STEMM Academy
Baker College & Mott Community College SECEP Partnership
Science-Technology-Engineering-Math-Medical
¬ Development of the STEMM Academy Early College Program
o Two models: Traditional and CTE Blend
¬ Development of the Dryden Early College
¬ Facilitate the annual academic calendar
¬ Facilitate the annual orientation for STEMM Academy
¬ Facilitate multiple soft skill presentations to STEMM Academy students
¬ Co-facilitate quarterly STEMM Academy parent information nights
¬ Co- facilitate to STEMM Academy transition camp
¬ Co- facilitate end of year ceremony for graduates of the STEMM Academy
¬ Facilitated the marketing for the STEMM Academy:
o Posters
o Banners
o Brochures
o Website
o T-shirts
o Student information sessions
♣ General recruiting assemblies
♣ CTE Blend recruiting sessions
o Parent information nights
o News paper and radio information
¬ Facilitated the campus tours and provided lunches for:
o 8th graders from LEAs
o 10th graders from LEAs
o STEMM Academy
¬ Facilitated COMPASS testing for 10th graders
¬ Provide dual enrollment options: Concurrent and direct credit models
¬ Facilitate the academic advisement for 5th year students
¬ Co- facilitate 5th year seminar on success sessions
¬ Facilitated the student support and tutorial services on campus for 5th tear students
¬ Facilitated the development and implementation of the RS 1010 career readiness offered to all 10th graders in 3 districts
¬ Facilitated STEM camps for students
¬ Facilitated photonics demonstrations
¬ Attended all SECEP leadership meeting (principal)
¬ Facilitate SECEP counselors meeting @ Baker College
¬ Assist in managing day to day student issues with the Advisor
¬ Co-facilitated science teacher workshop with K-12 and college faculty
¬ Provided a technology integrated classroom workshop
¬ Attended MEMCA workshops
¬ Attended national workshops in New Jersey
Lapeer County SECEP Partnership
Overall:
- Brought 4 school district together
- Brought HS and MS’s together
- Development of STEM teams at each district
- Increased the college going culture at all the districts
- Impacted the instructional methodology
- STEM instruction principles – activity/hands-on
- STEM.org PD
- STEM skills in all disciplines
- Networking at national and state levels
- Strong post secondary partnerships
- Campus tours for 10th and 8th grade students
- Development of 2 EMC’s
- Development of a CTE model for EMC
- Recognition/ reinforcement of the rigor in CTE and college level applications
- Evaluation / recognition of all the college going experiences that is offered to students in high school: EMC, DE, CTE, & AP
- Math and science teacher PD
- 8th grade project workshop with 6 SECEP schools
Almont:
- STEM instructional at all levels
- PLTW @ HS
- Community partnerships
- PD for teachers: These include scientific modeling, argument driven inquiry and inquiry based instruction
- STEM Integration Team
- STEM extra-curricular offerings – Robotics
- Four college partnership collaborations: Baker College, Macomb Community College, University of Michigan (Flint), and Mott Community College
Dryden:
- EMC
- College readiness seminar 7-12
- MOUs with Baker College, Mott Community College, Ferris State University, and the University of Michigan-Flint.
- STEM Integration Team
- STEM related instruction
- Baker College RS 1010
- Competency based instruction - Summit Learning
- PD for teachers: These include scientific modeling, argument driven inquiry and inquiry based instruction
Imlay City:
- K-12 STEM project based instruction
- PD for teachers: These include scientific modeling, argument driven inquiry and inquiry-based instruction
- STEM Integration Team
- Engineering/STEM night
- STEM-focused events at the elementary level
- STEM extra-curricular offerings – Robotics
- ICS set aside a 5-acre parcel of land for use as a “living lab” for our STEM students
- Baker College RS 1010 for 10th graders
- MOUs with Baker College, Mott Community College, and the University of Michigan-Flint.
- New course offerings Advanced Placement Environmental Science and Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles
- In-district peer coaching
North Branch:
- PD for teachers: These include scientific modeling, argument driven inquiry and inquiry based instruction
- PLTW @ HS Principles of Bio-Medical Science
- STEM project based instruction HS & MS
- Baker College RS 1010 for 10th graders
- STEM Integration Team
- MOUs with Baker College, Mott Community College, Washtenaw Community College and the University of Michigan-Flint.
- Near-peer College and Career Ready Advisor
- AP Chemistry class and the Organic Chemistry class curriculum are college curriculum
