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School/program provides high quality STEM courses and curriculum aligned to recognized standards and organized into interdisciplinary frameworks.
School/program provides high quality STEM courses and curriculum aligned to recognized standards and organized into interdisciplinary frameworks.
Standard 12 Narrative
Standard 12 Narrative
At B.B. Comer Elementary School we believe in providing high quality STEAM courses and curriculum aligned to standards and organized into interdisciplinary frameworks. We have systems, models, and practices in place to ensure this happens. First of all, our school district adopted a system-wide coding progression that is used by all teachers within our school for coding integration within their classrooms. Secondly, BBCES offers our students STEAM acceleration classes. Teachers collaborate with the STEAM teacher via Google Classroom and Google Docs to plan STEAM lessons that enhance instruction. These collaboratively planned lessons are taught in the STEAM labs alongside the STEAM teacher. This teaching model allows our teachers to receive job-embedded professional development on STEAM practices. Furthermore, most of our BBCES teachers have received training on Project Based Learning practices. As a result of the training, teachers have learned how to use a PBL learning map for PBL planning. Lastly, during the summer of 2019, teachers participated in STEAM integration PBL training that set the tone and expectations for STEAM instruction during the 2019-2020 school year. We are #fullSTEAMahead with instructional practices at BBCES.
Coding Progression
Coding Progression
TCBOE Coding Progression
TCBOE Coding Progression
Our district created a K-12 Coding Progression to set expectations for how coding and computational thinking would be taught progressively across each grade level band. This progression is used by all teachers across the TCBOE district for integrating coding into instructional practices and content areas.
Kindergarten students are coding the elf to dance to the latest tunes.
These boys are using Code Lab to help Santa get to bags of toys and save Christmas.
STEAM Lab Lesson Plans
STEAM Lab Lesson Plans
STEAM Acceleration
STEAM Acceleration
Students at BBCES participate in monthly STEAM Acceleration Lessons when they visit Innovation Station. After teachers submit a planning form, the STEAM teacher uses it to plan a STEAM lesson/project that will enhance student learning while following the state standards the teacher(s) request to be covered. The lesson plans are shared on a Google Doc so that the classroom teachers know what learning to expect from the lesson that the STEAM teacher teaches.
PBL Learning Maps
PBL Learning Maps
Project Based Learning
Project Based Learning
Teachers at BBCES implement a minimum of one STEAM PBL per nine weeks. PBL Learning Maps are used during the planning phase to ensure the PBL meets the requirements of a true, gold-standard PBL. At the end of the 2018-2019 school year, grade level chairs met with the STEAM teacher and DLP Coach to brainstorm possible STEAM PBLs for the upcoming school year.
At the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, teachers worked together in their grade level to plan their PBLs for the upcoming school year. Teachers are expected to complete at least one PBL project in their classroom per semester.
Computational Thinking Pathways
Computational Thinking Pathways
Teachers are learning about computational thinking and how to apply this with students.
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