The California STEM Summit 2014 Case Studies of Reform and Innovation in STEM Teacher Preparation

Dr. Joan Bissell, California State University Dr. Deidre Sessoms, California State University, Sacramento Dr. Vanessa Sheared, California State University, Sacramento Dr. Teresa Cummings, Sacramento City Unified School District Dr. Carol Fry Bohlin, California State University, Fresno Gayle Spencer, Fresno Unified School District

Director, Teacher Education and

Public School Programs

California State University

Joan S. Bissell, Ed.D.

CSU & District Reform: Comprehensive, Innovative, Collaborative

• Reshaping Teacher Preparation Continuum • Reshaping Professional Development Practices

• Enhancing knowledge and skills of STEM educators and instructional leaders

Aligning with CSLNet “STEM Can Lead the Way” Recommendations

CSU & District Reform: Comprehensive, Innovative, Collaborative

Presentation Outcomes

• Learn approaches for empowering teachers to infuse CCSS-M and NGSS

• Explore strategies to build STEM professional identity

• Learn models of effective IHE/District collaborations to prepare STEM teachers and leaders

Director, Faculty Research Development

Professor, College of Education

Dean, College of Education

Vanessa Sheared, Ed.D.

Deidre B. Sessoms, Ph.D.

Teresa Cummings, Ph.D.

Chief Accountability Officer

Sacramento Pathways to Success • MOU between SCUSD, SCC, Sacramento State

• District-Wide Awareness to STEM •  K-12 focus on Career Awareness, Exploration, Pathways •  Expanded Learning and STEM •  Expansion of Linked Learning Pathways, Work-based Learning

opportunities, Robotics, Mathletes and First Lego League •  Near future: Linked learning 7th & 8th Grade; PreK and TK Career

Awareness opportunities

Sacramento Pathways to Success • Collaborative grant funded projects

• Title 2 ITQ: The Equity Network of PDS Sites • CAGism, e-SCI, ISIM: STEM-focused projects • Linked Learning STEM workforce development

Sacramento Pathways to Success • Collaboration with labor, government agencies, industry, non-profits, IHEs • Who Benefits? • Who are we? • What do we bring to the table? Sacramento Employment Training Agency, Workforce Investment Board, Sacramento Labor Council, Area Congregations Together, Parent/Teacher Home Visit Project, NextEd

Empowering teachers to infuse CCSS-M and NGSS • UNDERGRADUATES: curricular redesign in 4 science

courses targeting Liberal Studies majors • CREDENTIAL/PRESERVICE: Content Specific Student

Teaching experiences associated with elementary math & science methods courses/instructors

Methods Faculty

Student Teacher Cooperating Teacher

Design & co-teach CCSS/NGSS lessons

REFLECTION/APPLICATION 9. a. As a result of the inquiry process, what was the impact on instructional practices and student achievement?

b. In what ways were you able to integrate STEM into your unit of study?

c. Share your learning about student development, instructional practice, academic content, and/or yourself as a teacher.

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BTSA: Unit of Study in STEM Induction Plan (C-1)

Empowering teachers to infuse CCSS-M and NGSS

• Enhancing knowledge and skills of STEM instructional leaders

• Research to Practice and Policy

• Basic skills mathematics: the perspectives of community college mathematics instructors regarding factors affecting student success, Samia Aguirre

• A study of underrepresented individuals who utilized community colleges as pathways to gain admission into engineering schools at four-year universities, Samer Batarseh

•  Hispanic student transfer pathways from community college to a 4-year public university in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines, Kevin Gonzalez

STEM Dissertation Topics, spring 2013 High School – CC – University Transition

Effective IHE/District collaborations to prepare STEM teachers and leaders • Alternative Induction Program

•  Fifty teachers first year

•  Foundational Level Math Credential Program •  Seventeen teachers

•  Foundational Level General Science Credential Program •  Eleven teachers

• Principal Leadership Academy and STEM •  Cohort of 10-15 teachers begin April 2014

Gayle Spencer

Teacher on Special Assignment Fresno Residency Program

Fresno Unified School District

Fresno State / Fresno Unified School District Partnership

• Funded by S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation • Goal: Develop exemplary teachers of STEM in grades 4-8

in order to improve student academic achievement • Strategy: Alter existing teacher preparation via coursework

revision and continuous clinical experience, and develop professional development school sites to enhance interaction between and among Fresno State faculty and Fresno Unified teachers/leaders

•  2-year award: $740,869 total monetary support

Key Activities •  Enroll 40 Residents over two years •  Develop a course of study combining early field experience,

Multiple Subject Teaching Credential coursework, and Master of Arts in Education requirements

•  Coursework co-taught by Fresno State faculty and Fresno Unified leadership/academic coaches

•  Residents spend significant time in Mentor’s classrooms •  Residents receive a $12,500 stipend while pursuing their

credential/degree; Mentors receive $3000/year. •  Residents receive significant professional development

provided by Fresno Unified, in addition to other opportunities. •  Residents commit to teach in FUSD for a minimum of 3 years.

