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.

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)

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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