1. PLTW GATEWAY PROGRAM At THOMAS JOHNSON MIDDLE SCHOOL

2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Gateway To Technology (GTT) started at TJMS in SY- 2012-2013. 1 – GTT Teacher – 110 students 2014 - GATEWAY (GTT) Expansion – STEM Coordinator - 2 STEM Teachers

3. THOMAS JOHNSON MIDDLE SCHOOL Student Population: Total No. of Students - 1000 Asian - 31 Black/African American : 563 Hispanic/Latino:370 White: 20

4. THOMAS JOHNSON MIDDLE SCHOOL

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13. What I always do in my Gateway Class I make my class fun and exciting – Always prepare short and exciting hands-on motivational activities to start the lesson I design activities that are Challenging – I always prepare the activities as a class challenge, and always announce the winner of the challenge (reward with certificate, medal or jaguar bucks) I make them analyze the STEM principles in their challenge – Students must analyze “what is the STEM component/principles in every design challenge that they do”. I relate the challenges/activities to real-life problems – Design challenges that have connection to students’ life or experiences and to what are the global problems. I allow my students to present their work (slide presentation, video or poster board. (Finally, differentiate instruction/tasks to suit the needs of your students.)

14. SCHEDULING GATEWAY courses is under Creative Arts. This full year course. Students courses are either in A-day or B-day 25 – is the maximum number of students/class Rostering of Students in LMS is done by our Data Coach/Testing Coordinator 6 th Grade – Introduction to STEM (Tech. Integ) 7 th Grade – Design and Modeling 8 th Grade - Automation and Robotics Specialization Courses (FS, ST, EE)

15. Ways to Encourage Students to enroll in the GATEWAY Program  - Meeting with all the counselors of the feeder elementary school  - Invite student to come and visit the school to see/observe the Gateway program.  - Attendance to Academic Fairs and Academic Showcases  - Organizing STEM Activities (STEM Family Night, STEM Career Night, STEM Festival)  - Incoming 6 th grade night at TJMS

16. STEM ACTIVITIES FOR PARENTS STEM Informational Meeting STEM Family Night STEM Career Day

17. STEM ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS Final Frontiers STEM in the Garden Cardboard Design Challenge (Global Day of Play) Car Design Challenge STEM Family Night STEM Festival SeaPerch Challenge STEM Quiz Challenge

18. STEM PARTNERSHIP Provides opportunities for our students to be more interested in STEM - US Naval Academy – ASCE – Washington Space Business Roundtable – Open.Gov TV – DiscoverE – Nifty Fifty – STEM Professionals

19. AFTER SCHOOL STEM ACTIVITIES – First Lego League (FLL) – Civil Engineering – Aerospace Engineering – e-Girls Club – SeaPerch – Green Team – Math Counts On Spring – Computer Science – Video Game Design – Materials Science

20. CHALLENGES 1 ST Year - The lack of materials 2 nd Year – Software Scheduling of Students

21. SUCCESSES Expansion of the Gateway Program Increase the number of qualifiers in the tested high school program/academies Increase achievement of students in statewide and school wide challenges - Samsung Solve for Tomorrow -2013 - MESA, SeaPerch, Final Frontiers - Solar System Competition Outstanding Educator – DiscoverE Educator Award

22. Thank you. Daisy Rayela STEM Coordinator Gateway (GTT) Teacher Thomas Johnson Middle School daisy.rayela@pgcps.org