia Online certification course for familiarization with process and standards: https://cognia.instructure.com/enroll/HYPE7A

K12 STEM Impact 2. Review of Cognia Diagnostic Tool/Instrument: Diagnostic.docx

3. Review of Monthly STEM Reports:

BTW_Sept2019 BTW Oct2019 STEM BTW Nov_Dec2019 BTW Jan2020 STEM STEM Monthly STEM Monthly Report Monthly .pdf Report .pdf STEM Monthly Report.pdf Monthly Report.docx.pdf Report Feb2020.pdf

End-Of-Year 4. Review of District End of Year Template: Template Signature Programs STEM_Template.docx

5. Review additional certification support tools via Advanced Ed (now Cognia) via FAQ’S: https://www.advanc-ed.org/services/stem-certification/advanced-stem-certification- frequently-asked-questions-faq

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020 Implementation/Certification Timeline

Please Note: Timeline is tentative and subject to change as required or depending on circumstances in the school year Month/Yea Area of Focus Description r March 2020  Vetting of Hollis/Brown Students Contact: for STEM Cohort 2024 Gepre Henderson (Brown) & Danika  Finalize Ag STEM Proposal Woods (Hollis)  Hiring of Master Teacher Leader  Scheduling of Current Cohort Collaborate with Coaches (S. Moore and Students M. Dixon) on scheduling suggestions per content

Email Scheduling materials to K. Moore (course progression current and previous) April 2020  Finalize branding of STEM Vendor (Alvin Simmons) building via Vendor Quote Attached:  Meet with new Master Teacher to C:\Users\cobeyc\Desktop\STEM\AG\W evaluate current STEM program HS - STEM Quote 03-23-20.pdf  Enroll Leadership Team(Coaches, Admin, Dept Chairs, CTAE Teachers & Master Teacher in WHS - STEM Quote 03-23-20.pdf Online Certification Course Meeting with Carrie Dean to evaluate https://cognia.instructure.com/enroll/HYPE current STEM Initiatives and evaluate 7A alignment schools STEM goals, mission, vision, and strategize ways to  Check STEM Webpage Design support teachers via data. Look at (Ms. Shanks) internal and external factors that influence CTAE  Finalize/ inform students of selection for STEM at Hollis & Double check with Ms. Shanks Brown Tab Ideas:  Review/new identification of  Mission/Vision STEM teachers  Meet the Coordinator/Master Teacher Leader for STEM  Why Ag STEM? o Ag STEM Proposal o Research on Ag in the West End o Tuskegee Ag  STEM Faculty  STEM in action (pics and vids of students, fieldtrips, staff, makerspace, etc.)  Pathways/Program of Study  STEM Monthly Reports  Atomic Dawgs Robotics

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020  Partners

Month/Year Area of Focus Description May 2020  Evaluate Rate STEM at BTW for  Reference last year’s EOY 2019/2020 School year report see below: Via EOY report Blank Template Below: End-Of-Year Template Signature Programs STEM_BTW (18-19).pdf C:\Users\cobeyc\Desktop\STEM\M End-Of-Year onthly Reports\End-Of-Year Template Signature Programs STEM_Template.docxTemplate Signature Programs C:\Users\cobeyc\Desktop\STEM\M STEM_BTW (18-19).pdf onthly Reports\End-Of-Year Template Signature Programs  STEM Program Evaluation STEM_Template.docx Sample Questions:  Identify glows and grows  What are our current  Finalization of STEM summer strengths/weaknesses? How do we camp plans see these changing in the future?  Identify summer planning days  What additional partnerships or (June or July) for core and CTAE PL’s are needed for growth? teachers for PBL planning  What internal/external factors are  Cohort 2024 STEM Pathway causing issues for STEM program? selection  Use designated themes  Follow up with facilities to solidify outlined in proposal to the appropriate permissions to analyze common standards construct greenhouse and identify specific dates  Facilities may have it contracted out for Fall and Spring for construction Implementation  Facilities contact Eddie Benton & Angelo Johnson

June 2020  STEM/Power Up Camp collaboration  Rising 9th & 10th grade students with CEISMC attending camp  Juniors attending summer internships off campus  Collaboration with newly identified partners for AG  Ag Partners conducting  Installation of branding materials for professional learning for AG STEM building via Alvin Simmons  Alvin having access to building  Preparation for urban/school garden or  Submit Invoices to school clerk aquaponics  Teacher PBL planning with support of Ag Partners (Morehouse, CEISMC, etc.)  Develop culminating grade level product

