What is the STEM Academy?
Magnet schools are free public elementary and secondary schools of choice that are operated by school districts. Magnet schools are typically more “hands on-minds on” and use an approach to learning that is inquiry or performance/ project based. They use state, district, or Common Core standards in all subject areas, however, they are taught within the overall theme of the school.
Specific benefits of magnet schools include: improved academic achievement, diverse student enrollments, reduced discipline problems, increased culture competence of students, increased student attendance rates, higher graduation rates, greater teacher satisfaction and reduced teacher turn-over, innovative curricula, specialized teaching staff, and increased parent engagement and satisfaction. ~Magnet Schools of America
The Goal of STEM Education is to help students become:
· Problem-solvers – able to define questions and problems, design investigations to gather data, collect and organize data, draw conclusions, and then apply understandings to new and novel situations.
· Innovators – creatively use science, mathematics, and technology concepts and principles by applying them to the engineering design process.
· Inventors – recognize the needs of the world and creatively design, test, redesign, and then implement solutions (engineering process).
· Self-reliant – able to use initiative and self-motivation to set agendas, develop and gain self-confidence, and work within time specified time frames.
· Logical thinkers – able to apply rational and logical thought processes of science, mathematics, and engineering design to innovation and invention.
· Technologically literate - understand and explain the nature of technology, develop the skills needed, and apply technology appropriately.
©Hays Blaine Lantz, Jr., Ed.D., 2009
Specific benefits of magnet schools include: improved academic achievement, diverse student enrollments, reduced discipline problems, increased culture competence of students, increased student attendance rates, higher graduation rates, greater teacher satisfaction and reduced teacher turn-over, innovative curricula, specialized teaching staff, and increased parent engagement and satisfaction. ~Magnet Schools of America
The Goal of STEM Education is to help students become:
· Problem-solvers – able to define questions and problems, design investigations to gather data, collect and organize data, draw conclusions, and then apply understandings to new and novel situations.
· Innovators – creatively use science, mathematics, and technology concepts and principles by applying them to the engineering design process.
· Inventors – recognize the needs of the world and creatively design, test, redesign, and then implement solutions (engineering process).
· Self-reliant – able to use initiative and self-motivation to set agendas, develop and gain self-confidence, and work within time specified time frames.
· Logical thinkers – able to apply rational and logical thought processes of science, mathematics, and engineering design to innovation and invention.
· Technologically literate - understand and explain the nature of technology, develop the skills needed, and apply technology appropriately.
©Hays Blaine Lantz, Jr., Ed.D., 2009