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District updates board on SAM Labs elementary STEM rollout and new Studio 204 innovation center
Summary
District staff and White Eagle Elementary leaders reported progress in a multi-year SAM Labs rollout: 94% teacher engagement in cohort schools, plans for a Studio 204 Innovation Center at the Perkett Center, and an expectation that fully implemented classrooms will run at least three SAM Labs science lessons per year.
Indian Prairie School District 204 staff updated the board on the district’s multi-year rollout of SAM Labs elementary STEM programming and introduced Studio 204, a district innovation center intended to support teacher development and student-centered STEM learning.
Laura Nyland, a district instructional leader, said the district is in year three of a planned five-year implementation that aims to bring SAM Labs instruction to all elementary schools in cohorts. Nyland summarized district-level metrics for the 16 schools in cohorts 1 and 2: about 94% of teachers in those schools are “engaged” with SAM Labs (familiar or aware), roughly 68% are actively participating in instructional coaching, and approximately 38% are working independently to implement lessons.
White Eagle Elementary Principal Tara Fowler and teacher Taylor Kettelar described how…
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