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020  Ordering of additional supplies and branding materials as needed Month/Year Area of Focus Description July 2020  Review of 2024 cohort schedules  Start of school year for accuracy preparation.  Ordering of any last min branding  Walk through of STEM materials Building  STEM School wide PL and PD  STEM PL/PD days on school sessions calendar  Complete Cognia Diagnostic See below:

K12 STEM Impact Diagnostic.docx C:\Users\cobeyc\Desktop\STEM\C ognia Certification\K12 STEM Impact Diagnostic.docx August 2020  School- wide review of new Ag  Faculty Meeting updates STEM initiatives and updates  Tentative Schools to visit:  Identify local STEM high schools  Arabia Mtn HS with Ag Focus to visit  South Cobb  Rockdale Career Academy  East Jackson HS

September  Fall STEM Advisory Board  Review new STEM goals and 2020 Meeting & Intro to New STEM identify partner level support Building

October  Tentative Themed PBL 1  PBL Rollout 2020 Freshman and Sophomore

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020 Month/Year Area of Focus Description November/D  Local/Indistrict STEM Walkthrough  Contact district STEM contacts ec 2020 for growth improvement feedback (Bradley, Freeman) advisory  Identify glows and grows board members, feeder school principals, Specialists, &  Attend Cognia State Conference community members for InterContinental Hotel Buckhead feedback walkthrough in Atlanta preparation for Cognia visit 3315 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta,  Cognia Conference Details: Georgia, 30326, USA Improvement Network Member:  Professional Learning Catalog $299.00 https://www.cognia.org/wp- content/uploads/2020/01/Profession Non Improvement Network al-Learning-and-Improvement- Member: $310.00 Services.pdf

C:\Users\cobeyc\Desktop\STEM\C ognia Certification\Professional- Learning-and-Improvement- Services.pdf

Professional-Learni ng-and-Improvement-Services.pdf

January 2021  Per feedback from district, clusters,  Modify corrections for and partners make corrections as certification artifacts needed  Review and initiate STEM  Update Cognia STEM diagnostic as application per feedback needed  Contact Scott Davidson to set  Invite Cognia in for initial walk for up initial visit STEM certification February  Review Cognia Feedback of STEM 2021 implementation  Tentative Themed PBL 2  Juniors and Seniors March 2021 April 2021 TBD by STEM Specialist, Master Teacher May 2021 Leader & school STEM Certification Team

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020 Current STEM Advisory Board Members

Advisory Name Organization Email Phone Board Commitment Veronica Woods Statefarm [email protected] Yes Jordan Rose Atl Science [email protected] 770-322- Yes Festival 4992 Jarrod Lockhart Morehouse - [email protected] 404-752- Yes HCOP 1197 Environmental Justice Ryan Clark Morehouse [email protected] 404-752- Yes Educational 1843 Outreach Program Manager Kristina Smith Get Hype [email protected] 470-210- Yes 7856 Shetundra Pinkston Ga Tech [email protected] 404-894- Yes CEISMC 9143 Bonnie Harris Ga Tech [email protected] 404-894- CEISMC 7530 Felicia Benton-Johnson Ga Tech [email protected] K-12 Diversity Program Director Julie Foster-Straw Re:imagibe/ATL [email protected] 706-515- Program Director 5900 Andrea Neal Emory [email protected] 404-727- Yes (EPIC) Healthcare 0954 Pipeline Terry Johnson Field of Dreams [email protected] Yes Tamara Pearson Ga Tech [email protected] 404.894.5185 Yes Associate Director of School and Community Engagement Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC)

Stephen Churn I am College [email protected] 678-507- Yes STEM Program 8961 Dr. Manu O. Platt, Ph.D. ProjectENGAGES (Ga Tech) [email protected] 404.385.8531

Lakeita D. Servance, M.Ed ProjectENGAGES Yes (Ga Tech) [email protected] 404.894.9669

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020 New Potential Agricultural Partners

Organization Email Phone Farm To School 200-A Ottley Dr NE Atlanta, GA 30324 678-702-0400 Georgia Organics AgLanta Elizabeth Beak 404-335-1959 Urban Argiculture Atlanta [email protected] City of Atlanta’s Mayor’s Office of Resilience 55 Trinity Ave, Suite 3450 Atlanta, GA GoodR Jasmine Crowe (contact made by advisory board member Ms. 691 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE Smith) Atlanta, GA 30312

