Intel ISEF Educator Academy Intel ® Education Programs 2015 Intel ISEF Educator Academy Pittsburgh, PA Action Plan – Anne Arundel County Public Schools Maryland 1

Intel ISEF Educator Academy Intel ® Education Programs Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) serves approximately 80,000 students within the state of Maryland. Our goal as a system is to elevate all students and eliminate all gaps. We (AACPS) also recognize that scientific and technological literacy is the key to developing tomorrow’s skilled workforce. In an effort to achieve this goal, we have developed an action plan to ensure success. 2

Intel ISEF Educator Academy Intel ® Education Programs Long Term Goals (3 – 5 Years) –Increase participation in STEM opportunities –Increase teacher capacity/ teacher quality in STEM methodologies –Create alternative STEM environments in order to provide additional STEM opportunities for students –Improve STEM cultural competencies and global social competencies 3

Intel ISEF Educator Academy Intel ® Education Programs Short Term Goals (1 – 2 Years) –Increase participation in competitions –Database of competitions –Increase students in Clubs –Invite Larry Shoop to present to our teachers and possibly principals on how to make teaching more engaging –Incorporation of System Science in Middle School starting with grade 6 –Develop an internal STEM teacher network – Develop a plan for a STEM Bus to travel to schools with engaging stem experiences for students. –Develop a plan for a Science/STEM center for students in southern AACPS –Incorporate System Science in middle school –Ashkoka Change maker Implement the new courses that were written and approved. 4

Intel ISEF Educator Academy Intel ® Education Programs 5 Objectives –Every high school and middle school will be represented at the Regional Science and Engineering Fair –The number of schools represented at the school county fair will increase from 60 schools to 63 schools. –The number of students participating in more than one STEM completion will increase. –The number of underrepresented students participating in STEM competitions will increase

Intel ISEF Educator Academy Intel ® Education Programs Increase Participation in STEM Opportunities 6 ActionSuccess Measure Who is responsible Due Date Provide timely information to elementary, middle and high school principals on the secondary and elementary regional and county fair. Memo is prepared and sent out to all principals. Ensure all principals are aware of the due dates, timelines and support available to them such as training sessions for teachers. Zipporah Miller Valerie Wesner Terri Showers Laura Espinosa September 2015 Provide training sessions for secondary department chairs, elementary science lead teachers and all school science fair coordinators Training session dates are sent out to schools and the training sessions are held. Workshops will include review of all safety guidelines, tips for successful school science fairs, how teachers and parents can to support students Zipporah Miller Valerie Wesner Terri Showers Laura Espinosa September 2015

Intel ISEF Educator Academy Intel ® Education Programs Increase Participation in STEM Opportunities 7 ActionSuccess Measure Who is responsible Due Date Develop online resources for classroom teachers and parents to assist them in supporting their students and children. Science fair resources will be available on the website for parents and blackboard for all school system staff. Zipporah Miller Valerie Wesner Terri Showers Laura Espinosa October 2015 Collaborate with the office of Equity and Accelerated Student Achievement to reach out to the underserved community and assist in providing support to students. Meeting will be scheduled with Mr. Anthony Alston to discuss ways to reach out to the underserved communities. Action steps will be developed during this meeting. Zipporah Miller September 2015

Intel ISEF Educator Academy Intel ® Education Programs Increase Participation in STEM Opportunities 8 ActionSuccess Measure Who is responsible Due Date Create a database with all STEM competitions and opportunities for students and teachers. Database is created and disseminated to principals, department chairs and teachers. Kristina Gillmeister STEM Team October 2015 Create a list of STEM related clubs offered with the contact person at each school. List of STEM related clubs will be developed and posted on the science website and blackboard. Miriam Klimoski September 2015 Support a group of students to attend ISEF as student observers Students have opportunity to attend the ISEF as observers. Kristina Gillmeister Zipporah Miller May 2016

Intel ISEF Educator Academy Intel ® Education Programs Increase Teacher Capacity 9 ActionSuccess Measure Who is responsible Due Date Provide training opportunity for teachers to learn how to increase student engagement in classrooms. Invite Larry Shoop from INTEL to present to teachers in the district. Teachers will participate in the professional learning experience. Zipporah Miller Kristina Gillmeister October 2015 High School system science teachers will lead middle school teachers in the development of a sixth grade system science course. Grade six system science course that is aligned to NGSS is developed and ready for pilot. Zipporah Miller Kristina GillmeisterJuly 2015 Select a group of teachers to attend ISEF as observers. This is to give them an opportunity to improve the quality of projects at the school level. Teachers attend ISEF as observers. Zipporah Miller Kristina Gillmeister May 2016

Intel ISEF Educator Academy Intel ® Education Programs Increase Teacher Capacity 10 ActionSuccess Measure Who is responsible Due Date Develop an internal STEM Teacher network to serve an PD provider, curriculum writers and also support other classroom teachers. Cadre of teachers at every region available to support teachers within their regions. Zipporah Miller Kristina Gillmeister May 2017

Intel ISEF Educator Academy Intel ® Education Programs Creating Alternative STEM Environments in Order to Provide STEM Opportunities for Students 11 ActionSuccess Measure Who is responsible Due Date Acquire a STEM bus that will travel from school to school offering engaging STEM experiences for students. Begin developing a plan on the program offerings and scheduling. Purchase the STEM bus and develop a plan on what experiences will be offered, scheduling and staffing. Kristina Gillmeister STEM Team December 2015 Begin developing a plan on how to leverage the lab space available to us at Discovery Village. Schedule meetings with Deputy Superintendent and Assistant Superintendents fro Advanced Studies and Curriculum and Instruction and Directors to begin developing a plan for Discovery Village. Zipporah Miller Kristina Gillmeister August 2015

Intel ISEF Educator Academy Intel ® Education Programs STEM Cultural Competencies and Global Social Competencies 12 ActionSuccess Measure Who is responsible Due Date Establish a partnership with the Ministry of Education with India in order to develop a student teacher exchange program with India Teachers from India placed in our schools and Teachers from our district teaching in India. Kristina Gillmeister Zipporah Miller June 2016 Establish a partnership with Intel Kenya in order to collaborate with students on research. Research collaborations between students in Kenya and schools in AACPS. Zipporah Miller Kristina Gillmeister June 2016 Train teachers on design thinking. Teachers training scheduled and Kristina Gillmeister Zipporah Miller June 2016

Intel ISEF Educator Academy Intel ® Education Programs 13 Reflection As a result of your participation in the 2015 Educator Academy, please reflect on your experience Highlight what your team felt was the key learning from the Educator Academy This was a great opportunity for networking and learning from science educators internationally. What impressed you the most? The whole experience was well organized. There were numerous sessions for us to choose from but it was not overwhelming. Time allocated for us to meet with our teams.

Intel ISEF Educator Academy Intel ® Education Programs 14 Reflection As a result of your participation in the 2015 Educator Academy, please reflect on your experience Which Shop Talks were the most beneficial for your team? All the keynotes were great. Creating a Unique Cross Cultural STEM Experience for Young Innovators Digging for the Roots: Searching for Assessing and Acknowledging Scientific Information Sources for Science Fair Projects in Times of Digital Information. What would you improve? If possible bring some new technologies for us to experience. What types of Shop Talks were missing?

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