- Communities of Practice 2018-19
- Expanded Learning Summits at the STEM Factory 2019
- STEAM & Literacy Series
November 1, 2019 - Westminster, CA
January 31, 2020 - Costa Mesa, CA
February 28, 2020 - Costa Mesa, CA
March 27, 2020 - Costa Mesa, CA
May 21, 2020 - Expanded Learning Celebration - Costa Mesa, CA
For more information, please contact Suzanne at shill@ocde.us
For more information, please contact Suzanne at shill@ocde.us
The two part series will meet on February 11, 2020 and May 7, 2020 .
Registration will open in the Fall of 2019.
STEM Hub Highlights
20118-19 STEM Recognition Awards – Congratulations to our Winners!
STEM Connector Award – Boys & Girls Clubs of Garden Grove and Garden Grove Unified School District
This award recognizes a Site Coordinator (SC) and a school day partner who demonstrate intentional efforts to strengthen the alignment between the expanded learning program and the school’s STEM curriculum.
STEM Champion Award – Ally, Brea Child Development Services
This award recognizes an Expanded Learning staff person who has been positively impacted by participating in the Orange County STEM Hub offerings.
STEM Advocate Award – Brea Child Development Services, Boys & Girls Club of Westminster, Orange CARES and the Westminster School District Extended School Program
The STEM Advocate Award recognizes those programs/districts/grantees that have prioritized professional learning/development as evident by the participation of their staff in the varying Orange County STEM Hub offerings during the current program year.
Raising STEM Star Award – Angelica, YMCA of Orange County and Xavier, Anaheim Family YMCA
The Raising STEM Star Award recognizes those individuals who demonstrate consistent and active participation in the Orange County STEM Hub activities in the current program year. This award will include a self-reflection for the Site Coordinator to understand the impact their participation has had on their site/programs.
2017-18 STEM Recognition Awards – Congratulations to our Winners!
STEM Connector Award – YMCA of Orange
This award recognizes a Site Coordinator (SC) and a school day partner who demonstrate intentional efforts to strengthen the alignment between the expanded learning program and the school’s STEM curriculum.
STEM Champion Award – Gabriel, Abrazar Inc.
This award recognizes an Expanded Learning staff person who has been positively impacted by participating in the Orange County STEM Hub offerings.
STEM Advocate Award – Westminster’s Expanded Learning Programs: Abrazar Inc., Boys & Girls Club of Westminster and Extended School Program
The STEM Advocate Award recognizes those programs/districts/grantees that have prioritized professional learning/development as evident by the participation of their staff in the varying Orange County STEM Hub offerings during the current program year.
Raising STEM Star Award – Amanda, Abrazar Inc. and Manny, Brea Olinda Child Care Services
The Raising STEM Star Award recognizes those individuals who demonstrate consistent and active participation in the Orange County STEM Hub activities in the current program year. This award will include a self-reflection for the Site Coordinator to understand the impact their participation has had on their site/programs.
Congratulations 2016-17 Program Participants
STEM Advocates: Abrazar Inc. | Boys & Girls Club of Garden Grove | YMCA of Orange and our STEM Star, Oscar, a Site Coordinator from Abrazar Inc. for his continued dedication to promoting STEM with his students and staff.
About the Power of Discovery: STEM Project
Overview
The purpose of the California Department of Education (CDE) Expanded Learning Division's POD: STEM is to further the work of the California Afterschool Network and the POD:STEM2 funders by developing models of quality STEM in expanded learning programs. This pilot program is designed to increase the quantity and quality of STEM learning opportunities available to children and youth participating in expanded learning programs, and to build the confidence and competence of staff facilitating STEM learning in expanded learning settings.
An additional focus of the pilot, will be to eventually promote the extension of these opportunities statewide so that all expanded learning programs in California would have the opportunity and resources to engage in quality STEM learning.
