Jerry Adams, Ed.D. Principal STEM Director New Deal High School Using the T-STEM Blueprint to Design...

Jerry Adams, Ed.D.Principal

STEM DirectorNew Deal High School

Using the T-STEM Blueprint to Design Rigorous Alignment with Curriculum,

Instruction, and Assessment to Promote Student Achievement

New Deal High School STEM Academy – Preparing Student to be College Ready, Career Ready, and Life Ready

Kyle ConatserMath & Science Teacher

STEM CoordinatorNew Deal High School

STEM Cluster MeetingUT – Dallas

October 11, 2011

THSP Video

• THSP visited our campus in May, 2011.• Student STEM Ambassadors conducted tours

of our campus.• Students and teachers were interviewed

about their STEM experiences at New Deal.• Project-based learning lessons were

showcased and discussed throughout the process.

College Ready, Career Ready, and Life Ready!

How can you use the Blueprint Benchmark # 5 – Curriculum, Instruction, and Alignment – to align your school with the STEM Academy culture and design?


Guiding Question

New Deal High School – STEM Academy

• Our Mission …– Provide every student a quality education at the

highest level of academic skill by meeting individual needs, building positive character, challenging all minds, and promoting lifelong learning in a safe environment

• Our Vision ... – Prepare students to be college ready, career

ready, and life ready


Demographics• Student Enrollment – 198• Faculty & Staff – 24

– High School Only – 15– Shared between Middle & Elementary – 9

• Ethnicity– White – 45% – Hispanic – 50% – Black – 5%

• Economically Disadvantaged – 53%• At-Risk – 59% • Student Participation in Extracurricular Activities – 95%


Accountability RatingsYear Rating Gold Performance

Acknowledgements 2006 Acceptable

2007* Acceptable

2008 Recognized

2009 Exemplary

2010 Recognized


• Named a national Higher Performing by National Center for Education Achievement and ACT, Inc

• Named one of the Best High Schools in Texas by Texas Monthly• Named one of the Best High Schools in America by US News and World Report• Best Practices Clearinghouse for Data-Driven Decision Making• Recognition from TEA Commissioner Robert Scott for Outstanding Use of High

School Allotment

Data• Distinguished Achievement Plan

– 2011 – 13– 2010 – 14 – 2009 – 13 – 2008 – 2 – 2007 – 2

• College Enrollment Rate – 2011 – 82%– 2010 – 78%– 2009 – 48%


STEM Timeline

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

•Planning & Implementation Year•Small Learning CommunityModel – approximately 20students per grade•Math, Science, and Technology Teachers•Spring STEM Leadership Conference•Classroom Set of Laptops •48% of Graduates Plan to AttendCollege

•Expanded Pre-AP and AP Course Offerings in Math & Science Courses•STEM Teachers Attend Best Practices Conference•STEM Teachers Attend Site Visit at Denver School of Technology •Smartboard Technology Installedin Classrooms •Classroom Set of Laptops •78% of Graduates Plan to Attend College

•Teachers Continue to Develop Projects and STEMCurriculum•Smartboard TechnologyInstalled in Classrooms•48% of Graduates Plan to Attend College

•Project Lead the Way Engineering Program, Year 1•CSCOPE Implementation•NASA Zero Gravity Flight Summer Training•Hosted Learning Tours of Campus•Sophomore Teacher PBL Summer Training –Entertainment Industry•Senior Project Class•Focus on Commended Performance during ContentArea Meetings•Presented at Best Practices STEM Conference•Flex Schedule and Advisory Period•Increased UIL Academic Participation •Dual Credit Course Expansion (9 hours to 33 hours)•Implemented Two Additional Graduate RecognitionsCollege Achievement Plan & STEM ProjectTeachers Attended STEM PBL Workshops •82% of Graduates Plan to Attend College

•Transition to School-wide STEM Program All Classrooms Equipped with Smartboard Technology•All teachers trained in PBL•Freshmen Teacher PBL Summer Training – Cotton Industry •Teachers Attending STEM PBL Workshops•Teachers Present at Best PracticesConference•78% of Graduates Plan to Attend College

•Project Lead the Way Engineering Program, Year 2 [45 students enrolled]•Classroom Set of Laptops •Expand Flex Schedule and AdvisoryPeriod Schedule & Partnerships•Additional Dual Credit Internet CourseResulting in 36 hours•Junior Teacher PBL Summer Training –Wind Energy Industry CSCOPE, Year 2

College Hours• South Plains College Dual Credit

– 36 hours• Tech Prep Courses through CTE Program

– 12 hours (make at least a B in the high school course and must take corresponding course at South Plains College upon enrollment at SPC)

• Project Lead the Way (PLTW)– 12 hours (upon completion of school certification)

• TOTAL = 60 college hours


Blueprint• Explains “how to do it” … excellent guide • Serves as a comprehensive needs assessment• Sets and reframes goals• Growth model • Must know who you are and what you do

well• Make the blueprint work for you … you don’t

work for the blueprint


New Deal High School STEM Academy – Preparing Student to be College Ready,

Career Ready, and Life Ready

Alignment

• Summer PBL Planning– Freshmen (agriculture) – 2009 – Sophomores (entertainment) – 2010 – Juniors (wind energy/renewable energy) – 2011

• Content Area Meetings– PBL Projects/Student Work – Data


The Instructional Core

• The instructional core anchors any school- or district-level instructional improvement process.

• The instructional core is composed of the teacher and the student in the presence of content.



STUDENT

TEACHER CONTENT



It is the relationship between the teacher, the student, and the content – not the qualities of any one of them by themselves – that determines the nature of instructional practice, and each corner of the instructional core has its own particular role and resources to bring to the instructional process.

The instructional task is located at the center of the instructional core. Simply stated, this is the actual work that students are asked to do in the process of instructions.



STUDENT

TEACHER CONTENT

TASK


Principles of the Instructional Core1. Increases in student learning occur only as a

consequence of improvements in the level of content, teachers’ knowledge and skill, and student engagement.

2. If you change any element of the instructional core, you have to change the other two.

3. If you can’t see it in the core, it’s not there.4. The real accountability system is in the tasks

that students are asked to do.5. We learn to do the work by doing the work.



STUDENT

TEACHER CONTENT

TASK


STAAR Readiness Survey

• Protocol– Complete the STAAR Readiness Survey (used by

permission, Collier Consulting Group)

– Compare results – Identify suggestions for improvement or “next

steps” as a campus– Compile campus data


Thank YouQuestions?


New Deal High SchoolPO Box 250

New Deal, Texas 79350

Dr. Jerry AdamsPrincipal

STEM [email protected]

Mr. Kyle ConatserMath & Science Teacher

STEM [email protected]

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