West Virginia PD Session

1. EARLY CHILDHOOD STEM AT
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

2. Disclaimer & Fun Fact:
20 U.S. Code 7907 prohibits " an officer
or employee of the Federal Government,
whether through a grant, contract, or
cooperative agreement to mandate,
direct, review, or control a State, local
educational agency, or school’s
instructional content, curriculum, and
related activities;."

3. Early math skills have greater predictive
power for future literacy and math than early
reading skills
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/838411-
school-readiness-study-greg-duncan-et-al.html

4. Military Programs Were
Influential
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•Sesame Street: Talk, Listen, Connect
•Phase I: Deployments
•Phase II: Injured Parents / Return Home (April 2008)
•Phase III: Loss of a Parent / Grief
•Over 1M kits distributed
•Available as free download on iTunes
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NFbHMFFL-E
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn9Bkcf9UcI
•PBS Prime-Time Specials
•Injured Parent (Changes) – April 1, 2009
•Grief – April 14, 2010 (Joint Chiefs Screening)
•Advanced Private Social Network (July 2009)
•Activities & Games for Children
•http://www.sesamestreetformilitaryfamilies.org

5. ADMINISTRATION-WIDE EFFORT
(COMMITTEE ON STEM EDUCATION – COSTEM)
PARTICIPATING FEDERAL PARTNERS
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Defense
• Department of Education
• Department of Energy
• Department of Health and
Human Services
• Department of Homeland
Security
• Department of the Interior
• Department of
Transportation
• Environmental Protection
Agency
• Executive Office of the
President
• National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
• National Science Foundation
• Smithsonian Institution

6. Arts in Education
Career and Technical Education: Basic Grants to States
 Education Research Grants – Effective Teachers and Teaching
 Green Ribbon Schools
 Hispanic Serving Institutions STEM and Articulation Programs
 Investing in Innovation (I3)
 Magnet Schools Assistance Program
 Mandatory strengthening Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions
 Math Science Partnerships
 Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program
 Race to the Top
 Ready to Learn
 Special Education Research Grants – Professional Development
Special Programs for Migrant Students
 Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF)
 Teachers for a Competitive Tomorrow (TCT)
 Teacher Quality Partnerships
 21st Century Community Learning Centers
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ED HAS USED A STEM PRIORITY IN OVER 60 GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

7. • Office of STEM is working to identify what is known about
best practices in pre-k STEM and develop research agenda
for what is not known
• Office of Early Learning at DoED, NSF
• Joan Ganz Cooney Center and New America
Foundation
• Ready to Learn program has a science focus this year
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting / PBS
• Twin Cities Public Television
• In 2014 IES released a report on best practices for teaching
math in early learning
• “Teaching Math to Young Children”
• http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/PracticeGuide/wwc_e
mpg_summary_020714.pdf
• http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide/18
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8. WHITE HOUSE SUMMIT ON EARLY
STEM
• Early planning occurred at Education-Foo Camp at
Googleplex
• Google, Dept of Ed, Macmillan, O’Reilly, Sesame
Workshop
• 250 interdisciplinary guests discussing lifelong
learning
• White House received over 200 submissions of
innovative commitments
• Teaching, informal equity, research, popular media
• Various foundations, First Robotics, Discovery Centers
• Jim Henson, Nickelodeon, Sesame Street and others
• STEM Tip Sheets for Families, Educators, and
Caregivers
• May 31-June 1NSF gathering at New America
Foundation
• 75 Leaders across sectors
HTTPS://WWW.WHITEHOUSE.GOV/THE-PRESS-OFFICE/2016/04/21/FACT-SHEET-ADVANCING-
ACTIVE-STEM-EDUCATION-OUR-YOUNGEST-LEARNERS
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White House Summit
Campfire at ED-FOO

9. WH SUMMIT STEM RESOURCES
1. NSTA - http://www.nsta.org/learners0-5/
2. Wolf Trap http://www.wolftrap.org/education/institute-
for-early-learning-through-the-arts/impact.aspx
3. Erikson
http://teccenter.erikson.edu/teacher_educators/teachin
g-science-and-math-to-preschoolers-with-technology-
tools/
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10. MEDIA
1. Supports interpersonal relationships
a. Video Chats
2. Fostering Readiness Skills
a. Pre-k in Austin had kids use a design app to design new
Guinea pig home
3. Exploring and learning
a. Digital camera, drawing software etc.
4. Digital Citizenship
5. eBooks vs physical books????????
6. Tap, Click, Read - http://www.tapclickread.org
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