1. Teacher Externships (or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love PD)
Roger Snow
STEM Coordinator
Ogden School District
Ogden, Utah

2. The Struggle We need to increase Industry Connections to the Classroom
Teachers want meaningful PD
I want to keep my great teachers

3. 3 Tiers of Teacher - Industry Experience
6-week Externship
Tech College, 1-week Work Program
Teacher Field Trips

4. What We All Want Increase Industry Connections to the Classroom
Meaningful PD that Doesn’t Stink on Ice
Incentivize my Great Teachers to Stay With me.

5. The Team

6. We have an Answer Teachers Have Skills Industry Partners Have Needs
Teachers have Time in Summer

7. Teacher Experiences
Mr. Ortiz and Mrs. Kunzler

8. Teacher Experiences Mr. Ortiz and Mrs. Kunzler Unit Lesson Plans
Sugar Rocket Design and Test
Engineering Careers
Polynomials With Rockets

9. Teacher Experiences
Mr. Hirschi

10. How Do we Do it? What Obstacles await?
Partner Discussion

11. Funding, Protection, Retention
Example MOU
Teacher Announcement
Teacher Application

12. How do I start? Form Your Industry PLC
We are the Solution to Their HR Supply chain issues
Secure Funding, MOUs
Market and Promote
Plan for Follow-up

13. Questions?
Discussion

14. The Payoff
Sean Smith

16. Thank You snowr@ogdensd.org