The GE Foundation K-12 STEM Integration Conference July 15-20, 2018 The 2018 GE Foundation K-12 STEM Integration Conference program s focus is to explore effective practices in STEM education to assist educators, schools, and districts in creating a vision and culture to support a plan for an integrated STEM education for all students. The goals of the conference are to: Build the capacity of educators as district, state, national and international STEM leaders Provide real world application-based, interactive STEM integration experiences for STEM educators Assist STEM educators in improving their practice through tools, resources, and innovative approaches Empower STEM educators to integrate STEM across the curriculum through strategic action planning Grow STEM leadership to build a STEM culture across their communities Below is a DRAFT Agenda. Session titles and facilitators are subject to change.
Sunday July 15, Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront Hotel 4:00 pm 5:15 pm On-Site Registration Hilton Lobby 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm Opening Dinner Welcome from the GE Foundation and the National Science Teachers Association Kelli Wells Executive Director Education and Skills GE Foundation Wendy Binder Program Director Integrated Programs National Science Teachers Association Modeling and Facilitating the Design Process for Student Success Claude Charron and Student Team Gulliver Preparatory School Engineering and Biomedical Sciences Director of Education and Professional Development Conrad Foundation Miami, FL
Monday July 16, Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront Hotel 6:30 am - 7:30 am Breakfast 7:30 am 7:35 am Overview of Conference and Day 1: Establishing a Vision and Collaborative Culture for Implementing Integrated STEM The goal for the teams over the week is to leave with a shared vision for STEM and action steps for working toward creating a STEM culture. The week-long program will emphasize the importance of starting with specific goals in support of STEM literacy for all students; creating an achievable path built on an integrated set of STEM practices; and building a STEM Culture that engages school, district, and community stakeholders. 7:35-8:15 am Inspiring the Future STEM Workforce This daily morning session will engage attendees in exciting platforms for learning about areas rich with career opportunities spanning science, technology, engineering, math, and computer science. Throughout the week teams will explore the possibilities through creating with technology. 8:15 am - 10:45 am The STEM Classroom: A Dive Into an Integrated Three Dimensional STEM Experience Each grade band session will focus on an integrated STEM exploration that provides an engaging three dimensional interactive experience to illustrate an important crosscutting STEM concept. This session will give attendees a common experience for reflecting on how the integration of STEM at each grade band can increase student motivation and understanding of science and what to think about when integrating real world applications. Grades K-5 Tony Zini STEM/Title 1 Teacher Joseph Perry Elementary School Huntington Beach, CA Grades 6-8 Racheal Manzer STEAM Coach Winchester Public Schools Winchester, CT Grades 9-12 Trish Shelton
High School Teacher, former Standards Implementation Specialist National Science Teachers Association Administrators Dr. Sal Fernandez STEM Happens Network President and CEO This program strand will explore the role of the instructional leader and the tools/resources for implementing and assessing an integrated STEM curriculum. A Break will be incorporated in the session 10:45 am 11:30am Team Share and Discussion Team Planning Time will be built in each day. Discussion prompts: What does a STEM Literate Graduate look like? What is our current STEM picture? Where do we want to be? How do we get there? 11:30 am- 12:30 pm Creating a STEM Culture for Teaching and Learning In this session, Jeff will share his experiences working with districts and state frameworks to create foundations for integrated STEM to become a reality. The importance of starting with specific goals around supporting STEM literate students, creating an achievable path built on an integrated set of science, engineering, and other cross-curricular practices, and connecting to the strengths of your community will be discussed. Dr. Jeff Weld Senior Policy Advisor in STEM Education White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Executive Director, Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council 12:30 pm 1:30 pm Lunch 1:30-2:15 pm Building a Collaborative School/District Culture Using the Grassroots Panel design, each table will be assigned one of the building blocks of establishing a STEM Culture. Through discussion, participants from that table will generate (via consensus) a higher order thinking (HOT)
question that would benefit the entire audience. Panel Facilitator: Dr. Jeff Weld Panelists: STEM Networks: Dr. Thomas T. Peters Director South Carolina s Coalition for Mathematics and Science Clemson, SC Business/Community Buy-In Michelle Hill Director Waukee Aspiring Professional Experience (APEX) Waukee, IA STEM Teachers, Classrooms, and Schools Dr. Carla Johnson Provost Fellow for P-12 STEM & Executive Director of Indiana GEAR UP and Professor of Science Education Purdue University West Lafayette, IN Equitable Access to STEM Thea Sahr Director of Programs Discover E Boston, MA 2:15 pm 3:30 pm Concurrent Breakouts: Building a Collaborative School/District Culture STEM Networks Business/Community Partnerships STEM Teachers, Classrooms and Schools Equitable Access to STEM 3:30-4:00 pm Team Planning Time
