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Picking Up STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, T h e A r t s , Mathematics) Dr. Jay Dugan Presented February 27, 2014 For the Learning Forward NJ 2014 Annual Conference Welcome!. Helping People Help Kids. Picking Up STEAM Real Educational Reform…. Helping People Help Kids.

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  1. Picking Up STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, TheArts, Mathematics) Dr. Jay Dugan Presented February 27, 2014 For the Learning Forward NJ 2014 Annual Conference Welcome! Helping People Help Kids

  2. Picking Up STEAM Real Educational Reform… Helping People Help Kids

  3. Picking Up STEAM Real Educational Reform… It is no longer about preparing students for the 21st Century Helping People Help Kids

  4. Picking Up STEAM We are no longer preparing students for the 21st century. This IS the 21st Century. Helping People Help Kids

  5. Picking Up STEAM Real Educational Reform… It is probably not even about current school-aged students. Helping People Help Kids

  6. Picking Up STEAM Real Educational Reform… It is probably not even about current school-aged students. The wheels of educational change are too slow to impact them. Helping People Help Kids

  7. Picking Up STEAM Real Educational Reform… It is probably not even about current school-aged students. The wheels of educational change are too slow to impact them. Districts have been forced to narrow their programs of studies, cut personnel, and focus too much on test preparation–all of which negatively impact instructional time. - http://teacherbiz.wordpress.com January 14, 2014 Helping People Help Kids

  8. Picking Up STEAM Real Educational Reform… It is probably not even about current school-aged students. The wheels of educational change are too slow to impact them. Helping People Help Kids

  9. Picking Up STEAM Real Educational Reform… Teachers: It is no longer about you, either. Helping People Help Kids

  10. Picking Up STEAM It is about the grandkids now. Helping People Help Kids

  11. Picking Up STEAM It is about the grandkids now. Ava ~ Class of 2028 Retirement Party: November 15, 2075 Helping People Help Kids

  12. Picking Up STEAM It is about the grandkids now. Isabella ~ Class of 2029 Retirement Party: January 20, 2077 Helping People Help Kids

  13. Picking Up STEAM It is about the grandkids now. Lily ~ Class of 2030 Retirement Party: September 15, 2077 Helping People Help Kids

  14. Picking Up STEAM It is about the grandkids now. James ~ Class of 2032 Retirement Party: February 22, 2079 Helping People Help Kids

  15. Picking Up STEAM It is about the grandkids now. James ~ Class of 2032 Retirement Party: February 22, 2079 Enters the 22nd Century at age 85. Helping People Help Kids

  16. Picking Up STEAM The role of teachers, from a grandparent’s eyes: We honestly don’t care if your school is… Helping People Help Kids

  17. Picking Up STEAM The role of teachers, from a grandparent’s eyes: We honestly don’t care if your school is… magnet, charter, blue ribbon, an historic landmark, Leeds certified, focus, priority, vocational, college prep, impoverished, affluent, homogenous, or diverse. Helping People Help Kids

  18. Picking Up STEAM The role of teachers, from a grandparent’s eyes: We honestly don’t care about… Helping People Help Kids

  19. Picking Up STEAM The role of teachers, from a grandparent’s eyes: We honestly don’t care about… lesson plans, how to flip classrooms, differentiated instruction, the model curriculum, common core standards, PARCC, teacher evaluations, or any of the other hot-topic buzzwords. Helping People Help Kids

  20. Picking Up STEAM The role of teachers, from a grandparent’s eyes: We honestly don’t care about… lesson plans, how to flip classrooms, differentiated instruction, the model curriculum, common core standards, PARCC, teacher evaluations, or any of the other hot-topic buzzwords. What we really care about is that you... Helping People Help Kids

