SDIRC STEAM Designation
Check out the SDIRC schools going for STEAM Designation!
STEAM DESIGNATION Advisory Committee
We are looking for dynamic individuals to help provide valuable input and help promote Indian River School District's initiatives with STEAM. The STEAM Designation Committee will help provide valuable input and help promote Indian River School District’s initiatives with STEAM. The committee meeting is currently scheduled for April 14 from 4:00-6:00pm in the TEC at the district office.
Schools who have decided to seek STEAM Designation have developed plans to increase STEAM integration on their campuses. Schools will share their work towards STEAM Designation at the STEAM Showcase on May 20.
Committee members will need to be available for the two meetings and the full day showcase. We are excited to collaborate with you.
Please fill out our SDIRC STEAM Designation Committee Interest Form to be a part of this committee.
If you have any questions, please contact April.Perez@indianriverschools.org or 772-564-3002.
Purpose of STEAM Designation
Unified Mission:
To provide equitable and inclusive STEAM learning experiences that prepare SDIRC students for the 21st century.
Purpose:
SDIRC STEAM education fosters creativity and innovative thinking. Interdisciplinary STEAM learning experiences promote inquiry, technology integration, and authentic project-based learning that is connected to the real world. In the STEAM classroom, partnerships reach beyond the walls of the school to include higher education and community organizations.
Designation Process Timeline
- Summer Schools fill out interest form for STEAM Designation.
- Fall SDIRC STEAM Team meets with schools individually to submit a STEAM plan to the STEAM Team.
- Fall Schools initiate STEAM plans and begin to develop portfolio of evidence.
- Fall SDIRC STEAM Team conducts initial site visits. During the visit, schools reflect on their plan and complete the Self-Assessment.
- Spring SDIRC STEAM Team conducts site visits to review portfolio of evidence and classroom observations.
- Spring District STEAM Showcase where schools show portfolio evidence of implementation.
- End of Year SDIRC STEAM Team meets with schools to review evidence, data (pending state release of scores), and scoring rubric to finalize designation.
Designation Rubric Indicators
1. STEAM Plan
2. Professional Development Opportunities
3. Collaborative Planning
4. Student Learning Experiences
5. Technology Integration
6. Data Driven Decision Making
7. Extended Learning Activities
STEAM Designation Levels
Here is a link to each school that is going for STEAM Designation in the School District of Indian River County
Beachland Elementary, School of STEAM Enrichment
At Beachland Elementary we challenge every student to reach their highest potential in a safe and caring environment. Through science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM), our mission is to increase student achievement for all students with enriched curriculum, engaging lessons, critical thinking and problem-solving, and real world application. As a Beachland shark, students ride the WAVE of success being warmhearted, active and attentive, vigilant, and enthusiastic for learning!
Dodgertown Elementary, STEAM Tech Community Partnership School
Dodgertown Elementary School is a STEAM Tech Community Partnership school that provides a safe learning environment where students can work to reach their full potential. We are Treasure Hunters who believe that ALL students are capable of success, no exceptions! Our standards-based curriculum provides engaging student-centered opportunities that allows students to demonstrate mastery of concepts. Our students and staff rise to the high expectations of teaching and learning.
Glendale Elementary, School of Science and Engineering
Glendale exhibits a multi-faceted, student centered learning environment that promotes engagement, standards based instruction through a focus on Science and Engineering.. Students experience opportunities to both explore inside and outside the classroom. Community involvement (Helping the Rest!) is embedded in the heart of Glendale Elementary' s School Mission. We strive to cultivate a safe and welcoming atmosphere where every child counts, and they can reach their full potential. We celebrate the success of students and staff daily making our school a force. We love this place and know you will too!
Osceola Magnet School of Math and Engineering
Osceola Magnet School strives to be a model for the state in the areas of Mathematics and Engineering Exploration with the integration of the Arts and Literacy in an engaging, positive and collaborative school community. Our consistently high FSA scores, and our “A” school rating serve as evidence of our continuous quest for excellence. The concepts of math, science, and technology will be used to design and construct products, systems, and environments, to solve problems that people might encounter daily. Standards-based math and engineering concepts will be integrated throughout the curriculum at all grade levels. Engineering design challenges will be done to integrate, support, and reinforce core curriculum objectives.
Pelican Island, School of Environmental Science
At Pelican Island Elementary, we believe that Earth Day is every day, and we set up our learning environment in a way that expands beyond the pages of a textbook, beyond the four corners of a classroom, and beyond the outskirts of the protected nature preserve and Certified Wildlife Habitat on which our school is set. Our Pelicans learn through an engaging, solution-oriented approach so that by the time our kindergarteners leave 5th grade, they've been exposed to gardening, composting, life cycles, recycling, sustainability, and conservation in a way that not only makes them experts, but true advocates for environmental science, impacting our school, our local community, and our world.
Rosewood Magnet School of STEAM and Core Knowledge
Rosewood Magnet is a collaborative community working together to ensure high academic achievement for all students. Our students learn traditional academics through an interdisciplinary approach using the thematic units from the Core Knowledge Curriculum integrated with a STEAM approach to teach the 21st century skills students will need for success in the future. Core Knowledge brings together history, science, music and art through hands-on learning experiences and culminating activities that cross content areas and have a strong tie to the performing arts. We provide students with “lived learning”. They do more than just study the curriculum, they live it, explore it, act it out, investigate and experiment with the standards they are learning. We pride ourselves on our “Rich Traditions…. and Bright Futures…”.
Treasure Coast Elementary, School of Marine Science
Treasure Coast Elementary is a Marine Science school which emphasizes marine education and its connection to the real world. Our goal is to create a safe learning environment where all students feel welcomed, loved, and accepted. The teachers and staff are committed to providing high-quality instruction and support, to meet the needs of all students. Our motto is "All Grit No Quit," and we show our Grit by Giving it our Best, Respect, Integrity, and Teamwork. Treasure Coast Elementary strives to promote social and academic growth and give each student a lifelong appreciation of learning.
Gifford Middle School
A historical educational landmark, Gifford Middle School is a Title I STEAM school with a focus on Marine and Robotics. Our diverse campus prides itself on academics, arts, athletics, and community engagement. In a collaborative effort, the staff at Gifford Middle School ensures each and every ‘dolphin’ is actively engaged in rigorous and relevant learning environments across all curriculums. What can’t we hide? Our ‘DOLPHIN PRIDE’
Storm Grove Middle School
Storm Grove Middle school is a STEAM school, focused on the Environment and the Arts. While STEAM is Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math we wanted to focus on the whole student, so we created a play on words with STEAM including Social Skills, Teamwork, Environment, Accountable and Mindful. We are taking a project-based approach where students will work collaboratively on a project based on the environment. Students will incorporate whichever art they find their strength, whether band, orchestra, drama, chorus, speech, marketing or traditional art students will be able to express themselves in their work. We are preparing students for high school but beyond that to be able to work collaboratively, to be mindful, environmental, global citizens.
Vero Beach High School
At Vero Beach High School, where inspirational education lives, we provide students with an experiential education that excites, engages, and enriches through unique, hands-on, real-world learning. Critical thinking, collaboration, communication, creativity, innovation and citizenship are skills we cultivate. VBHS has a kaleidoscope of opportunities and pathways for your student to choose from, turning dreams into college and career opportunities for our students.