Tuesday July 17 Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront Hotel /NASA s Kennedy Space Center 6:30 am - 7:30 am Breakfast 7:30 am 7:35 am Overview of Day 2: Exploring Elements of Effective STEM Integration Kelli Wells Executive Director, Education and Skills GE Foundation 7:35-8:15 am Inspiring the Future STEM Workforce, cont. 8:15 am 9:00 am STEM Integration: Successful Practices for All Students Each team presents to a mixed table (of reps from each team) a successful STEM practice/project/tool they implement that they felt all would benefit from reflecting on their STEM lesson/unit. Tables share out a VIP (very important point) and VIQ (very important question) all teams would benefit from hearing. Table Topics for Sharing Effective Practices: Integrating Computational Thinking Skills Problem/Project Based Learning Design Engineering Challenges Incorporating a Maker Mindset to Support Stem Career Awareness: The GE Brilliant Career Lab 9:00-9:30 am Team Reflection and Discussion teams share what they took away from the sharing of Best practices and revisit the STEM lesson/unit they bought. A Break will be incorporated into this session. 9:30-10:45/ 10:45-12:00 noon Effective Practices in STEM Integration (Concurrent Sessions offered twice that are in same topics as the Team table discussions) Integrating Computational Thinking Skills
Problem/Project Based Learning Design Engineering Challenges Incorporating a Maker Mindset to Support Stem Career Awareness: The GE Brilliant Career Lab 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Lunch 1:00 pm Buses Depart for NASA s Kennedy Space Center 1:40 pm Welcome from NASA Center for Space Education Lesley Fletcher Deputy Division Chief, Education Projects and Youth Engagement National Aeronautics and Space Administration Group Picture-Rocket Garden followed by Self-Tour of the Visitors Center Complex 6:00 pm Buses Depart for Doubletree Hotel
Wednesday July 18, NASA s Kennedy Space Center 6:15am -7:00 am 7:00-7:45am Breakfast Inspiring the Future STEM Workforce, cont. 7:45 am Buses Depart for NASA s Kennedy Space Center 8:15 am -8:25 am Overview of Day 3: NASA: Real World STEM Applications 8:25am- 4:30 pm Concurrent Sessions: Both NASA programs will focus on engineering design processes and effective STEM practices incorporating real world applications. NASA BEST (Beginning Engineering, Science and Technology) Program: Preparing to Explore Mars: Designing and Building Satellites and Rovers Target Audience: Grades K-5 Dr. Laurie Cook BEST Program Manager Armstrong Flight Research Center Dr. Diane McElwain Education Specialist NASA John H. Glenn Research Center MARSbound for STEM Educators Target Audience: Grades 6-12 Susan Kohler Education Specialist NASA John H. Glenn Research Center Racheal Manzer STEAM Coach Winchester Public Schools Winchester, CT Administrators Dr. Sal Fernandez STEM Happens Network
President and CEO Administrators will be pulled out for a portion of the day to continue the conversation around instructional support and ongoing blended professional learning. (NASA SMEs (subject matter experts) will be integrated into the session content) 12:00 pm-1:00 pm Lunch Conference Center 4:30 pm Buses Depart for Cocoa Beach Hilton
Thursday July 19, NASA s Kennedy Space Center 6:15am -7:00 am 7:00-7:45am Breakfast Inspiring the Future STEM Workforce, cont. 7:45 am Buses Depart for NASA s Kennedy Space Center 8:15 am -8:20 am Overview of Day 3: NASA: Real World STEM Applications 8:25 am- 3:30 pm Concurrent Sessions NASA BEST (Beginning Engineering, Science and Technology) Program: Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC) Target Audience: Grades 6-12 Dr. Laurie Cook BEST Program Manager Armstrong Flight Research Center Dr. Diane McElwain Education Specialist NASA John H. Glenn Research Center Aeronautics (The Forces of Flight) for STEM Educators Target Audience: Grades K-5 Susan Kohler Education Specialist NASA John H. Glenn Research Center Racheal Manzer STEAM Coach Winchester Public Schools Winchester, CT Administrators Dr. Sal Fernandez STEM Happens Network President and CEO Administrators will be pulled out for a portion of the day to continue the
conversation around instructional support and ongoing blended professional learning. (NASA SMEs (subject matter experts) will be integrated into the session content) 12:00pm 1:00 pm Lunch 3:30-4:30 pm Commercial Space Flight: The New Frontier Steve Heck K-12 Education and Public Outreach Representative Commercial Spaceflight Federation Washington, DC Tony Fleury Teacher Greater Nanticoke Area High School Nanticoke, PA SpaceX Engineer TBA 4:30 pm Buses Depart for Cocoa Beach Hilton 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm Reception 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm Closing Dinner Featured Speaker: NASA Astronaut TBA
Friday July 20, Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront Hotel 7:30 am 8:30 am Breakfast Atlantis/Discovery 8:30 am -- 9:30 am Inspiring the Future STEM Workforce, cont. 9:30 am 9:45 am Overview of Day 5: Planning for K-12 STEM Integration and Next Steps Kelli Wells Executive Director Education and Skills GE Foundation Wendy Binder Program Director Integrated Programs National Science Teachers Association 9:45 am-11:45 am Working Toward K-12 STEM Teams meet and share revisit the STEM lesson/unit they reworked over the week share the action steps in their plan they each feel are necessary to move toward their vision. 11:45 am-12:30pm Boxed Lunch 12:30 pm Buses Depart for Orlando Airport