S.T.E.A.M. Communities of Practice
Overview
Welcome to the Science Technology Engineering Art and Math(S.T.E.A.M.) Community of Practice. This is a customized course that walks you through the process of creating and managing a community of practice(COP). You will go through the course asynchronously and synchronously with a group of your peers. This particular COP is focused on Social and Emotional Learning. That will be the domain of interest as selected by your group.
You will also develop a continuous quality improvement plan (CQI) as the tool through which you will engage with your COP.
Completing this course will help you:
- Expand your content knowledge in the domain of your choice
- Improve the quality of your program through a CQI process.
- Develop new personal and professional relationships for networking and social and emotional support
Learning Path Includes:
19 lessons
5 Assessments
Who is the course for?
Site leads, coordinators, administrators, line staff, and other expanded learning professionals.
Learning Path
*Click on the (+) plus button for a review of each section
In this section we give you a quick rundown on how to navigate through the learning path. We also use this time to introduce our 1st knowledge modules. These are designed toteach you about communities of practice and the CQI process which you will need to employ to successfully complete this project.
Timeline: 1-2 weeks
Now we spend some time preparing you and your team to begin the CQI process. We also build upon your content knowledge in the domain of interest you selected.
Timeline: 1-2 weeks
Stage Two-Assess Program Quality
In this stage, we begin the discussion of assessments and best practices for self-assessments. We also continue to build upon our content knowledge.
Timeline: 1-2 weeks
In this stage we begin the process of action planning and mobilizing the knowledge of your COP peers to support your CQI efforts.
Timeline: 1-2 weeks
Stage Four-Improve Program Quality
Now we spend some time preparing you and your team to begin the CQI process. We also build upon your content knowledge in the domain of interest you selected.
Timeline: 1-2 weeks
Stage Five-Reflect on the CQI cycle
In the final stage we learn about the reflection process and codifying our lessons learned and better practices.
Timeline: 1-2 weeks