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
Few teachers have opportunities to engage with current STEM content and industry.
Published July 2017. In recent years, the emphasis on providing students with quality education in the science, technology, mathematics, and...
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.
Published July 2017. Recent reports from such organizations as the National Research Council and the National Academy of Science highlight concerns...
Teachers lack funding to provide quality STEM instructional experiences.
Published July 2017. Many science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses and content require or benefit from specific facilities and...
"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.
Published July 2017. Efforts to improve K–12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education will necessarily require quality...
Teachers' voices are regularly absent from conversations about their professional growth.
Published July 2017. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) jobs are expected to...
"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.
Published July 2017. One of the factors contributing to the attrition of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers is the lack...
Many teachers lack access to quality STEM curriculum.
Published July 2017. In order to add 100,000 excellent science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers to America’s classrooms by...
STEM content and pedagogy are not integrated.
Published July 2017. Improvements in teacher preparation to better focus on the unique characteristics of 21st-century teaching and learning have been...