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Today I interviewed for a job at Fisher Middle School in Greenville SC. I assume that since I have 3 years of STEM experience under my belt, STEAM could not be that different. Especially since I am a humanities teacher.
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Fisher Staff meet for the first time to discuss the upcoming school year and establish what will happen and what to look forward to in the upcoming school year. I unfortunately was far too pregnant to attend this meeting!
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I gave birth to my little girl at 9:23am. This made traveling to SC for about 2 weeks impossible and put me on maternity leave until September 15th! Obviously I was unable to attend the opening of the school and all of the excitement that came along with that.
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I came back to school and was briefed by my team about our Olympics PBL. We met a few times and began to plan for implementation. I also had a dose of reality that this environment was very different from the school I had moved from. In North Carolina we had 500 students total between two magnet programs. There was only one team per grade level and 90-100 students per grade level. Not having true teams has proven to be difficult in terms of doing multi-disciplinary PBL’s.
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This was the first STEAM Alive meeting I was able to attend. This proved to be overwhelming for me and truthfully a little frustrating. I felt as if I had nothing to contribute and felt very behind in the whole process.
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This was another community meeting about the STEAM Alive piece. I was becoming more comfortable with the school environment and with the classes I taught. This made it easier for me to think about other things like implementing a whole group PBL and how my content would fit into the Olympics project.
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During our mini presentations to the panel that came to visit, I felt as if I did not pull my weight in the whole STEAM Alive piece. While I had talked with the team and with Ben (SS) particularly about how I could aid in the implementation of our unit, I felt like I had nothing set in stone or on paper for that matter.
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On the day of our final presentations I had actually taken some extra time to sit down and plan out what I would do to enhance the teaching of Ancient Greece and the Olympic games. I have been able to produce a PBL that encourages sportsmanship and connects to the animal intelligence unit that we are working in.
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Today I reflect on my overall experience and realize that while I missed those first planning sessions and meetings, I was able to help create a well-rounded PBL that enhances the students overall knowledge and life skillset. Looking ahead to next year I hope to improve our time management so that we all can be on the Olympic unit at the same time. I also hope to “iron out” some minor details about the project to make it work more efficiently. This process has made me appreciate my team more and
