Building a STEM Culture

Many schools have "that STEM teacher" who sponsors the coding club or organizes Community STEM Night every year. Maybe your school even has several of these "STEM teachers" doing amazing things in their classrooms. But with a vision to build and sustain a STEM culture across the entire building, so much more can be accomplished. 

Research* has found that the impetus for this climate shift must come from school and corporation leaders. Without a school leader prioritizing planning time, funding, data analysis, and bringing in knowledgeable guidance, and providing for the sustainability of this work, teachers cannot maximize their effectiveness--no matter what curriculum or assessment strategy is in place. 

Blaske Consulting has the knowledge and experience to work with leadership and administration in your school or corporation to develop a personalized, tailored plan to develop, implement, and sustain a culture of STEM growth and learning. Utilizing research-based best practices^, your leadership team can learn how best to 

• design for equitable opportunities and inclusive practices for all students

• foster an integrated STEM mission and vision

• plan for appropriate infrastructure and programming

• faciliate an integrated STEM curriculum

• provide for collaboration in STEM instruction

• extend STEM learning opportunites outside the classroom 

• promote integratd STEM professional learning for staff

• use data-informed decision making in integrated STEM

• evaluate integrated STEM educational programming

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*Outlier Research and Evaluation. (n.d.). STEM School Study (3S). https://outlier.uchicago.edu/s3/

^Geesa, R. L., Rose, M. A., & Stith, K. M. (2022). Leadership in integrative stem education: Collaborative strategies for facilitating an experiential and student-centered culture. Rowman & Littlefield.