TLPL 677Spring 2020 Reframing Teacher Professionalism: Achieving Teacher Leadership (M.Ed. STEM Leadership Program)

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Course Introduction

Today’s schools are working hard to prepare students to understand and respond to the ever-evolving, increasingly complex challenges of the 21st century. Transdisciplinary STEM education can be a powerful way to support students with the development of skills necessary to succeed in the modern and future workforce. Students need (and want!) school learning experiences that are both meaningful and relevant to their lives. Transdisciplinary STEM allows us to soften the traditional boundaries between school subjects such that the core ideas and practices of multiple disciplines come together in the service of real-world problem-solving.

This course has been designed for the M.Ed. Teacher Leadership, Special Studies: STEM Education. It is intended to prepare practicing teachers to advocate for, design, support, and lead STEM programs and initiatives in their school and district. This course draws upon previous coursework in the M.Ed. program to engage students in relevant, practical discussions and activities around STEM education teacher leadership. It is expected that by the end of the course students will possess a comprehensive understanding of exemplary STEM education programming and be able to identify tools and resources that may support STEM initiatives in their school and district.

Course Objectives: By the end of the semester you should have/be able to:

Describe and contrast models of teacher leadership relevant to STEM education
Identify “trends” in STEM Education programming;
Describe effective, research-based STEM Education programming;
Identify factors associated with exemplary school mathematics, engineering, technology, and science programs (integrated and ‘siloed’)
Analyze STEM-relevant school performance (locally, nationally, and internationally);
Create a STEM leadership plan that could be implemented in a school environment.

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