  21. Picking Up STEAM …make these Retirement Parties happen. 2077 2079 2075 2077 Helping People Help Kids

  22. Picking Up STEAM STEM Federal Government Spending: $3.4 billion 80 percent of all the federal spending comes from three agencies: • the National Science Foundation ~ $1.2 billion • the Department of Education ~ $1 billion • Department of Health and Human Services ~ $577 million. Helping People Help Kids

  23. Picking Up STEAM STEM Federal Government Spending: $3.4 billion About 60 percent of all federal spending targets K-12 education, with the rest directed at the postsecondary level. Helping People Help Kids

  24. Picking Up STEAM STEM Federal Government Spending: $3.4 billion • $1 billion is spent on agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health, Department of Transportation, and broader STEM education matters • $1.1 billion targets African-Americans, Hispanics, and females • $312 million have the primary goal of improving teacher effectiveness Helping People Help Kids

  25. Picking Up STEAM STEM Federal Government Spending: $3.4 billion Why? Helping People Help Kids

  26. Picking Up STEAM STEM Federal Government Spending: $3.4 billion America is worried about its future. Four generations ago: Work hard, be loyal to your company, and seniority will reward you. Three generations ago: Study hard, go to college, and you will get a good job. Our generation: Study harder than I did, go to college, and you might get a good job. Helping People Help Kids

  27. Picking Up STEAM STEM Federal Government Spending: $3.4 billion America is worried about its future. This generation (Buddy): I will work hard and be loyal to my company. They will pay for my college studies, and I will get a better job. Helping People Help Kids

  28. Picking Up STEAM • STEM • Federal Government Spending: $3.4 billion • America is worried about its future. “They’re closing down the textile mill, across the railroad tracks. The foreman says these jobs are going, boys, and they ain’t coming back.” • Bruce Springsteen • My Hometown • 1984 Helping People Help Kids

  29. Picking Up STEAM • STEM • Federal Government Spending: $3.4 billion • America is worried about its future. “For the first time in the history of America , you can not have low skills and get a high paying job.” • Willa Spicer • New JerseyAssistant • Commissioner • 2008 Helping People Help Kids

  30. Picking Up STEAM • STEM • Federal Government Spending: $3.4 billion • America is worried about its future. • Myth: Unemployment in NJ is high because there are no jobs available. Helping People Help Kids

  31. Picking Up STEAM • STEM Myth: Unemployment in NJ is high because there are no jobs available. The 10 Hardest Jobs to fill: Source: Independent Street EngineersMachinists/Machine OperatorsSkilled Manual TradesTechniciansSales RepresentativesAccounting & Finance StaffMechanicsLaborersIT StaffProduction Operators Source: Forbes EngineersNursesSkilled TradesTeachersSales RepresentativesTechnicians(Truck) DriversIT StaffLaborersMachinists/Machine Operators Source: Monster.com White CollarEngineersTechniciansSales RepresentativesAccountantsIT Staff Bue CollarMachinists/ Machine OperatorsSkilled TradespeopleMechanicsLaborersProduction operators. Helping People Help Kids

  32. Picking Up STEAM • STEM Myth: Unemployment in NJ is high because there are no jobs available. The 10 Hardest Jobs to fill: Source: Forbes EngineersNursesSkilled TradesTeachersSales RepresentativesTechnicians(Truck) DriversIT StaffLaborersMachinist/Machine Operators Source: Independent Street EngineersMachinists/Machine OperatorsSkilled Manual TradesTechniciansSales RepresentativesAccounting & Finance StaffMechanicsLaborersIT StaffProduction Operators Source: Monster.com White CollarEngineersTechniciansSales RepresentativesAccountantsIT Staff Bue CollarMachinists/ Machine OperatorsSkilled TradespeopleMechanicsLaborersProduction operators. Helping People Help Kids

