STEM Innovation Roadmap
Your Roadmap to STEM Transformation
The STEM Innovation Roadmap is more than a guide. It’s a framework for transforming your school into a dynamic, student-centered STEM or STEAM learning community.
Grounded in Ohio’s STEM and STEAM Designation Rubric and the Quality Model for STEM and STEAM Education, the roadmap helps leadership teams assess their current reality, build the systems that support innovation, and create meaningful learning experiences that prepare students for success in school, careers, and life.
Designed for school leaders, educators, and partners, the roadmap provides practical tools, reflection activities, implementation strategies, and action planning resources to help schools move from isolated STEM activities to a sustainable culture of STEM learning.
Whether your school is just beginning its STEM journey or preparing for designation, the roadmap offers a clear and flexible pathway for continuous improvement.
Informal review & feedback opportunity
Schools that fully engage with and complete the STEM Innovation Roadmap may request an informal readiness review from OSLN.
This optional process helps schools:
- Receive actionable feedback on implementation and alignment
- Identify strengths and opportunities for growth
- Move forward with confidence and clarity
- Prioritize next steps in their STEM transformation journey
The informal review process
What you'll submit
To initiate the review process, schools will:Â
- Complete the STEM Innovation Roadmap
- Submit evidence demonstrating roadmap implementation
Required Evidence:
- School Self-Assessment Checklist
- School’s habits of mind/values
- A lesson (or a collection of lessons) integrating two or more disciplines across a grade level
- Problem-based or project-based learning experience spanning a grade level
- Design thinking cycle
- An artifact depicting student voice and choice
- Description of interdisciplinary collaboration practices
- Description of advisory group or curriculum team practices
- Description of business, community, and higher education partnerships
What happens next?
November 2026
Submission form opens.
After Submission
An OSLN representative reviews your materials.
Virtual Review Meeting
Your team meets with OSLN to discuss:
- Feedback
- Strengths
- Opportunities for growth
- Recommended next steps
Please note: The informal review is designed as a support and readiness-building opportunity. It does not replace any component of the formal STEM or STEAM designation process and does not constitute an official designation review.
Schools interested in earning STEM or STEAM designation must still complete all required components of the official designation process, including application submission, artifact review, benchmark requirements, and site visit participation, as applicable.
Ongoing support
Throughout your journey, OSLN serves as a thought partner and resource, supporting schools as they design, implement, and refine their STEM education systems.
Whether your school is just beginning or preparing for designation, the STEM Innovation Roadmap and associated supports are designed to help your team build systems that are coherent, sustainable, and impactful for all students.
STEM Innovation Roadmap
The Roadmap is available to all schools and organizations.Â
To access and download the full document, you will be asked to provide basic school or organizational information. This helps OSLN better understand how the resource is being used and provide targeted support and opportunities for connection across the network.