SummerSTEM: A Hot Spot for Learning and Networking

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As a pre-service teacher, I went into SummerSTEM unsure of what I might gain from the experience. The two-week program immersed more than 100 educators from 50 Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) K-12 schools in local STEM companies to improve project-based...

How fast is “fast?” A Teacher Innovation Grant Story

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It’s a question special education teachers at Hilburn Academy have to answer every year. How do you teach elementary school students with disabilities the concept of “fast?” &nbsp The challenge is that for many students with disabilities, going fast is a secondary...

SummerSTEM Ignites Innovation

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A year ago, I applied to be a participant in a program called SummerSTEM. Little did I know that this decision would help to shape my future as an educator. I entered into this program thinking that I was an innovative teacher, but soon realized that I had much to...

From Zero to Space at the Speed of World Cafe

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Here’s a word problem for you. Mr. Richard Lockamy is the computer programming teacher at Wake STEM Early College High School. Mr. William Burgess is the science teacher. Together they have more than 60 students. They want to create an engaging experience that...

Helping Our Students Grow

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Katherine Sokolowski, an educator at East Garner Middle School, is using her Teacher Innovation Grant to build a school garden with her self-contained middle school class. Over the course of the year, her students are planting butterfly bushes and growing produce like...

World Cafe: In Their Words

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This year’s World Café was one of the most successful we’ve ever had. More than 80 businesses and schools created new partnerships to further the impact of education in Wake County Public School System. Here are just a few stories from the participants in the event....