Documentation of opportunities for staff collaboration with clearly delineated common planning time
Agendas/notes from staff meetings demonstrating support for collaboration
Action Plan demonstrating needs assessment for staff PL
Agendas/notes of meetings/trainings demonstrating the empowerment of teachers to implement design thinking/PBLor integrated curriculum
Collaboration
Dedicated collaboration time is set aside for teams twice weekly. Additionally, teams use planning and after school time to collaborate as needed.
Professional Learning
Principal, Amy Heater, Attends 2025 Georgia STEM Forum and Redelivers to Staff
CLES Plans and Implements Professional Learning Based on Feedback from GaDOE Team
*Please See Steps Taken in Each Category
CLES Shares Implemented STEM Professional Learning with GaDOE Team
*Please See Area 3: Professional Learning
CLES staff members were surveyed to find out what STEM professional learning they needed. Findings included: more STEM walks at other schools, AI in the classroom, technology, high interest cross-curricular ideas, gardening, STEM and literacy, and more outside resources coming in.