Effingham College and Career Academy- STEM Program: A Different Model for Implementing STEM Education
Session Format
Presentation Session (45 minutes)
Location
Room 221
Abstract for the conference program
This fall the doors of a new STEM program opened at the Effingham College and Career Academy (ECCA) and in walked 110 sophomores and 145 freshman. This presentation has four main objectives. First, the decisions behind starting a STEM program that draws students from the two Effingham County high schools, rather than opening a dedicated STEM school or STEM school or program within one or both of the Effingham high schools, will be presented. Second, the ECCA-STEM program’s philosophy, educational plan and incorporation of interdisciplinary STEM will be presented. Third, the program wide use of Schoology, Remind and other technology will be described. Finally, the paradigm shifts for county, parents, students, and teachers regarding the amount of homework, time management of assignments, rigor of classes at STEM, and the ultimate goal of the STEM experience as preparation for success will be discussed.
Proposal Track
Non-research Project Interdisciplinary STEM Education
Start Date
3-3-2017 1:15 PM
End Date
3-3-2017 2:15 PM
Recommended Citation
Caldwell, Marthajane, "Effingham College and Career Academy- STEM Program: A Different Model for Implementing STEM Education" (2017). Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019). 51.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2017/2017/51
Effingham College and Career Academy- STEM Program: A Different Model for Implementing STEM Education
Room 221
This fall the doors of a new STEM program opened at the Effingham College and Career Academy (ECCA) and in walked 110 sophomores and 145 freshman. This presentation has four main objectives. First, the decisions behind starting a STEM program that draws students from the two Effingham County high schools, rather than opening a dedicated STEM school or STEM school or program within one or both of the Effingham high schools, will be presented. Second, the ECCA-STEM program’s philosophy, educational plan and incorporation of interdisciplinary STEM will be presented. Third, the program wide use of Schoology, Remind and other technology will be described. Finally, the paradigm shifts for county, parents, students, and teachers regarding the amount of homework, time management of assignments, rigor of classes at STEM, and the ultimate goal of the STEM experience as preparation for success will be discussed.
