COURSE
Designed to STEAM
STEAM Professional Development for K-12 Teachers. Bring STEAM to your classroom, school or district.This online course will help you build an authentic STEAM teaching approach. This moves beyond simply using the design-process to truly being able to integrate all the arts in and through STEM.
You'll discover how, when and where to use STEAM effectively. You'll also receive templates, resources and planning documents that will save you hours of time
Asynchronous Online Course: Start Anytime.
Thank you for presenting such a clear, organized way to begin using STEAM in the classroom. I feel a lot more confident after taking this course.
TIFFANY WALL
Accelerator Members: $0 | Non-Members: $99
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- Lifetime On-Demand Access
- 12 Video Lessons with Closed Captions
- Sample STEAM Lessons and Handouts Included
- 25 PD Hours and 2.5 CEUs Provided
- All Levels: K-12
Intended Audience:
K-12 Classroom Teachers
K-12 Arts Teachers
School and District Admin
Teaching Artists
Course Overview
Inside this accredited STEAM professional development designed specifically for teachers, you'll learn a research-based STEAM process and be able to customize it to your content and teaching style using the included templates and sample lessons. You can start or complete this course at any time – lifetime access is included.
What You'll Learn – View the Full Syllabus
How to plan STEAM lessons that work and are authentically connected to standards.
Specific strategies for streamlining collaborative planning without extra meetings.
How to engage students with meaningful, real-world problems within your current curriculum time constraints.
Assessment practices that authentically explore growth in both STEM and arts areas.
Connections to Teaching Practice
Connections to Teaching Practice (often needed for administrative approval)
This course provides the following classroom connections:
- Identify the basics of the STEAM approach with the STEAM look-for list
- Build authentic STEAM lessons that are grade-level and content appropriate for students in your class.
- Explore multiple assessment examples that measure student mastery of STEAM content equitably.
- Examine the curriculum mapping process and use the provided templates to create your own maps.
- Use the 6-steps of the structural checklist to ensure support for your STEAM efforts.
- Weave the design process in and through your lesson design and implementation.
- Identify your current time barriers and use the provided planners to carve out specific time for STEAM.
- Anticipate challenges and get clear on the responsibilities and roles of each teacher with this approach.
- Develop specific, measurable and realistic outcomes for your STEAM implementation based on data analysis.
- Explore how to encourage and support a feedback loop for STEAM.
- Create a personalized partnership plan and discover the many ways to get other teachers to buy-in to this process.
- Develop a plan to connect STEAM with initiatives in your school for a more cohesive approach.
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Define the distinct elements of STEM, STEAM, and Integrated studies, including the differences and similarities of each strategy.
- Select objectives from Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math that are aligned and enhance each other to increase student engagement in learning.
- Build a series of authentic STEAM lessons that are grade-level appropriate and rigorous in the individual cognitive demand required for students.
- Develop a set of curriculum schema maps that outline a variety of paths students could explore through STEM and STEAM lessons.
- Design multiple assessment examples that measure student mastery of content equitably in each content objective addressed in a STEAM lesson.
- Create data facilitation resources which engage teachers and students in reflections of a STEAM lesson experience and outline next steps for student growth.
- Cite the principles of design and provide examples for ways in which they can be used as a framework for STEAM lesson.
Approval Information
Approval Information and Requirements
While you should always follow any pre-approval requirements in your district, we have helped thousands of educators advance on their district's salary scale and meet their relicensing requirements. Some states require that organizations be pre-approved, while others accept hours based on the certificate received. Below, find out how we meet the various requirements:
States that require pre-approval which we have achieved:
New York Teachers: Click here to review our CTLE approval and number
Pennsylvania Teachers: Click here to review our Act 48 approval and number
All other teachers: Click here to review our list of states and approval status.
The Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). The Institute complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, The Institute is accredited to issue the IACET CEU.
Requirements for Approval
If you're taking this course for a step increase or advancement, please be sure to review the course details, outcomes, and approval information before enrolling.
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