AdvancED Missouri Join the Journey: Spotlighting STEM Conference March 13-14, 2018 Highlighting the STEM/STEAM Journey: Hosted by Rockhurst High School AdvancED STEM Certified AdvancED Missouri Join the Journey Wednesday, March 14, 2018 8:00-8:50 Breakfast Spotlighting STEM Conference 9:00-9:50 Concurrent Session 2A Rockhurst High School March 13 – March 14, 2018 • Getting the freshmen on the 'same page' for Algebra 1. Schedule at a Glance • Innovation and Demonstration in high school chemistry • Active Learning Classrooms at Rockhurst High School Tuesday, March 13, 2018 • More than a Library. Johnson County Library Makerspace, KC Digital Media Lab & The Linda Hall Library: A Center for Science and Society 8:00-8:50 Registration/Breakfast • STEAM focus engages prospective parents and alumni 9:00-9:50 Welcome - Gregory Harkness Rockhurst High School Principal 10:00-10:50 Concurrent Session 2B • Intro to Computer Science, the required course for all freshmen. Introduction of Keynote Speaker - Becky Densmore AdvancED • Space Matters! Building Critical STEM Competencies Through Designl Vice President, North USA Region • STEM in the Elementary Classroom with Washburn University • Design Thinking Across the Curriculum with KC Startup Foundation Keynote Address - Scott Davidson, AdvancED STEM • Transforming Technology Curriculum: From Ideation to Sustained Success with Rockhurst Are United States schools failing? Are high school graduates University underprepared for college? Do we face a shortage of STEM workers in the economy? Scott Davidson, Director for STEM Services at AdvancED, presents a compelling argument 11:00-11:50 Concurrent Session 2C for reframing the discussion about the importance of STEM education. • Embracing STEM in Modern Language Instruction: Methods and Examples • Creative Writing at a STEM Certified School 10:00-10:50 Concurrent Session 1A • STEAM Council – the journey of a new student club (student presentation!) • Action Oriented Math Class - Exeter Mathematics Institute • Death of Planners - Student Planning in the Digital Age • Entrepreneurial Mindset + STEM = Innovation with UMKC SBTDC • Preparing our future engineers with Benedictine College Engineering Dept. • Student Wellness Counseling Initiative using STEM Principles • Pop-up MindDrive! Check out these student made electric cars! • Using eProve™ to Cultivate Cultures of STEM Learning with AdvancED • Leveraging Community through the KC STEM Alliance 12:00-12:50 Lunch 11:00-11:50 Concurrent Session 1B 1:00-1:50 Concurrent Session 2D • How a Math Hub impacted student performance and perception • Equality Opportunity Exposure to STEM with National Inventor Hall of Fame • Tower Gardening in the Classroom • Leading Change with Mission in Mind - Principal of Rockhurst High School • Educators Using eProve™ to Cultivate Cultures of STEM Learning (cont.) • Using Active Learning Classrooms to Engage Collaboration • Design Thinking, STEM and Making the Connections to Solve Real World Problems with • Training Citizens for the Digital City with KC Digital Drive the Lean Lab • STEAM Studio – a partnership that made national news • Outdoor Adventures – connecting co-curricular to STEM • Makerspaces are applied STEaM with Hammerspace 2:00-2:45 Closing Session - Conversation with STEM leaders 12:00-12:50 Lunch with Student led tours of RHS innovative spaces Rockhurst High School 1:00-1:15 Film Introduction 1:15-3:00 Most Likely to Succeed Rockhurst High School is the only Jesuit Catholic private college preparatory school for boys in grades 9 – 12 in the Kansas City area. It is located in the southern residential portion of Kansas City, Missouri, a metropolitan area of more than 2-million people. Rockhurst draws a student body A thought-provoking documentary feature film that reveals the growing shortcomings of that is ethnically and socio-economically diverse from 95 different zip codes, 56 in Missouri and 39 in Kansas. The current freshman class entered conventional education methods in today's innovative world. from 32 private and 29 public middle schools. The entire student body represents more than 115 elementary and junior high schools from the metropolitan area, with 21% who are self identified students of color. In the 2016-17 school year, 42% of students received $2.2 million in financial 3:00-4:00 Panel Discussion aid. Rockhurst High School, through its various programs and activities, aids in the total development of its students. In March 2017, Rockhurst Jo Weller, STEAM Director & Curriculum Coordinator at St. Teresa’s Academy , High School became just the 80th school in the nation, and the first in Missouri or Kansas, to earn the AdvancED STEM Certification Patrick Curran, Math Teacher at Rockhurst High School "Being asked to host a STEM Conference is humbling; AdvancED was impressed with how high functioning we are as a school," said Owsley. Scott Davidson, AdvancED "Their request that we host a conference and share our way of proceeding as a school is affirming to the incredible work of my colleagues." 