By 2021, we will...

Bank Street's Kerlin Insitute and NYSCI will educate 30 (K-2 Early Childhood Educators) to use Observation and Design/ Make/ Play to create integrated STEM lessons in their classrooms.

Bank Street's Leadership In Math Education Program will educate 40 Math Leaders who will work as coaches and principals to improve Math learning in school through the USA.

Math for All will educate 20 Math Teacher Leaders 40 School Leaders in the Chicago area to coach teachers to use observation and collaboration to improve the Math learning of K-5 teachers and their students.

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Bank Street will continue to collaborate with school districts, other higher education institutions, and museums to support the STEM learning of students, teachers, and school leaders. Bank Street STEM Faculty and Professional Developers will model how to use careful observation of learners and collaborative planning to design learning experiences that take into account learners' strengths and needs.

Challenges this organization is addressing:

• individualized professional development for teachers
• agreement on the purpose for PD at different career stages
• teacher autonomy to experiment with STEM strategies