STEM Standard 4

STANDARD 4: Leaders engage a diverse network of community partners and stakeholders in order to support and sustain STEM programs and initiatives.

STEM Community Partners

Campbell STEM seeks to nurture and preserve relationships with parents, our community, and business partners. At Campbell STEM we implement inquiry-based learning and the Engineer Design Process. Teachers invite experts into their classroom to support learning and provide real-world experiences. In addition, students are encouraged to attend lunch and learns focused on things that interest them. We reach out to families and the community, inviting them to enhance STEM instruction and opportunities for students in all content areas, specials, and in all grade levels. Examples:

STEM Challenge Days/STEAM Day
After-School Clubs
Parent Information Night
Science/STEM Fair
Field Trips
Lunch and Learns
Funding
Explorations
Assemblies
Student Council
School-Wide Video
Fun Rondy Challenge
Day of Caring
Innovator’s Club
STEM Night
Indigenous People’s Day
CITC FabLab events
Student Showcases
Positive Behavior STEM Incentive Events
Clubs and Tutoring

Campbell STEM staff have written many grants resulting in funding for the things listed above and many more. Grants have included creating an outdoor classroom in a local park for all Campbell students to access throughout the school year, gardening, harvesting, establishing two STEM labs, robotics, and many other STEM-focused opportunities for our students.

Campbell STEM Partners and Lunch & Learn (Link to Document)

University of Alaska Anchorage and Campbell STEM staff working together

STEM Leadership Team

Our STEM Leadership Team works in collaboration with the entire staff. The goal is to guide schoolwide initiatives and practices in STEM instruction.Training opportunities include STEM instruction, Professional Learning Community, collaboration, and student-created rubrics and alternative assessments. Staff have input on training. Stem implementation is monitored by a walk-through and feedback is provided on a STEM Classroom Walk-through Rubric. The rubric focuses on the following:

Classroom instruction focuses on actively engaging students in the learning process.
Students have regular opportunities to solve real-world problems.
Students demonstrate their learning through non-traditional, non-standardized methods.

The rubric addresses the frequency of each and is measured by the following:

Continually/Consistently
Routinely/Regularly
Occasionally/Sometimes
Rarely/Seldom
N/A

This rubric provides data that drives staff training and classroom instruction. The SFT meets 2–4 times a month. Whole school staff meets weekly in PLCs and twice monthly in staff meetings.

STEM Student Leadership Club (Student Leaders)

Student Leaders are students in grades Kindergarten through 5th grade. They serve as ambassadors for STEM opportunities within our school and community. They are students that volunteer to be in the club where they focus on STEM opportunities school wide.

Student Leaders Assembly on Test Taking Dos and Don'ts