Instruction

Teachers have been given several professional development opportunities focused on our corporation's STEM initiatives. Professional development has given the staff the knowledge to incorporate the PLTW curriculum, as well as other STEM activities. All staff members have been trained in PBL by Magnify Learning. During STEM instruction at LMS, students are taught how to collaborate. Students understand roles and responsibilities within the groups. Technology is integrated in most STEM instruction. 

Instructional Strategies used at LMS:

3.1 STEM Instructional Approach Training

Magnify Learning provides Project Based Learning professional development workshops that teach and model the PBL framework, and enable educators to create authentic learning experiences through the design and implementation of PBL. 

Authentic learning experiences help students master content, acquire employability skills, and discover they have value and purpose inside and outside the classroom.

By LCSC implementing the Project Based Learning framework, we create authentic learning experiences where students discover their purpose and value and educators are empowered to live their "why."

All teachers in grades 5-8 LMS are PBL certified through Magnify Learning. PBL certification training for all  K12 staff (that were not trained prior to 5/20) occurred on May 21, 22, and 26, 2020, through the company's Jumpstart training. Teachers that joined our staff since that training were trained in the summer of 2021. 

LCSC is one of the smallest corporations in the state to offer PLTW curriculum for grades K-12. The LCSC leadership team chose to use PLTW Gateway curriculum for all students in grades 5-8. PLTW Gateway opens paths that create meaningful futures. It connects students to careers in areas they can, and can't, imagine and that are in high demand. 

Through connections to careers and real-world problems, the students imagine, discover, and practice the range of paths and possibilities they can look forward to in high school and beyond. Students begin to lead their own learning and explore computer science, engineering, and biomedical science, boosting classroom engagement and excitement, supporting teamwork, and inspiring deep comprehension. And by challenging themselves to rework and refine their projects, students learn that failure and persistence are keys to learning and innovation.

We have three teachers certified in PLTW Gateway Courses, including Green Architecture, Magic of Electrons, App Creators, and Medical Detectives.


3.2 STEM Instructional Approach Implementation

3.3 Student Instructional Work Groups

Magnify Learning provides Project Based Learning professional development workshops that teach and model the PBL framework, and enable educators to create authentic learning experiences through the design and implementation of PBL. 

Authentic learning experiences help students master content, acquire employability skills, and discover they have value and purpose inside and outside the classroom.  By LCSC implementing the Project Based Learning framework, we create authentic learning experiences where students discover their purpose and value and educators are empowered to live their "why."

OurLMS Lion Manufacturing Jr class creates custom items with our 3D printers, hat and t-shirt presses, laser engravers, and our screenprint system, and our Publicity class creates a newspaper on a biweekly basis.

All teachers in grades 5-8 LMS are PBL certified through Magnify Learning. PBL certification training for all  K12 staff (that were not trained prior to 5/20) occurred on May 21, 22, and 26, 2020, through the company's Jumpstart training. Teachers that joined our staff since that training were trained in the summer of 2021. 

LCSC is one of the smallest corporations in the state to offer PLTW curriculum for grades K-12. The LCSC leadership team chose to use PLTW Gateway curriculum for all students in grades 5-8. PLTW Gateway opens paths that create meaningful futures. It connects students to careers in areas they can, and can't, imagine and that are in high demand. 

Administrators and teacher leaders attended the Indiana Math Leadership Academy during the summer of 2022 and continue to attend meetings throughout the 2022-23 school year. Plans have been created to enhance mathematics learning in our school corporation by introducing new strategies to increase studnet engagment.

Through connections to careers and real-world problems, the students imagine, discover, and practice the range of paths and possibilities they can look forward to in high school and beyond. Students begin to lead their own learning and explore computer science, engineering, and biomedical science, boosting classroom engagement and excitement, supporting teamwork, and inspiring deep comprehension. And by challenging themselves to rework and refine their projects, students learn that failure and persistence are keys to learning and innovation.

All students in grades 5-8 are enrolled and actively participate in PLTW Gateway courses each year. 

We have three teachers certified in PLTW Gateway Courses, including Green Architecture, Magic of Electrons, App Creators, and Medical Detectives.

Logootee Schools has chosen to use New Tech Network's published rubrics as a source of evaluation for projects that students complete.

LCSC  Rubrics

Student Roles

All LMS students complete at least one group activity daily in each of their classes.

Quartery STEM / PBL Activity Spreadsheet with Lesson Plans Linked

3.4 Technology in Instruction

Technologies used in all classrooms daily:

Technologies used in all classrooms when needed:

Technologies used in Lion Manufacturing Jr daily:

Other Examples of STEM Lesson Plans Used by LMS Staff

Student Artifacts

3.5 STEM Integration

After learning that our community wants our students to be engaged in the learning process and then seeing our students engaged in Project Based Learning activities, LMS teachers now see the value in integrating STEM-type lessons into their everyday teaching strategies. Students are eager to enter classrooms to see what exciting strategies that the teachers have planned for the day!

Curriculum Maps

LMS Quartery  STEM / PBL Activity Spreadsheet with Lesson Plans Linked