The Orange County Power of Discovery:STEM will be accomplished through the establishment of STEM Hubs (formerly identified as RISP) and a regionally-based system of support that will serve as a mechanism for developing the capacity of local school districts and community organizations. As a result, expanded learning programs will be able to provide more quality STEM learning opportunities to young people, build staff efficiency, and increase program capacity to facilitate STEM learning activities in expanded learning programs.
History
In 2010, key education and philanthropic leaders in California developed learning strategies aimed at integrating quality science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) into expanded learning programs. Through the development of the Regional Innovation Support Providers (RISP) network, the expansive initiative aims to build collaborative and effective partnerships between schools and after school organizations through the mobilization of a broad coalition of community partners including higher education and business and industry with STEM expertise and resources to engage California's students in the hands-on exploration and practice of STEM. The OC STEM Initiative was one of the five regional partnerships in California providing critical support for STEM learning and teaching in afterschool, summer and other out-of-school time programs through the Power of Discover:STEM2 statewide initiative.
The following members were a part of the Orange County initial implementation team:
- Discovery Science Center
- OC STEM Initiative
- Orange County Department of Education
- THINK Together
- Tiger Woods Learning Center
The POD:STEM2 was supported by the Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation (CDEF), the California After School Network (CAN), the California STEM Learning Network (CSLNet), and the following funders: the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, the Noyce Foundation, and the Samueli Foundation.
Why STEM in Expanded Learning?
According to the U.S Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration (July 2014), STEM jobs will have grown 17% in comparison to non-STEM jobs at 9.8% from 2008 - 2018.
The structure of Expanded Learning (out-of-school time) Programs allows for students to be exposed to additional hands-on, minds-on activities that promote 21st century skill building through meaningful, real-world projects. This avenue encourages strong alignment with the traditional school day and welcomes the partnership with school day educators and expanded learning programs to build on and provide these opportunities. With the high demand and growth of STEM jobs, particularly in Orange County, these programs can provide students with the opportunities for career exposure and allow them to have the needed skill sets to expand on for the jobs of tomorrow.
STEM Learning allows for intentional staff facilitation of the specific 21st century skills (skill sets that will be needed for successful college and career pathways): Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Creativity, and Perseverance.
STEM Learning can fit into each of the Point of Service Quality Standards for Expanded Learning, so no matter which standard your site is focusing on for the Continuous Quality Improvement Process (CQI2), STEM can fit into your program!
For more Information on STEM in Expanded Learning Programs check out the following reports below:
The America After 3PM report from Afterschool Alliance
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"After-school settings are optimal for providing engaging, hands-on STEM experiences, enabling students to apply, reinforce, and extend skills and concepts taught in school. And they are particularly conducive to project-based activities where a wide variety of children can participate in the design, construction, investigation, sense-making, and communication of science projects" (Coalition for Science After School. (2004))
Afterschool's role in preparing a STEM Ready America - Afterschool Snack Blog Post
STEM Ready America
For an interesting article on Youth Voice and a strong example of a hands-on activity, check out this article, "After-school Science Begins With a Bounce"
Are you looking for ways to bring more youth voice into your programs? Check out these 5 Strategies!
Orange County STEM Hub's Steering Committee
As part of our practice to build a broad coalition of community partners we developed a Steering Committee for the work of the RISP, now the STEM Hub. Our Steering Committee is comprised of key leaders within Out-of-School Time learning programs within our region. These leaders come together four times a year to meet and discuss the needs of the field overall and the direction of the STEM Hub work. We appreciate their expertise and support they provide our activities throughout the year.
