Build, Create, and Hack: Bringing STE(A)M into K-12 Amir Abo-Shaeer Dos Pueblos High School Patty Quinones St. Vrain Valley School District Bruce Wellman Olathe Northwest High School Brian Huang SparkFun Education (moderator) http://sfe.io/r66
Mar 31, 2015
Build, Create, and Hack: Bringing STE(A)M into K-12
Amir Abo-ShaeerDos Pueblos High School
Patty QuinonesSt. Vrain Valley School
District
Bruce WellmanOlathe Northwest High
School
Brian HuangSparkFun Education
(moderator)
http://sfe.io/r66
STEAM Rising: New Standards in K-12 Learning
The US is facing a crisis in its education system. Our standardized test-based approach is leaving new generations of American students at a disadvantage in a global economy that requires 21st century skills like innovation, curiosity and critical-thinking.
The emphasis on science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) and project-based learning (PBL) to close the gap has grown in success in several schools and school districts across the country. Meet our panel of educators and administrators that have developed successful STE(A)M programs at their respective schools.
Amir Abo-Shaeer
B.S. in Physics, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and a M.Ed. in Secondary Education.
Director of Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy - within Dos Pueblos High School
Key Awards / Accolades:
2008 Goleta Educator of the Year
2008 Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition
2009 Santa Barbara Rotary Outstanding Service Award
2010 MacArthur Fellow
2011 FIRST Woodie Flowers Award – Los Angeles Regional
Executive Director, Innovation Programs - St. Vrain Valley School District
Former Principal at Skyline High School (5 years)
Race to the Top grant recipient ($16.6 mil)
i3 (Investing in Innovation) grant recipient ($3.6 mil)
Co-Director of Colorado Collaborative for Girls in STEM
ASEE HS and Higher Education(CU) Partnership winner 2012
Patty Quiñones spent five years leading change at Skyline High School
creating the STEM Academy & Visual Performing Arts Academy as a focus
school for St. Vrain. She was asked a year ago to direct the Race to the Top
grant programs. The transition to her new post, Executive Director will allow
her to impact 11 schools in the Skyline feeder.
Patty Quinones
http://innovationcentersvvsd.weebly.com/
St. Vrain Valley School District Innovation Center
Bruce Wellman
Teacher, Department Chairperson, Program FacilitatorAerospace & Engineering Department Olathe Northwest High School, Olathe, KS.
National Board Certified Teacher, AYA Science, Chemistry
Key Awards / Accolades:2009 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching2011 Teaching Ambassador Fellow, U.S. Department of Education2011 Penn State, Eberly College of Science Outstanding Alumni Award
Comparison of STEM Programs
Dos Pueblos High School / Engineering Academy
Olathe Northwest High School / Aerospace Engineering Program
Skyline High School / St. Vrain Valley Schools Innovation Center
Location Goleta, CA (Santa Barbara)
Olathe, KS Longmont, CO
Inaugural Year 2002 (2012) 2003 2008
District Size 14,0004 high schools,4 middle schools,21 elementary schools
29,0004 high schools (building the 5th in 2015)9 middle schools,34 elementary schools
31,0008 high schools,10 middle schools,26 elementary schools
School Size 2,300 1,900 1,360
Program Size 100 per grade level 96 per grade levelintegrated chem & physics
400 STEM students210 VPA students
Funding Structure
DPEA Foundation, $400k / year, 40:1 FTE
District Funding + small grants to fund equipment
MiIl Levy/Bond, Race to the Top, i3 Grant, Industry Partners
Olathe Northwest High SchoolAerospace & Engineering Program
Olathe Northwest High SchoolAerospace & Engineering Program
Open Q & A
Thanks!
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Brian HuangSparkFun Education
(moderator)
Amir Abo-ShaeerDos Pueblos High School
Patty QuinonesSt. Vrain Valley School District
Bruce WellmanOlathe Northwest High School