STEM
Standard 1
Learners engage in STEM learning experiences that integrate all STEM disciplines with an emphasis on processes and practices associated with STEM.
Standard 2
Professional staff members implement high quality STEM courses and curriculum aligned to recognized standards and organized into interdisciplinary frameworks.
Standard 3
Professional staff members and leaders participate in an ongoing system of STEM-specific professional learning.
Standard 4
Leaders engage a diverse network of community partners and stakeholders in order to support and sustain STEM programs and initiatives.
Standard 5
Leaders ensure that all stakeholders have ongoing opportunities to access information and learn about STEM implementation.
Standard 6
Learners engage collaboratively in authentic inquiry during ongoing units of study.
Standard 7
Learners engage in self-directed STEM learning guided by professional staff members who are effective facilitators of learning.
Standard 8
Learners benefit from a formal structure of within-school and extracurricular opportunities to extend STEM learning.
Standard 9
Learners demonstrate their learning through performance-based assessments and have opportunities to develop self-assessment and self-monitoring skills.
Standard 10
Learners demonstrate STEM literacy outcomes that prepare them for the next level of learning and work.