*Class is designed for Secondary teachers. 

#11168 STEM Cohort

13570    STEM Cohort 1 credit

13572    STEM Cohort 2 credit

Guiding Questions for our group:

• How can my classroom become a place where students are doing the reading, writing, thinking and problem solving?
• How can effective implementation of the NGSS Science and Engineering Practices and the Standards for Math Practice help my students become better problem-solvers?
• How can we utilize the science and engineering practices and the standards for math practice to create integrated math/science STEM lessons?
• How can my classroom answer the questions, “Where does this live in the world?”, and “Who could be an audience other than the teacher?”
• How can this group and the coaching cycle help me get smarter about STEM?

Structure

• Combination of Math Teachers, Science Teachers, and STEM/Technology Teachers 
• Professional Learning experience together
• Individual and small group coaching
• Field experiences to grow expertise and efficacy in STEM

Participants in the STEM Coaching Cohort will experience the following each year:

• One full professional learning day:
• Design Challenge
• Facilitated Planning Time
• 2 lab days:
• A teacher from the cohort will be coached to host a lab in their classroom.
• We will do some reading and learning together to label what we see in the lab classroom.
• During the class, we use an online discussion tool to get real time noticings.
• The afternoon will be a chance to learn and plan with colleagues to implement new learning that teachers got out of the lab.
• On-going one-on-one and small group coaching:
• Teachers will meet me a minimum of 3 times throughout the school year.
• These coaching sessions can be for planning and/or observation/debrief.
• Coaching notes are recorded on a google doc so that teachers have a place to record their own thoughts based on the feedback they get.
• Field Experiences:
• Hacking STEM professional learning
• University of Boulder First Year Engineering Expo
• Denver Museum of Nature and Science Workshops
• Design Challenge Workshops
• Coding Workshops
• ArcGIS workshop
• InWorks Maker Space at University of Colorado at Denver
• Fiske Planetarium
• Plains Conservation Center
• Chatfield Conservation Center
• National Center for Atmospheric Research

For Math Cohorts please contact Denise Goldin- Dubois at: dgoldin-dubois2@cherrycreekschools.org

For Science Cohorst please Contact Sherri Dennstedt at: sdennstedt@cherrycreekschools.org