FUSD Professional Development SEMESTER 1: • Co-Teaching strategies • CHAMPS • Productive Talk • Class Management • CCSS and Practice standards

• CSTP • Skillful Teacher (3Xs) • AVID

• Class video production • FUSD digital resources • Webb’s Depth of Knowledge

• Lesson Plan Design • Strategic Grouping • SIOP (3Xs) • BEST curriculum • VAPA • NGSS

Additional coursework/training • Physics Outreach

•  Semester 1 – 7 Residents •  FLM and FLGS teaching

methods courses •  Semester 2 – 13 Residents

•  FUSD specific training on CCSS and NGSS

•  Multiple and Single Subject CSET prep courses/training provided by both Fresno State and FUSD.

•  Substituting for Mentor only

• Attend all FUSD training with Mentor

•  Teach MS/HS summer school math or science

•  Teaching Channel access and use in coursework

• Planning and program development meetings

• Participate in Cohort II interviews

•  Substituting for Mentor only • Attend all FUSD training with Mentor •  Teach MS/HS summer school math or science •  Teaching Channel access and use in coursework • Planning and program development meetings • Participate in Cohort II interviews

FUSD/CSUF TRP monthly calendar

Carol Fry Bohlin, Ph.D.

Professor; Special Assistant to the Provost for STEM Initiatives

Director, Math and Science Teacher Initiative

California State University, Fresno

Early Professional Engagement to Build Professional Identity

• Professional Memberships: CMC, CSTA, NCSM, NCTM • Professional Conferences (Fall 2013):

•  California Science Teachers Association Annual Conf.(Palm Springs) •  California Mathematics Project's Annual Conference at Asilomar •  California's 1st Statewide STEM Conference (Sacramento)

•  Local CCSS and NGSS Workshops/Institutes •  Fresno County Office of Education's CCSS-M Conference with Alan November •  CMC-C/SJVMP CCSS-M Saturday Workshops, Jim Hiebert presentation, etc. •  Central Valley Science Project Institute

Fall 2013 Professional Learning (by student)

Support K-8 STEM Teacher Pathways: FLM & FLGS Credentials

• Workshops: CSET Math and Science Content Review • Middle School Mathematics and Middle School General

Science Pedagogy Courses (with memberships) • Science content and engineering literacy courses • Reimburse CSET fees and credential application fees • Support NGSS & CCSS conference & workshop attendance • Provide subscription to COMET; encourage lifelong learning

Physics Pedagogy and Outreach Course •  3-semester-unit course (Physics 168S) •  2 hours of seminar + 3-hour service-learning outreach

experience during after-school program time • Mixture of Liberal Studies, Math, and Science majors;

Multiple and Single Subject credential students

Physics 168S ~ Course Topics Physics Content

• Pressure • Torque • Mechanical Advantage • Electricity •  Linear Momentum • Magnetism • Angular Momentum • Bernoulli’s Principle

Pedagogy • Constructivism • Discrepant events • Misconceptions • Conceptual change •  Inquiry

Physics 168S Impact

Media coverage included local affiliates for CBS, Fox, NBC, & Univision. Fall 2012 •  30 different schools: 14 elementary, 3 middle, 12 high schools, and one college •  8 school districts – Fresno, Reedley, Clovis, Madera, Sanger, Visalia, Oakhurst, and Parlier Spring 2013 •  27 different schools: 17 elementary, 9 high schools, and one college •  10 school districts – Fresno, Selma, Lemoore, Oakhurst, Clovis, Kettleman City, Madera,

O'Neals, Lindsay, and Coalinga (as well as Children's Hospital of Central California) Fall 2013 •  40 different schools: 20 elementary, 4 middle, 8 high schools, 2 colleges and 6 private or

charter schools •  11 school districts – Chawanakee, Clovis, Cutler-Orosi Joint, Fowler, Fresno, Madera,

Hanford, Island Union Elementary, Merced, Sanger, & Selma (as well as Children's Hospital)