4:00-5:30 Happy Hour/Social - Discussion 2 STEM Conference 2018 STEM Conference 2018 3 AdvancED Missouri Join the Journey Wednesday, March 14, 2018 8:00-8:50 Breakfast Spotlighting STEM Conference 9:00-9:50 Concurrent Session 2A Rockhurst High School March 13 – March 14, 2018 • Getting the freshmen on the 'same page' for Algebra 1. Schedule at a Glance • Innovation and Demonstration in high school chemistry • Active Learning Classrooms at Rockhurst High School Tuesday, March 13, 2018 • More than a Library. Johnson County Library Makerspace, KC Digital Media Lab & The Linda Hall Library: A Center for Science and Society 8:00-8:50 Registration/Breakfast • STEAM focus engages prospective parents and alumni 9:00-9:50 Welcome - Gregory Harkness Rockhurst High School Principal 10:00-10:50 Concurrent Session 2B • Intro to Computer Science, the required course for all freshmen. Introduction of Keynote Speaker - Becky Densmore AdvancED • Space Matters! Building Critical STEM Competencies Through Designl Vice President, North USA Region • STEM in the Elementary Classroom with Washburn University • Design Thinking Across the Curriculum with KC Startup Foundation Keynote Address - Scott Davidson, AdvancED STEM • Transforming Technology Curriculum: From Ideation to Sustained Success with Rockhurst Are United States schools failing? Are high school graduates University underprepared for college? Do we face a shortage of STEM workers in the economy? Scott Davidson, Director for STEM Services at AdvancED, presents a compelling argument 11:00-11:50 Concurrent Session 2C for reframing the discussion about the importance of STEM education. • Embracing STEM in Modern Language Instruction: Methods and Examples • Creative Writing at a STEM Certified School 10:00-10:50 Concurrent Session 1A • STEAM Council – the journey of a new student club (student presentation!) • Action Oriented Math Class - Exeter Mathematics Institute • Death of Planners - Student Planning in the Digital Age • Entrepreneurial Mindset + STEM = Innovation with UMKC SBTDC • Preparing our future engineers with Benedictine College Engineering Dept. • Student Wellness Counseling Initiative using STEM Principles • Pop-up MindDrive! Check out these student made electric cars! • Using eProve™ to Cultivate Cultures of STEM Learning with AdvancED • Leveraging Community through the KC STEM Alliance 12:00-12:50 Lunch 11:00-11:50 Concurrent Session 1B 1:00-1:50 Concurrent Session 2D • How a Math Hub impacted student performance and perception • Equality Opportunity Exposure to STEM with National Inventor Hall of Fame • Tower Gardening in the Classroom • Leading Change with Mission in Mind - Principal of Rockhurst High School • Educators Using eProve™ to Cultivate Cultures of STEM Learning (cont.) • Using Active Learning Classrooms to Engage Collaboration • Design Thinking, STEM and Making the Connections to Solve Real World Problems with • Training Citizens for the Digital City with KC Digital Drive the Lean Lab • STEAM Studio – a partnership that made national news • Outdoor Adventures – connecting co-curricular to STEM • Makerspaces are applied STEaM with Hammerspace 2:00-2:45 Closing Session - Conversation with STEM leaders 12:00-12:50 Lunch with Student led tours of RHS innovative spaces Rockhurst High School 1:00-1:15 Film Introduction 1:15-3:00 Most Likely to Succeed Rockhurst High School is the only Jesuit Catholic private college preparatory school for boys in grades 9 – 12 in the Kansas City area. It is located in the southern residential portion of Kansas City, Missouri, a metropolitan area of more than 2-million people. Rockhurst draws a student body A thought-provoking documentary feature film that reveals the growing shortcomings of that is ethnically and socio-economically diverse from 95 different zip codes, 56 in Missouri and 39 in Kansas. The current freshman class entered conventional education methods in today's innovative world. from 32 private and 29 public middle schools. The entire student body represents more than 115 elementary and junior high schools from the metropolitan area, with 21% who are self identified students of color. In the 2016-17 school year, 42% of students received $2.2 million in financial 3:00-4:00 Panel Discussion aid. Rockhurst High School, through its various programs and activities, aids in the total development of its students. In March 2017, Rockhurst Jo Weller, STEAM Director & Curriculum Coordinator at St. Teresa’s Academy , High School became just the 80th school