Blind Brook STEAM To Plateau or to Grow?

First proposal Fall 2013 by Steve Giglio and Cathy Schaefer

STEAM committee formed March 2014.

Current members: Colin Byrne, Lori Cutrone, Robyn Dogus, Jean Follansbee, Steve Giglio, Debbie Handler, Pat Lambert, Hanna Poplausky, Todd Richard, Cathy Schaefer, Shari Sims, Andre Soto, Emily Turtil

March 18, 2015 The STEAM Committee A Grass Roots Effort Fall 2014-present: Committee expands to 13 with March 2014: 4 administrators, 4 First Meeting 2 faculty members, 2013-2014: faculty members and 5 community and 2 community members STEAM proposal members and informal planning What is STEAM?

Science

Liberal and Technolog Fine y STEAM

Mathematics A New Educational Paradigm STEAM is a substantially different way of delivering instruction

○ Project based, authentic problem solving ○ Social-emotional learning ○ Team and community building ○ Critical thinking, systems thinking, and process skills that transfer to all disciplines ○ Meaningfully integrated curriculum combining STEAM disciplines with ALL OTHER disciplines such as ELA, world languages, history, music, social studies, etc.

Blind Brook Signature STEAM Goals

Part of the Blind A STEAM Brook Strategic department with Plan departmental budget

A K-12 STEAM A new fabrication lab scope and modeled after the sequence MIT “FAB LAB” STEAM: A Four Year Plan 2013-2017 Year 1: 2013-2014 What we’ve accomplished

STEAM • District parents, community members, teachers, Committee and administrators with student input

• Plan for new STEAM curriculum grade 5 Curriculum and • engineering grades 6 and 7 • Project based STEAM ecology unit grade 7 Instruction • Creation of curriculum grid to facilitate integration of curriculum and instruction • HS pre engineering and robotics electives

Enrichment • Summer Enrichment Program in robotics and environmental Year 2: 2014-2015 BMP Ridge Street School accomplishments

• Exploring opportunities for STEAM K-4 STEAM integration

Grade 5 • Instruction for all grade 5 students STEAM

Impact • Science grades 3 and 4 • Math grades 3-5 Pull out enrichment • Theater grade 4 Program • Robotics grade 5 Year 2: 2014-2015 Blind Brook Middle School Accomplishments

Robotics • Grades 6 and 7

Computer • Focus on project based learning

• Girls, Inc. Coding workshop STEAM • Hour of Code grade 7 science classes Enrichment • Tappan Zee Bridge Assembly • Students participate in BOCES STEMfest Year 2: 2014-2015 Blind Brook High School Accomplishments

Computer • Development of High School Science Courses • Trial purchase of Engineering by Curriculum • Committee review and Engineering evaluation for potential use in developing the engineering component of STEAM

• High School robotics competition team Robotics competes and mentors interested 7th grade students. Year 2: 2014-2015 Develop Community Community Partnerships: Connections Girls, Inc. Tappan Zee Bridge Middle School Career Day Presentations to Expand and the Technology formalize the Committee STEAM PTA Committee Board of

STEAM The STEAM story Video reflections Year 3: 2015-2016

• Fund and develop build out plan for Building modern fabrication lab based on the MIT FAB lab concept

Computer • Fully integrate computer technology into all STEAM subject areas Technology • Continue to develop integrated STEAM curricula K-12 • Introduce course sequences in Curriculum and engineering at the high school to provide access to the new STEAM pathway to graduation. Year 4: 2016-2017 Expanded and Enhanced Program at BMPRSS

Continue to expand and enhance K-5 STEAM

Year 4: 2016-2017: Middle School Signature Program More fully integrated project/problem based learning units in grades 6,7, and 8 using a modified, flexible schedule.

Year 4: 2016-2017 High School STEAM pathway to graduation Identify interested students entering 9th grade Integrate with science research Complete engineering and computer science course sequences Computer science and engineering courses utilize the FAB Lab for course work. Identify additional opportunities in STEAM fields for Senior Options participants.

Middle School High School Destination Technology, Engineering and Imagination Engineering and Computer Science Computer Science

Theater Arts Middle What can we do Science School and Research and High School with a design and Applied fabrication lab? Curriculum Projects Summer Robotics Enrichment STEAM club Classes and Program teams ALL ABOARD! NEXT STOP--BLIND BROOK Tickets, Please!

Let’s move full STEAM ahead!

★A strategic plan to prepare Blind Brook students for the future

Budget ★Research towards developing budget for fabrication lab ★Identify potential spaces on MS/HS campus ★Capital budget for renovation of existing ★Equipment budget for tools ★School visits to existing fab labs/maker spaces in nearby districts

Year 4: 2016-2017

★ Fabrication Lab opens ★ Grade 8 STEAM elective ★ STEAM projects ★ Enrichment projects ★ Destination Imagination ★ Robotics team ★ Science and/or environmental club ★ MS/HS theater set design and construction