Los Angeles Unified School District abstract (MS Word)



Magnet Schools Assistance Program Project Abstract

FY 2013 Competition

|Applicant |Los Angeles Unified School District |

|PR Award # |U165A130049 |

|School District |Los Angeles Unified School District |

|State |California |

|Project Title/Name |STEAM Network Magnets- STEM education, infused with the Arts, becomes STEAM. |

|Contact |Cheryl Minke |

|Title |Project Director |

| | |

| |Phone 213.241.4285 |

| |Fax 213.241.8482 |

| |Email cminke@ |

|Grant Award Amount |Total: $10,400,000 over 3 years |

| | |

| |Year 1 $3,714,306 |

| |Year 2 $3,386,874 |

| |Year 3 $3,298,820 |

|School and Grades Served |Theme |

|LAUSD/USC Cinematic Arts and Technology Magnet (6-12) |STEAM |

|Orville Wright Engineering and Design Magnet (6-8) |STEAM |

|Washington Irving Advanced Mathematics, Music, and Engineering Magnet (6-8) |STEAM |

|Sun Valley STEAM Magnet Campus (6-12): 3 Academies | STEAM |

|Engineering Arts and Technology for Global Progress (6-8) | |

|Environmental Studies through Arts and Sciences (6-8) | |

|Biomedical Sciences, Engineering, and Leadership (6-12) | |

Project Description:

Project Objectives:

Responding to the call to develop programs that promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), The Los Angeles Unified School District is creating a network of secondary Magnet Schools that will address:

1. Reducing minority group isolation and providing access and equity to rigorous, theme-based curriculum;

2. Preparing teachers to teach 21st Century skills by using strategies that promote collaboration and present content in an interdisciplinary manner; and

3. Reversing the trend of underrepresentation in STEM/STEAM courses.

All STEAM Magnet Schools will commit to increase the percentage of students who reach proficient or advanced as measured by Adequate Yearly Progress. Instructional goals for all STEAM Magnet Schools support differentiated theme-based rigorous instruction designed to provide access to high levels of critical thinking, reasoning and standards-based instruction that parallel gifted standards.

STEAM Magnet Schools will improve instruction in academic subjects for all students by preparing them to become competitive innovators who use both the logic-driven left half of their brain and the creative right. Students in these Magnet schools will become 21st century critical thinking learners who master their cognitive/concrete and creative/abstract talents.

Magnet teachers will receive, on average, 30 hours of systemic reform professional development with their instructional team(s). Subsequently, an additional 30 hours of professional development will be completed at the Magnet school site implementing strategies learned to strengthen the STEAM theme.

Parent participation will be monitored yearly to verify parent involvement in magnet theme based curriculum. Parents are instrumental in encouraging students to achieve academic success as well as to take advantage of access to post-secondary opportunities.

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download