How Mueller’s Aerospace and Engineering Discovery Magnet connects with 21st Century Skills
RELATIONSHIPS
The Learning Environment...
Fosters positive relationships and partnerships among all stakeholders
Creates partnerships with area businesses and opportunities for students to pursue work-based learning
Parent survey, WSU, Aeroclub of Wichita, Engineering Unions, Site Council, Cosmosphere
Select students from 2-5 grade level have the opportunity to attend summer engineering or aerospace camps at WSU or Cosmosphere
Ensures every leader at all levels is responsible for every student
Encourages, supports, and models collaborative relationships among all educators at all levels
Teachers/staff use PD and inservice time to design lessons and activities that promote the magnet concepts for all students
Provides early and ongoing academic and career guidance and planning
WSU mentors, mentors from aviation/engineering companies, guest speakers in the engineering and aerospace fields promoting their area of interest and its importance
Working with middle schools and high schools who have the PLTW program
RELEVANCE
The Learning Environment...
Provides a curriculum that is connected to real-world contexts through project-based learning
EiE units have students create projects
Flight and Space focus areas
Provides access to technology for teaching and learning
Computer Lab; wireless laptops; SMARTboards, Airliners, Clickers, SMART lessons
Supports opportunities that involve real world experts collaborating with learners
Provides early and ongoing academic and career guidance and planning
Ensures academic and behavioral data will be used to inform instructional decisions
Ensures educational priorities are aligned to support the community, state, and national workforce needs and the academic and career goals of each student
Building students knowledge and application of engineering and aerospace concepts starting in kindergarten and going all the way up to the work force!
RIGOR
The Learning Environment...
Provides a rigorous, research-based, standards-based core academic curriculum geared to students’ individual needs
Integrates academic curriculum with rigorous career and technical education curriculum
Weaves 21st Century interdisciplinary themes into core subjects
Provides accelerated learning opportunities
Engineering/Aerospace camps
Lego-Robotics Club
Technology Squad
Creates conditions in which leaders work cooperatively with fellow educators to make improving instructional quality and student learning the priority
Ensures an empowering culture which creates collective responsibility for student success
Reviews current practices to identify those that yield evidence of effectiveness
Every leader is responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating continuous learning
RESULTS
The Learning Environment...
Empowers students to excel to their highest potential using a wide range of indicators of success
Facilitates communities of practice that review academic data, behavioral data
DCA, State Assessment, Dibels, Student Connectedness Survey, Office Referral Graphs, MTSS, etc
Provides a coherent continuum of evidence-based, system-wide practices to support a rapid response to academic and behavioral needs
MTSS, Q.I.F.
Engages educators in evidence-based professional learning
Facilitates the development of methods to monitor the fidelity of implementation of a multi-tiered system of supports
Expects every educator will continuously gain knowledge and develop expertise to build capacity and sustain effective practice
RESPONSIVE CULTURE
The Learning Environment...
Empowers students’ interests, learning styles, and choices
Fosters a culture that motivates, challenges, engages, and inspires all stakeholders
Fosters a culture that respects and reinforces leadership and service to the community
Fosters a culture that focuses on the continuous improvement of students, staff, and school
Embraces and empowers innovation and creativity