Home Depot Foundation Jena Alford Greenhouse Construction [email protected]

HatPonics Refferal from MAJ 423-567-5423 Aquaponics System 6800 Waller Ferry Rd Lenoir City, TN 37771

Spelman College Na'Taki Osbourne Jelk Atlanta Watershed Alliance Connections 350 Spelman Lane Atlanta, Georgia 30314

[email protected] Hydroponics Jason Paggett 678-837-6751 [email protected] Website: agmadefun.org Atlanta Urban Food Forest (Brown Mills) Mario Cambardella: Urban Ag Director [email protected]

Elizabeth Beak: Food Systems Planner [email protected]

Trees Atlanta Mike McCord [email protected] Celeste Lomax: Community Engagement [email protected]

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020 Branding Details

Entrance/Exit into STEM Building (Window Perf)

WHS - STEM INVOICE 03-26-20.pdf

Retractable Banner

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020 Local Ag STEM Assests University Programs Georgia State University Urban Studies Institute Georgia Tech Center for Education Integrating Science, Math, and Computing (CEISMC*) Georgia Tech Kendeda Building (Most Sustainable Building In Southeast) Morehouse Institute for Sustainable Energy Morehouse Summer Math and Science Honors (SMASH) Spelman Social Justice Fellows* Spelman College Environmental Sciences and Studies

Local Garden and STEAM Programs

Atlanta Black Wealth Building Initiative* Atlanta Community Food Bank* Food Well Alliance* Historic Westside Gardens* Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Truly Living Well Farm Urban Sprout Farm (Lakewood) Westview Community Garden West End Farmers Market West Atlanta Watershed Alliance*

Healthy Restaurants/Businesses/Grocery Stores Big Bear Healthful Essence (West End) Iwi Fresh Farm-to-Skin Spa* Kroger Local Green Slutty Vegan Soul Vegetarian (West End Location) Tassili’s Raw Reality Walmart Westview Corner Grocery Store

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020

Proposed STEM Budget

Category Amount Explanation 1. Trainings/Professional $5,000 Sub coverage, registration Learning/ STEM School fees visits (school year) Each STEM teacher will get 2 outside PDs or STEM school visits per semester (~8 teachers) 2. Conferences/ Paid PD $13,000 Travel expenses (flight, registration, hotel, transportation) for STEM teachers and STEM Leadership team, Instructional coaches etc. 3. Student Fieldtrips & $6,000 STEM College Tour Experiences Tuskegee Agriculture College Rock Ranch Agritourism Trip Atlanta Botanical Garden GreenBuilld GoodR Museum of Design Atlanta IFLY ($40 per student, ~ 50 students) STEM Experience Mercedes Benz ($15 per person 20 + ) 4. PBL Curriculum Writing $5,000 Stipend to cover teachers (Summer) creating PBLs for upcoming school year 5. School-wide Student $500 Science Projects, Math STEM Fair Projects, CTAE Business Tech/Computer Science & Healthcare Projects, etc.

6. STEM Showcase $200 Thank you gifts for sponsors or advisory board members 7. Student Paraphernalia $1,000 T-shirts, blazers, lab coats, student incentives, student rewards, STEM Notebooks, etc. 8. Georgia Chief Science $1,000 Training for students to be Officers Programs STEM Ambassadors for the (Atl Science Festival) school, district, and state

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020 2 additional officers $500 per student 9. Materials/ Equipment $9,000 Expansion of STEM Maintenance Innovation Lab, Maintenance of current equipment, possible aquaponics lab, urban garden installation, Greenhouse Troxell interactive learning furniture, etc. 10. STEM Summer Academy $2,000 Purchase equipment and or curriculum needs to run After-school Program/ Sponsors summer intro academy to STEM 11. STEM Advisory Board $500 To purchase food, drinks, Meetings certificates, etc. to host 2 advisory board meetings per school year 12. Student Transportation $1000 Marta cards for students that may participate in after school STEM related activities, internships, etc. (100 cards) 13. Extended Student $3866 Charter bus & school bus Transportation fieldtrips

14. Beginning Certification $2000 Contingent Application and Costs cost of expenses to host team (Cognia Formally AdvanceEd) Total $50,066

2021 STEM Proposal Chanel Cobey-Williams March 31, 2020