Anaheim Family YMCA - Anaheim Achieves- Debbie Jauch, Vice President of Programs
- Teresa Ayon, Program Director
- Mark Surmanian, Executive Director
- Tina Rolewicz, Vice President of Education
- CynDee Zandes, Chief Executive Officer
- Lucy Santana, Chief Executive Officer
- Stephanie Smith, Operations Manager
- Bill Izabal, President and Founder
- Jeanne Awrey, Manager Students Support Services After School Programs/Homeless Education
- Davide Janich, Board Member
- Nino Polizzi, CEO/Founder
- Gerald Solomon, Executive Director
- Michelle Freeman, Program Officer
- Kathy Bihr, Vice President, Programs & Education
- Gyla Bell, Senior Director, Programs
- Beverlee Mathenia, Executive Director Early Education & Expanded Learning
Interested in learning more about the Steering Committee? Contact shill@ocstem.org
STEM Program Support
Overview
- Are you looking for Program Support in STEM?
- Are you starting a new STEM component to your Expanded Learning Program?
- Do you have new front line staff who need additional support?
- Are you looking for new ideas?
- Are you interested in having your program visited by a member of our STEM Technical Assistance Team?
If you answered "Yes" to any of the questions above, our STEM Technical Assistance Team can come out and conduct a friendly site visit that would provide support, ideas, and share additional resources.
The Orange County STEM Hub can provide the following supports:
- Site Visits (A friendly visit to provide the following STEM support. Dimensions of Success observations are also available, please see below)
- Coaching (More specific support in a particular area is available)
- Resources (Providing additional information that would support areas of your program)
- Professional Learning (Join our Communities of Practice Meetings)
- Professional Development (Join our STEM Factory Days)
Request Your Peer-to-Peer Support from the STAT Team
Are you looking for a more in-depth look into your STEM Program?
Many of our team members are Dimensions of Success (DoS) observers and can conduct a DoS Observation to provide you specific areas of need to direct your focus. To learn more visit the DoS Tool website.
Programs will receive an email within two weeks of completing the form to discuss next steps.
STEM Technical Assistance Team
STEM Technical Assistance Team, May 2019.
Our team (left to right): Peter Barajas, Suzanne Hill, Gabe Amezcua, Heather White and Ray Ramirez
FAQ
- A safe and supportive environment
- Social-emotional learning
- Opportunity to build up 21st Century Skills (Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Creativity, Perseverance)
- Ability for students to have a voice in and take ownership of their program
- Collaborate with the school day to coordinate learning
- Opportunity for physical fitness, healthy snack, and additional opportunities in enrichment areas for students to master new skills
For more information about the type of Professional Learning and Development opportunities, check out our Professional Learning tab.
To register for upcoming opportunities, visit our Upcoming Events tab.
To find out more about our Communities of Practice Meetings, check out our Professional Learning tab.
STEM Factory
Overview
The STEM Factory events are large scale professional development days that bring together the Expanded Learning Program Directors, Managers, Site Level Supervisors and Frontline Staff. We have combined efforts with the System of Support for Expanded Learning to host Expanded Learning Summits at the STEM Factory events once a year, in the fall. These trainings will provide relevant breakout sessions for Expanded Learning Staff; including STEM specific trainings. November 2016
The STEM Factory is our bi-annual professional development morning that bring together all of the positions within the field from front line staff to site coordinators to program directors, and grant managers. It’s a morning filled with inspiring conversation, hands on activities, and learning that can be implemented within programs easily. This November we came together as eager learners to strengthen STEM within our expanded learning programs.
The morning was kicked off by Eddie Tabata, Executive Director of Science@OC. He highlighted the importance of partnerships between the school day and the expanded learning programs. He shared practical examples of how these relationships have been built and challenges attendees to think about how they could it at their sites.
Attendees had five different sessions they could choose from for their two workshop sessions:
- The importance of outdoor education from Inside the Outdoors with hands-on activities and resources
- Learn about the Next Generation Science Standards and how it can be implemented within an expanded learning program presented by the OCDE STEM Team
- Quality STEM in Expanded Learning from the California Afterschool Network
- Implement Technology with QR Codes presented by the OCDE STEM Team
- Met STEM professionals in a networking environment hosted by Science@OC
April 2016
The Orange County STEM Factory occurred on April 15, 2016 in Anaheim, CA. We had 96 attendees and 11 presenters in attendance at the four-hour event.
