PD that Ensures Grade 6-12 STEM Teacher Success

Teachers enjoy these aspects of PD from Exploring Robotics:

• Having fun with robots and coding and overcoming their fear of technology
• Understanding how they can facilitate the class with the online lessons which are pre-built for student self-paced learning 
• Technology integration with tablets, computers, and networks
• Implementing the Exploring Robotics Curriculum 
• Having lessons that scaffold STEM topics from easy to more complex. 
• Assistance in creating their plan to adapt the lessons to the number of teaching hours available
• Assuring that the instructor will check in with teachers after they have tried the robots and coding to answer any questions and assess their understanding.
• Bolstering with follow-up support via phone, email, or video conference as needed and the continued technical support provided throughout the term.

Grade K-5 teachers learn how to integrate robots and STEAM topics into math, ELA, and science lessons, or use them in a makerspace or library environment. 

• Engaging students in the classrooom with fun robots, making inventions, and coding 
• Preparing students for performance based tests with hands-on task activities that students will remember.
• Adopting the lessons provided to teach topics such as fractions, number lines, mapping, Cartesian coordinates, energy, newton's laws, music, art, writing, and story telling. 
• Learning to guide students utilizing an inquiry-based format built on the Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate (5E) lesson model.
• Encouraging students to explore STEAM through hands-on, applied technology and project-based learning (PBL).
• Determining effectiveness with assessments aligned to NGSS, Math, and ELA standards based testing.
• Teaching Coding and Engineering in every grade, to CSTA and ISTE standards.
• Overcoming the fear of  technology with robots that work with tablets, Chromebooks, and laptops, with technical support provided throughout the term.