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The leadership team has worked closely with the EWAT (Educational Workforce Advisory Team) to receive feedback throughout the process. During the planning process, members of the leadership team and EWAT, as well as other school staff, visited various models to determine which would be the best response to the identified needs. Throughout this process, the EWAT partnership resulted in increased support from the community. Recently, the leadership team shared the overall proposal with the EWAT. The members responded with questions and comments focused on how they could help support the program and its implementation. The district is looking forward to the continued partnerships with EWAT members and other industry partners. Increased responsivity to industry needs is a component that is outlined throughout the implementation plan and is part of the evaluation. To ensure this ongoing review, the district has quarterly Leadership Team meetings and bi-annual EWAT Team meetings to reevaluate the grant and the effectiveness of the implementation.
4.1 Community Partner Feedback
4.1 Community Partner Feedback
Community partners are asked to reflect on their engangement with our teachers and students after each engagement. This is done informally when closing up the projects with our community parthers. At the end of each school year, community partners are asked to complete a survey to express their thoughts on the school's progress.
Community Interviewer List Email
Community Interviews - Carolyn Downey
Community Interviews - Terry Hasler
Community Meeting Invitation Responses
Design Team Meeting Email with Members Listed as Receipients
EWAT / Design Team Meeting Attendance Sheet upload
4.2 STEM Career Exploration
4.2 STEM Career Exploration
LES is incorporating career pathway exploration into their curriculum. The Design Team for the corporation is currently working to create a calendar for the exploration of our four pathways. One pathway will be focused on each term to show students careers in each pathway. Students will be exposed to the following STEM career pathways throughout the school year:
Life Sciences and Biomedical
Business and Humanities
Applied Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing
Computer Science and Cybersecurity
In our newly designed facility, we have incorporated a makerspace area for students to explore STEM careers and activities. They are introduced to new STEM career pathways monthly in differentiated activities. Pathway Guiding Documents are being developed and are near completion. These documents serve as a foundation for activities that are used in all classrooms of a grade level and lists the community partners for various activities.
Our fourth graders research various famous people in Indiana and their careers. In a culmonating project, students will then dress up as that person and present to the school and community members.
Students explore future careers during the Career and College Week yearly.
The LCSC Design Team met in January of 2021 to take a look at our STEM priorities and decided to focus on Pathway Communication for all grades in the corporation. Marketing and student-to-student / teacher-to-student / industry-to-student communications will be the focus for the corporation and a plan is being established to explore a certain pathway each nine weeks in relation to which PLTW modules are used at each grade level. PLTW modules will be used in a certain order next year so all students in all grade levels focus on exploring one career cluster at a time.
Life Sciences & Biomedical Pathways Guiding Document
Humanities Pathway Guiding Document
Applied Engineering and Adv. Manufacturing Guiding Document
Computer Science Guiding Document
Engineer in Training Detail Flier
Marketing Storyboard for Pathway Communication
Jamboard Created by Desgin Team for Pathway Communication Focus for Grades K-6 (Jan 2021)
4.3 Community Engagement
4.3 Community Engagement
LES Community Partners
Hawkins Health Care
Loughmiller's Tool and Design
Jolene's Decorating
Farm Bureau
Crane Credit Union
Loogootee Recycling Center
We are conducting PBL projects with community partners in every classroom each year. These projects have our students solving real-world problems for businesses and organizations within their own community. These are again found in our Pathway Guiding Documents and in the PBL activities we have created.
The Martin County Community Foundation provides grants to teachers for STEM initiatives.
Community Partners and Activites are found in our Guiding Documents
PBL Lessons Created by LCSC Teachers with Community Partner Documented
More PBL Lessons Created by LCSC Teachers with Community Partner Documented
Video of Student Presentation to Crane Federal Credit Union
Video of Student Interacting with an Indvidual at a Local Bank
Zoom Meeting with James Weber, Military Pilot
Zoom Meeting with Emily Bateman, Mechanical Engineer from NWSC Crane
Twitter post about Community Partner, Mill Street Grill and Lisa Nonte
Engineer, Rod Hedrick, Helping with Architecture Project
Hawkins Health E-mail Supporting PBL
Martin County Community Foundation Grant Website Link
Martin County Recycling Center (See picture to the right)
4.4 Extended Learning
4.4 Extended Learning
LES has a robotics team and a math bowl teram that meet weekly after school to practice and prepare for robotics and math competitions. Students apply to be on the robotics team and are interviewed by staff members. There are students selected from grades 2-4. They compete in 2 robotics competitions a year in our area. The math bowl is comprised of any student that would like to participate on the team.
Arrangements are made so that students that lack transportation can be picked up and dropped off by the bus or sponsor if it is needed for the student to participate.
Alternative Transportation Permission Slip
Robotics Image (our students working on robots in our learning lab to right)
4.5 Equity
4.5 Equity
Each year we hold a career day where community members come in and talk about their experiences they have on a daily basis in the workforce. Students are able to ask questions and explore several career avenues.
LES participates in the Hour of Code each December. This activity engages students in coding activities during a designated day that month for one hour. Teachers use this time to expose students to careers in coding.
We have also implemented the PLTW program which exposes our students to several different pathways in the STEM fields. Along with the PLTW curriculum, we are exploring different career pathways throughout the year. EVERY STUDENT in grades K-4 are involved in PBL and PLTW coursework.
The master schedule has a 30 minute PLTW time for ALL K-4 students. This is a protected time that ALL students are in the general ed classroom. Students are not pulled out for Title 1, resource, or remediation during this time. Monthy all students are engaged in a STEM project or activity. Teachers are also incorporating STEM and PBL activities throughout the year in their own classroom based upon their curriculum needs.
We have a diverse robotics club comprised of equal numbers of boys and girls and have a team made of only females. Our Math Bowl team is comprised of 8 girls and 5 boys.
Reading Curriculum Map Including Science Example
PLTW Launch Modules Used at Each Grade Level
Zoom Meeting with Emily Bateman, Mechanical Engineer from NWSC Crane
Amish boy learning about the tool and die business at Loughmiller Tool and Design (See image to right)
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