The event kicked off with Mark Castruita, Master Engineer at Broadcom Limited, who talked about his story; giving insight to the students we work with every day.
The attendees could choose two workshop sessions to attend. Sessions included the following topics:
- Utilizing county data (EDI) of vulnerability to develop and determine age approrpriate lesson plans
- Promising Practices Showcase: Technology in After-School: Creating a Mobile Tech Lab
- This was presented by the staff at the Boys & Girls Club of Garden Grove to highlight the work they were able to do with their middle school students in coding. Highlighting many websites, including Google's CS First.
- Math
- David Tong, Director, TGR EDU: Create, presented two math sessions. One on PBL and Math, giving frontline staff pracitical applications for concepts like volume and surface area, ratios and scale. The second session was on Math and the Common Core that focused on hands-on activities and various example problems that reflected the 8 Mathematical Practices.
- Science Fair Showcase: Broadcom’s Orange County Science and Engineering Fair
- Using modeling to reshape teaching, where attendees were hands-on in Science and Engineering practices
November 2015
In November 2015 over 120 out-of-school time educators attended OC STEM Factory events. Our Supervisors Training was focused on Bridging the Gap Between In and Out of School Time. We had a panel facilitated by Robert Santana, Chief Executive Officer at the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Ana. Panelists included Dr. Sue Johnson, Superintendent of Savanna School District and Gyla Bell, Senior Director of Programs at Tiger Woods Learning Center; Janet Yamaguchi, Vice President of Education at Discovery Cube and Dr. Jennifer Bourgeois, Coordinator of Student Assessment and Educational Measurement with Orange Unified School District; and Dania Molina, a Site Supervisor with the Boys & Girls Club of Garden Grove. The big take-a-way from the panel was do not be afraid to ASK, the worst they can say is “no”. Attendees were able to discuss these ideas further after the panel in round tables and share out with others their take-a-ways and next steps. Each attendee named a teacher or administrator they would reach out to the following week to start to build a partnership to strengthen in-school and out-of-school time. The day ended with a Motivational Moment with Joe Adams, President of the Discovery Cube. It was a highly valuable experience for the attendees. What a great story!
The Saturday training for Frontline Staff was also well received. Frontline staff were able to attend two 70 minute sessions, one on the Engineering Design Process and one on Inquiry Based Learning. Nino Polizzi from Rocket Science Tutors led the staff through a hands-on activity with the Engineering Design Process building catapults. Andrea M. Guillaume, Ph.D. from California State University, Fullerton lead the staff through Leading Inquiry Based Learning with multiple hands on activities. You can find resources from both of these sessions at the afterschool.ocstem.org website. There was a small group of supervisors who also attended a session led by Gerardo Martinez on Creating Learning Spaces in the informal environment and provided great tips to recreate our space! The staff also had the opportunity to win raffle prizes of Solar Car Kits, Maker Box Challenges and Raspberry Pi’s.
In addition to the STEM Factory days, Orange County STEM Hub provides ongoing Professional Development Opportunities throughout the year! Check out the STEM Implementation Trainings under the "STEM Implementation Training Tab" in the menu to the right of this page.
Are you interested in attending our next Professional Development day?
Check out the Upcoming Events tab for upcoming dates and registration information
STEM Series Trainings
Overview
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The STEM Series Trainings purpose is to increase the staff’s comfort level to implement quality STEM with their students. This year we are partnering with TGRLL to offer a five-part series called STEM Studio for Out-of-School Time.
