Mapping a Pipeline to Mapping a Pipeline to Enhance the E in STEM Enhance the E in STEM

EducationEducation (ESTEME) (ESTEME)

Dr. Susan Belgrad Dr. Susan Belgrad

Professor of Elementary Professor of Elementary EducationEducation

STEM Innovations Team STEM Innovations Team LeaderLeader

The CSUN STEM Innovations Team is a dynamic collaboration between the Michael D. Eisner College of Education and the College of Engineering and Computer Science. We pursue a vision to provide a seamless, academic pipeline of early and sustained K-16 STEM curricula to educators in the Los Angeles Unified School District as well as schools and community colleges in the San Fernando, Simi and Santa Clarita Valleys. While CSUN is new to the PLTW Community, we recognize the need for elementary, secondary and post-secondary educators together with industry leaders, to move swiftly and strategically in delivering PLTW curricula.

This presentation focuses on an action plan to promote a workforce development model that reaches diverse, underserved students through a Supported K-16 STEM School-to-College-Career Network, which we believe will assure their access to promising STEM employment and careers.

Mapping a Pipeline to Enhance the E in STEM Education (ESTEME)

Districts High Schools Middle Schools

Elementary Schools

Postsecondary Business

Glendale USD Clark Magnet HSHoover HS

Theodore Roosevelt MS

Cerritos Elementary

Glendale CC Verdugo Workforce Investment Board JPL Education

LAUSD Monroe HS Sepulveda MS

Plummer ES Vintage Magnet

LA Valley CC Pierce College

Vaughn Next Century

Learning CenterP-12 Charter

Vaughn Next Century Learning Center-VISA

Vaughn Next Century Learning Center-M.I.T.

Vaughn Next Century Learning Center-Mainland

Mission College

Hart Union Saugus UnionSanta Clarita

Saugus HS Arroyo-Seco JHS Rio Norte JHS

West Creek Academy K-6Emblem STEM Academy (K-6)

College of the Canyons

susan.belgrad@csun.edu

Educators will increasingly look Educators will increasingly look to STEM Career Professionals to STEM Career Professionals

to lead the way to the future of to lead the way to the future of this Nation.this Nation.

It is altogether fitting and proper that It is altogether fitting and proper that science, mathematics, computer science, mathematics, computer technology and engineering educators technology and engineering educators lead the way to lead the way to Next Century LearningNext Century Learning. . There is precedent: Here is is what the There is precedent: Here is is what the curriculum for the Industrial Revolution curriculum for the Industrial Revolution looked like in 1837.looked like in 1837.

Kindergarten circa 1860Kindergarten circa 1860

Today’s K-12 Classrooms Need Today’s K-12 Classrooms Need to Promote the Engagement of to Promote the Engagement of

the Whole Child in STE(A)M the Whole Child in STE(A)M LearningLearning

Deep Learning Derives from PLAY:

(Multisensory Experiences from Environmental

Encounters)

Play: Play: The Need to Explore, The Need to Explore, Experiment, Problem Solve, Experiment, Problem Solve,

Question, Be Amazed!Question, Be Amazed! Nature StudyNature Study

Cooperative LearningCooperative Learning

Project-Based Learning Project-Based Learning CommunicationCommunication

Inquiry Inquiry Experimentation Experimentation

Froebel Gift 2Froebel Gift 2Universal Forms of Life, Beauty & Universal Forms of Life, Beauty &

KnowledgeKnowledge

Froebel Gift 3Froebel Gift 3The Divided CubeThe Divided Cube

Froebel Gift 5Froebel Gift 5

The Need to Collaborate to The Need to Collaborate to Accomplish What Seems to Accomplish What Seems to

Be Impossible…Be Impossible…Be Like Geese:

People who share common direction People who share common direction and sense of community can get where and sense of community can get where they are traveling on the thrust of one they are traveling on the thrust of one anotheranother. Whenever a goose falls out of . Whenever a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels a drag and formation, it suddenly feels a drag and resistance of trying to go it alone, and resistance of trying to go it alone, and quickly gets into formation to take quickly gets into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front.immediately in front.

If we have as much sense as a goose, If we have as much sense as a goose, we will stay in formation with those we will stay in formation with those who are headed the same way we are who are headed the same way we are goinggoing

PLTW: It is not the magic that makes it work; it’s the way we work that makes it magic!” Lee Cockerel, Exec. VP WDWorld