Professional Growth
Instructional Materials
teachers' ability to identify high-quality STEM instructional resources
Full Challenge: The number of PK-12 STEM teachers who are able to identify high-quality STEM instructional resources.
Challenge Description: Some teachers are unsure of how to identify high-quality STEM resources.
Progress
It’s More Than Schedules: Teacher Collaboration and Innovative Instruction
We launched the 100Kin10 Teacher Forum to get a better pulse on what’s happening in schools and classroom across the country, directly from STEM...
Professional development is often treated as a compliance issue.
Recent reports from such organizations as the National Research Council and the National Academy of Science highlight concerns regarding the skills of...
Teachers lack funding to provide quality STEM instructional experiences.
Many science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses and content require or benefit from specific facilities and materials, such as...
"Where will I find the time, resources, support, professional development?"
For me, STEM is a way of thinking – more than just an established integrated set of disciplines. I was introduced to STEM in elementary school at...
Teachers often lack access to quality STEM professional development.
Efforts to improve K–12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education will necessarily require quality teachers in the classroom,...
Few teachers have opportunities to engage with current STEM content and industry.
In recent years, the emphasis on providing students with quality education in the science, technology, mathematics, and engineering (STEM) disciplines...
Teachers' voices are regularly absent from conversations about their professional growth.
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) jobs are expected to increase by “17 percent...
"Too often, professional development in schools is disjointed, unsupported, and participated in just to check a box toward recertification"
In the third grade, I had a lovely teacher who meant well. Nearly every week, we would celebrate Fridays with a game of “Round the World” to practice...
Schools often lack a collaborative environment to foster teacher growth.
One of the factors contributing to the attrition of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers is the lack of a collaborative...
Many teachers lack access to quality STEM curriculum.
In order to add 100,000 excellent science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers to America’s classrooms by 2021, our country must...
STEM content and pedagogy are not integrated.
Improvements in teacher preparation to better focus on the unique characteristics of 21st-century teaching and learning have been frequently discussed...