- STEM Planning 101
- Team Building with Breakout EDU
- Youth Voice & Leadership in STEM
- Engineering and the Engineering Design Process
- Lending Library Kits Training
STEM Implementation Trainings
Available Kits in the Lending Library Include:
Lakeshore STEM Learning Labs:
Looking to introduce robotics for the younger grades, check out the Bee-Bots
Think of an escape room for your program and strengthen 21st Century Skills, or facilitate a Team Building activity with your staff with BreakoutEDU
Looking for a way to encourage creativity and circuitry? Why not use the littleBits
Want your students to be hands-on with Engineering Practices? Try these DIY STEM: Catapults from Discovery Cube of Orange County
Do you have any questions about requesting these materials, please contact Suzanne at shill@ocde.us
On-Demand Program TrainingDuring the Summer the Orange County STEM Hub provided program specific trainings for various Expanded Learning programs. One training focused on level setting with STEM and another one was specific to Engineering! Staff left with strategies and ideas to incorporate within their own programs! For more ideas, check out the STEM Hub Created Resources Tab! |
In February, the Orange County STEM Hub supported the YMCA of Orange’s Professional Development Day by providing a two hour STEM Training for their frontline staff and supervisors. The training was focused on intentional strategies for STEM Implementation by using materials from the STEM Hub Lending Library to reinforce skills for students. It was a great way to spend a rainy Friday afternoon! |
littleBits in Action
In December, Beth Payne from Girls Inc. of Orange County presented a STEM Implementation Series Training on littleBits for the Orange County STEM Hub. After completing the training, attendees were able to check out the littleBits through the STEM Hub’s Lending Library. Anaheim Achieves used the kits for four weeks to kick off 2017! One of the challenges posed to the students were to use the bits to create a game. This game pictured was created by a group of second and third graders who used their bits to launch small pieces of paper into their canister. “Some kids said they were boring but I thought they were fun.” – female student “They were awesome. I learned about power.” – male student |
Archived Webinars
| Title | Description | Link |
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| What is High Quality STEM | What are the characteristics of a "quality" STEM program in after school or summer learning? This webinar explores that concept of "quality" and provides examples of strategies for after school and summer organizations. |
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| Instructional and Investigative Science | This webinar explores the similarities and differences between instructional and investigative science. |
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| Importance of Alignment | Learn about recent research on formal and informal school day alignment. |
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| How to Create and Develop your work plan | To guide/support programs and staff in implementing STEM into your program |
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| Program Effectiveness: Setting Up for success | Essential tools for an effective afterschool program |
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| Setting Up an effective teaching environment with discovery science (Uploaded October 2013) | Discover characteristics of effective indoor and outdoor teaching environments to help ensure that both the learner and the leader are successful. Topics include (1) positioning the tables and chairs/desks, (2) gathering for an outdoor discussion, (3) managing the materials, and (4) using attention grabbers. |
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| How do you measure STEM effectiveness | Tools to evaluate your STEM program and how to develop your program to move it forward with fidelity and consistency. |
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| Science Fair Projects in Afterschool by Mauren Allen | Learn how to easily setup and conduct science fair projects for students of all ages in your afterschool program. You will learn strategies and tips in setting up an effective lesson for your staff members. Learn easy to do projects to build confidence and excitement for your students. Best of all, you will learn to how obtain and utilize very cheap materials to conduct meaningful projects that are "hands-on" and "minds-on" for all students. |
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| Makers in the Making (Jan. 2014) | Learn how to easily setup and conduct science fair projects for students of all ages in your afterschool program. You will learn strategies and tips in setting up an effective lesson for your staff members. Learn easy to do projects to build confidence and excitement for your students. Best of all, you will learn to how obtain and utilize very cheap materials to conduct meaningful projects that are "hands-on" and "minds-on" for all students. |
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| Engineering Design Process | Learn how to easily setup and conduct science fair projects for students of all ages in your afterschool program. You will learn strategies and tips in setting up an effective lesson for your staff members. Learn easy to do projects to build confidence and excitement for your students. Best of all, you will learn to how obtain and utilize very cheap materials to conduct meaningful projects that are "hands-on" and "minds-on" for all students. |
