Action Steps /

Strategies

Rationale

Key Actors

Resources

Timeline

Step 1: Present
teaching STEM through
PBL to administration.

Utilizing teacher feedback from the

2014/2015 school year, a need to improve
the depth and rigor of the STEM program
was identified. Upon researching methods to
improve the quality of the program, PBL
aligned with the needs. The presentation will
be used to gain support and approval from
schools administration.

* Administrative
Team

Infographic explaining teaching STEM through PBL

July 2015

* STEM Leadership
Team

Examples of STEM through PBL units

Gain perceptions and attitudes, knowledge

and skills, concerns, support needs,
enablers and barriers

*Administration

Questionnaires developed

*Teachers

Infographic on STEM through PBL

Step 2: Survey
stakeholders

Teacher reflections from the 2014/2015 school year

July 2015

*Parents
*Students
Step 3: Identify
innovators who have
already started to utilize
PBL to teach STEM.

Build support among faculty

*Administration

Examples of STEM through PBL units

Identify key faculty members

*STEM Leadership
Team

Infographic

Reduce and relieve complexity of adoption

(#3 5 attributes)

August 2015

Sample STEM Lessons

*STEM Team
*Innovators

Step 4: Meet with

STEM Team

Create awareness and interest without

anxiety
Show benefits of STEM through PBL

*STEM Team

Infographic on teaching STEM through PBL

*STEM Leadership
Team

Examples of STEM through PBL units

August 2015

*Administration
Step 5: Develop
curriculum
Professional
Development

Allow teachers common understanding of

STEM through PBL and help teachers learn
how to implement effectively in the
classroom

*STEM Leadership
Team

PBL book

Monthly Meetings
August-May

Engineering is Elementary
Teachers
PBS Design Squad
BIE.org

Step 6: Develop Needs

and Supplies list

Ensure teachers and students have supplies

to effectively implement STEM through PBL

*PTA

Survey for teachers requesting needs

September 2015

teachers

Step 7: Implementation
of teaching STEM
through PBL in grades 3
-5

Increase rigor and depth of our STEM

activities.

Step 8: Address parent

concerns

Educate parents and students on STEM and

PBL

*Teachers

STEM curriculum

September 2015

*Parents
*Students
*Teachers

Student Engineering Journals

November 2015

*Teachers

Google Survey

*Students
Apply learning

Products

Curriculum Night
Step 9: Reflection

Identify successes and areas for

improvement

*Students
*Parents
*STEM Steering
Committee

December 2015