What Every Principal Should Know about STEM Education

1. What Every Principal Should Know about STEM Education November 16, 2012 Maine Principals Association Conference Portland, ME

2. Introductions My name is Dan Smith, Principal at…

3. Goals … You will • Gain an understanding of the history of Science and Math Standards in Maine and why STEM is so important • Gain an understanding of how new STEM standards should be used to guide instruction • Discuss a instructional vignette aligned to NGSS • Learn how to access available math and science resources • Offer advice about supports for Maine Principals

4. History of Math and Science Standards in Maine

5. New approaches are needed to address: • Reduction of the United States' competitive economic edge • Lagging achievement of U.S. students • Essential preparation for all careers in the modern workforce • STEM literacy for an educated society

6. 1997 – State of Maine Learning Results • 2007 – State of Maine Learning Results revised • 2010 – Adopted Common Core State Standards for Mathematics into the Maine standards • 2013 – Anticipated adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards into the Maine standards • 2014/2015 school year – First administration of the Smarter Balanced Assessment for mathematics and ELA

7. Common Core State Standards for Mathematics

8. The 8 Mathematical Practices

10. Math Shifts • Change in culture focusing on the 8 Standards for Mathematical Practices (K-12) • Domains begin and end, not all domains span grades K-12 • Deeper focus on Number & Number Sense K-5 • Focus on fractions grades 3-5, application of fractions grades 6-8 • Probability & Statistics focus in grades 6-HS • Algebra focus begins in grades 6-8 http://maine.gov/education/lres/math/standards.html

11. Next Generation Science Standards

12. Next Generation Science Standards The Standards The Vision for the Standards

13. Maine Learning Results Design

14. NGSS Design • Not separate treatment of “content” and “practices” and “crosscutting concepts” • Curriculum and instruction needs to do more than present and assess scientific ideas – they need to involve learners in using scientific practices to develop and apply the scientific ideas.

15. Building Instruction from Standards

16. Aligning Instruction Science Mathematics

17. The Vignette Middle Level Science: Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems

18. The NGSS Architecture

19. The Vignette Middle Level Science: Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems Read from 2nd paragraph p. 6 through the end. What is familiar about the instruction? What is different about the instruction?

20. Cluster performance expectations • Focus on what students are doing • Connect practices and content and crosscutting concepts for “seamless integration”

21. What supports do Maine Principals need? Who should provide those supports?

22. What tools?

23. Available Math Resources • MDOE Math Webpage: http://maine.gov/education/lres/math/index.html • Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium: http://maine.gov/education/lres/math/index.html • Illustrative Mathematics Project: http://illustrativemathematics.org/

24. Available Math Resources NoteShare Notebooks: • Grades K-2: http://mlti.cross.doe.msln.net/NoteShare/Notebooks/CommonCore/MathK2/ • Grades 3-5: http://mlti.cross.doe.msln.net/NoteShare/Notebooks/CommonCore/math35/ • Grades 6-8: http://mlti.cross.doe.msln.net/NoteShare/Notebooks/CommonCore/Math68/ • High School: http://mlti.cross.doe.msln.net/NoteShare/Notebooks/CommonCore/Math912/

25. SciTech Framework http://www.scitechframework.wordpress.com

26. National Science Teachers AssociationPractices Webinars http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/Ngss/webseminar.aspx

27. Next Generation Science Standards and ELLs Webinar with Helen Quinn and Okhee Lee http://ell.stanford.edu/event/next-generation-science-standards-ells

28. SCIENCE MATH M1. Make sense of S1. Ask questions & S2. Develop and use models problems & persevere in solving them define problems S3. Plan & carry out S5. Use mathematics & computational thinking investigations M6. Attend to precision M4. Model with mathematics S4. Analyze & interpret M7. Look for & make use of structure data M8. Look for & express regularity in repeated reasoning E2. Build strong content knowledge E4. Comprehend as well as critique E5. Value evidence M2. Reason abstractly & quantitatively M3. Construct viable argument & critique reasoning of others S7. Engage in argument from evidence S6. Construct explanations & design solutions S8. Obtain, evaluate & communicate information E6. Use technology & digital media M5. Use appropriate tools strategically E1. Demonstrate independence E3. Respond to the varying demands of audience, talk, purpose, & discipline ELA E7. Come to understand other perspectives & cultures Source: Working Draft, 12-6-11 by Tina Cheuk, ell.stanford.edu

29. Question and Comments?

30. Contact Information • Anita Bernhardt – MDOE Science and Technology Specialist: anita.bernhardt@maine.gov 207-624-6835 • Michele Mailhot – MDOE Mathematics Specialist: michele.mailhot@maine.gov 207-624-6829