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| Engaging Multimedia with Animoto and Prezi with TWLC | Create engaging videos and presentations using web-based tools, Animoto and Prezi. Develop Animoto movies to activate prior knowledge in the classroom or simply to relive memorable fieldtrips and events. With Prezi, you can add fluidity and powerful visuals inside a Prezi presentation to facilitate learning. |
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| Part 1: FUNdamentals of Making and Tinkering in education | Making and Tinkering are being introduced as a new approach to learning. It is all about experiencing something in a new way; questioning what is learned from the experience, gaining a sense of profound thinking, and walking away with a new set of skills to be applied to various situations and experiences. In addition, making and tinkering promote being successful not in creating, but in learning. It allows individuals to give themselves permission to try new things, make mistakes, and never be wrong. In addition to addressing the value of making and tinkering, this webinar will provide techniques and suggestions on how to facilitate the fundamentals which include confidence, capability, and overall learning through tinkering and making in order to implement these practices in the classroom. |
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| Part 2: The Art of Facilitating and Making Tinkering Activity | Maker spaces invite hands-on construction and tinkering, and most share universal characteristics, such as opportunities to make mistakes and learn from them, the presence of facilitators, and an assortment of materials that anyone can use to be creative and inventive. Facilitation engages people in a modality that encourages persistence, collaborative problem-solving, and design thinking. These spaces provide enough mentoring to enable and develop new strengths in problem solving and design thinking. This webinar will help guide and provide strategies for educators in the process of facilitation, while encouraging resourcefulness and assisting them to explore ways to overcome the barrier between making their students passive learners, to active thinkers. It will also provide some valuable resources so that educators can begin utilizing making and tinkering right away! The real value is not in teaching a specific skill, but in helping others to learn how to tackle a problem and add to their skill sets. The essence of facilitating is guidance; guiding others to pursue their most highest potential, and to never let them feel as though they cannot do anything, but can do anything and everything they wish to accomplish. |
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Communities of Practice
Overview
The Communities of Practice (CoP) Meetings exist to promote cross-collaboration between Expanded Learning Programs who provide STEM programming for their students. The meeting is an opportunity for program staff to come together, in a Professional Learning environment, to ask questions of each other, provide promising practices, and network together to create a solution to a need. These meetings are developed by the group, for the group. Many of our participants are site level leads, as well as area/program managers. Each meeting could look different, depending on the topic of conversation and the desired outcomes.A standard meeting includes:
- Networking Time
- Community Building
- Small Group Discussions
- Large Group Share Out
- Reflection and Planning for the next meeting
Communities of Practice Meeting – Recaps & Resources
September 15, 2017 Garden Grove, CA. The focus of this meeting was on team building and setting our goals/focus' for the 2017-18 program year!
December 1, 2017 Santa Ana, CA The What and Why of STEM During this meeting, participants drafted various resources to support professional development and coaching for program staff.
January 19, 2018 Westminster, CA Coaching Staff & Reviewing Shared Resources Participants reviewed and discussed their definition and understanding of coaching for their programs, and what that means for their own position. Then they reviewed the resources they created and provided feedback to help finalize them.
March 16, 2018 Costa Mesa, CA Promising Practices: STEM in Expanded Learning Programs – Round Table Discussions
April 20, 2018 Costa Mesa, CA Promising STEM Practices & Creating Staff Training(s)
May 11, 2018 Costa Mesa, CA Join us for the Communities of Practice Celebration!
October – Community Projects & STEM Discussion Topics
January – STEM Resources
February - STEM Community Projects
March – Supporting all students with STEM Learning Opportunities
May – More discussion around supporting all students with STEM and our 2016-17 Program Awards
December – Using logic models to inform STEM program assessment and evaluation
January – Discussion on Quality Staffing and the effects on STEM Programming
March – Removing the Intimidation of STEM in Expanded Learning Programs
May – Creating Collaborative Work
Would you like to participate in our Communities of Practice?
