STEMthusiasts community of practice – Family Engagement in Learning, a Game Changer

The Ohio STEM Learning Network, Educational Service Center of Central Ohio, and our partners want to make sure that we nurture and feed STEM instructor needs for the continuation of design thinking, even in a remote environment. Join us in a community of practice forum where we look at best practices, share designs for engaged inquiry in a remote setting and augment your ability to promote creative problem solving during the COVID-19 school closures.

Each week, we will bring you the best STEM thought leaders, design ideas, interactive dialogue with other STEM instructors and free tools to support you in making instructional decisions that fit today’s limitations.

If you are an experienced STEM educator, your experiences are exactly what we need!  And if you’re an inquiring learner in STEM, have we got ideas for you!

STEMthusiasts:  A community of practice

 Family Engagement in Learning, a Game Changer

Thursday, June 25, 2020 2:00 – 3:30PM – Registration

Parents have a profound impact on children’s learning, development, interests and aspirations, and educational and career outcomes – especially for STEM/STEAM. Sustained family engagement from early childhood through high school is associated with higher graduation rates and college attainment.  The Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative will share strategies developed to assist STEMthusiasts in encouraging family participation and understanding in STEM.  In this session, STEM might be…

• Sending information about neighborhood STEM resources: Schools may prepare a short list of community resources (e.g., museums, children libraries, learning labs from higher education institutes, relevant websites) for students to take home and share with their parents.
• Talking STEM with families: Schools may use or create opportunities to talk about the important role of family engagement in STEM education and share stories of parents’ support in this regard.
• Encouraging parents to positively influence their children to learn STEM: Schools can encourage parents to foster their child’s interest in STEM and nurture their child’s confidence, using interactive hands-on activities or field experiences.
• Mentoring parents to start math learning early and daily: Schools may consider partnerships with local communities to develop programs to mentor parents on how to tell bedtime math stories and how to work with their children using math in daily life