Teachers take charge of their own professional development

EduDesign Lab is an opportunity for teachers to come together to define and design their own professional learning. This year's elementary cohort partnered with the Launch program at Maple Elementary in Seattle and focused on social justice teaching. Participating teachers shared some of their reflections in the link below.

Story Time STEM in EdWeek

Increasing diversity in STEM education and STEM fields requires incorporating ways of knowing from a wide range of cultures. Authentic learning partnerships across contexts and across research and practice is critical to that goal.

Since 2015, INSPIRE's Partnerships for Early Learning has been supported by the Boeing Company to bring together science, mathematics and literacy education faculty from UW Bothell and UW Seattle alongside leaders from King County Library System and YMCA Powerful Schools. Together we have designed toolkits to support educators and children to build math and science content knowledge and 21st century practices through exploration and discussion of children's literature. These Story Time STEM toolkits are flexible across P-3 contexts and are designed to be used by classroom teachers, librarians, out-of-school practitioners, and families.

In May 2017, EdWeek featured Story Time STEM in their Curriculum Matters series:

May 2017 Story Time STEM EdWeek Story

Spring 2017 Labs Network gathering

We now know of 14 districts in the region using the Learning Lab/Studio model as a tool for advancing teacher and students learning! That means we have many learning partners. On March 31, The Learning labs Network came together at the University Branch Public Library. Leaders across multiple districts joined forces to pose and puzzle through questions about bettering implementation of the model to serve teacher and student learning needs.