Check out the Upcoming Events tab for upcoming meeting dates and registration information
Orange County's STEM Hub Created Resources
These resources were developed by members of the Communities of Practice based on the needs and discussions of the community.Coaching in STEAM Guide
This resource was created by members of the Orange County STEAM Hub Communities of Practice. This came about to support our Site Coordinators in prioritizing coaching in STEAM activities of staff to build confidence and capacity for frontline staff. The guide is comprised of multiple resources to be support the Site Coordinator, but does not need to be used in it's entirity. Please review the guide and determine the pieces that would be the most beneficial for your staff. To get a copy of the guide, please email shill@ocde.us for the request.STEM Family Night
This resource, STEM Family Night, was created by members of the STEM Hub’s Communities of Practice. After discussions of the intimidation of STEM for students, staff and parents; the group determined it would be beneficial for all programs to have a tool kit for a STEM focused Family Night. These nights are designed to ease the fear or intimidation of parents when doing STEM activities and build confidence of students by providing a quality hands-on activity for both to engage with each other.The resource contains a Planning Timeline & Guide | Key people to connect with | Sample activity with resources
Debriefing and Reflection Questions and Strategies
This resource was created to provide additional supports to Expanded Learning program staff to help students make sense of their learning. Staff have an opportunity to debrief and reflect with students to reinforce the concepts and objectives, allowing an informal assessment to take place.Helping Students Ask Questions
This document was created through a Communities of Practice Meeting. These strategies are to support students’ abilities to asking questions and think critically, about their own learning.Program Newsletter
Do you need a way to showcase what your students are doing to teachers, administrators and other school site personnel? A program newsletter is a great way to do that. Here is a template for your use; please replace the images with pictures of your own projects, students, and highlights that will draw the attention of your site. The template provides you with content sharing ideas that can help you make stronger connections to the school day.Self Assessment Forms
Are you wondering how your last STEM lesson went? Were your students engaged? Were you prepared for your project? We recommend after your lesson that you spend 5 - 10 minutes reflecting on how the learning experience was for your students and yourself.- Frontline Staff Self-Assessment
- Supervisor Self-Assessment
- For Printable versions of the Self Assessment:
Communities of Practice - Online Strengths/Needs Assessment
If you are a participating member of the Communities of Practice, please click on the link to complete an Online Strengths/Needs Assessment Form. This will help us create more focused professional learning, including my not limited to site visits, discussion topics and additional resources.
Resources
- TGR EDU: Explore
- Siemens STEM Lesson Plans
- Are you interested in doing STEM, but need some content background? Check out these 5 Minute Refreshers
- The Science Afterschool (SAS) Consumers Guide
- Afterschool Curriculum Choice: Technology Resources
- Afterschool Curriculum Choice: Mathematics Resources
- Quailty STEM Curriculum List
- Teaching Engineering Cirricula Database
- EiE - Engineering is Elementary
- PBS Kids Design Squad Nation Resources
- American Society for Engineering Education Lesson Plans
- Broadcom Junior Varsity Pilot
- Lessonopoly
- PBS Learning Media
- PBS Kids Lab
- Instructables - Share What You Make
- Engineering Design Process
- SciGirls Activities - Downloadable
- Leading Inquiry-Based Learning Part 1
Leading Inquiry-Based Learning Part 2
- Building Capacity for Better Results: Strategies for financing and sustaining the organizational capacity of youth serving programs
- Cutting Cost, Keeping Quality: Financing Strategies for Youth Serving organizations in a difficult economy
- Power of Discovery: Funding opportunities with deadlines
- STEMfinity California Grants
- Afterschool Alliance STEM Funding
- Edutopia's Grants and Resources
Check out what is happening throughout California
- Sacarmento County Office of Education's Blog
- This blog is updated monthly with program highlights, STEM resources, valuable articles and funding opportunities
- California Afterschool Network
- California Expanded Learning Programs
- Quality Standards for Expanded Learning
STEM Project Ideas
STEM Maker Challenges
The following STEM Projects were developed in collaboration with Think Together through the AmeriCorps Maker program.
