A STEM Lesson for Teachers
Setting the Scene This year Leland became one of Chicago Public Schools' STEM schools. The designation brought about additional support staff placed in the building to help build the capacity of the teachers and help move the STEM initiative forward. Our school has a STEM Technology Specialist (me!) and a STEM Math and Science Specialist- my partner, Tom. It's great having a colleague to bounce ideas off of. Since we are housed in the same "closet" we have a lot of time to communicate and talk about ways to grow the school and our faculty. We are a great team and support each other's specialties. One day after the middle school science fair we talked about how our science boards had a long way to go. Being a Welcoming School (merging 3 student bodies and different teachers from across the district along with a new administration) has had it's challenges. The science fair was one of them. We talked about the need to express to the teachers...