  33. Picking Up STEAM • STEM Myth: Unemployment in NJ is high because there are no jobs available. The 10 Hardest Jobs to fill: Source: Independent Street EngineersMachinists/Machine OperatorsSkilled Manual TradesTechniciansSales RepresentativesAccounting & Finance StaffMechanicsLaborersIT StaffProduction Operators Source: Forbes EngineersNursesSkilled TradesTeachersSales RepresentativesTechnicians(Truck) DriversIT StaffLaborersMachinists/Machine Operators Source: Monster.com White CollarEngineersTechniciansSales RepresentativesAccountantsIT Staff Bue CollarMachinists/ Machine OperatorsSkilled TradespeopleMechanicsLaborersProduction operators. Helping People Help Kids

  34. Picking Up STEAM • STEM • 40% of Lockheed Martin (Mt. Laurel, NJ) • employees are from other countries. Helping People Help Kids

  35. Picking Up STEAM • STEM • 40% of Lockheed Martin (Mt. Laurel, NJ) • employees are from other countries. • Lockheed’s biggest contractor is the US Military Helping People Help Kids

  36. Picking Up STEAM • STEM • 40% of Lockheed Martin (Mt. Laurel, NJ) • employees are from other countries. • Lockheed’s biggest contractor is the US Military • 1800 NASA employees (50 – 60%) are at • retirement age Helping People Help Kids

  37. Picking Up STEAM • STEM • 40% of Lockheed Martin (Mt. Laurel, NJ) • employees are from other countries. • Lockheed’s biggest contractor is the US Military • 1800 NASA employees (50 – 60%) are at • retirement age • India has more honors students than • America has students Helping People Help Kids

  38. Picking Up STEAM • STEM When I was growing up, my parents used to say to me, … “finish your dinner – people in China and India are starving. My advice to you today is…finish your homework – people in China and India are starving for your jobs.” Thomas Friedman The World Is Flat 2005

  39. Picking Up STEAM STEM However, STEM will account for less than ten percent of our grandchildren’s careers… Helping People Help Kids

  40. Picking Up STEAM STEM However, STEM will account for less than ten percent of our grandchildren’s careers… quite frankly, we don’t know what the other 90% will be doing. Grandpa…do you remember when there were school teachers? Helping People Help Kids

  41. Picking Up STEAM STEM In fact, we don’t know what jobs will look like in the year 2020. Grandpa…what was a Blockbuster store? Helping People Help Kids

  42. Picking Up STEAM • Are we prepared to train students for jobs that don’t exist yet, solving problems we don’t know are problems yet? Helping People Help Kids

  43. Picking Up STEAM • Are we prepared to train students for jobs that don’t exist yet, solving problems we don’t know are problems yet? • STEM is not enough. Helping People Help Kids

  44. Picking Up STEAM “The Italian Renaissance did not come about because the Medicis had a math strategy buttressed by some standardized tests.” - Sir Kenneth Robinson Helping People Help Kids

  45. Picking Up STEAM Because they were geniuses in their fields…. or because they were creative, divergent thinkers? Helping People Help Kids

  46. Picking Up STEAM Reserved For James Reserved For James Reserved For James …and can we please do something for Ava, Isabella, and Lily about this ratio? Helping People Help Kids

  47. Picking Up STEAM Middle School is the prime age for maintaining an interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) for girls: A recent study of fourth graders showed that 66 percent of girls and 68 percent of boys reported liking science… Helping People Help Kids

  48. Picking Up STEAM Middle School is the prime age for maintaining an interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) for girls: A recent study of fourth graders showed that 66 percent of girls and 68 percent of boys reported liking science… by eighth grade, boys are twice as interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) careers as girls. Helping People Help Kids

  49. Picking Up STEAM U.S. Girls Perform Evenly With Boys in Math and Science, PISA Data Show EDUCATION WEEK January 7, 2014 Same aptitude, different interest level. Helping People Help Kids

  50. Picking Up STEAM STEAM will be a tough sell. It is revolutionary: • It defies departmentalized learning. • It is formative in nature; therefore, it defies measurement by multiple choice, summative evaluations. • There is no common core when searching for the uncommon. • There is nothing standardized about the creative process. Helping People Help Kids

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