Facilitating STEAM Professional Learning

Learn how to plan and facilitate STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) professional learning (PL) for educators of young children ages birth to eight.

Module Objectives

  1. Describe key characteristics of effective STEAM PL for early childhood educators.
  2. Identify strategies and Count Play Explore (CPE) resources for facilitating STEAM PL.
  3. Reflect on examples of early STEAM PL.
  4. Plan to apply strategies and CPE resources for facilitating a coherent sequence of STEAM PL sessions.

Module At-A-Glance

This module offers multiple ways to learn about planning and facilitating STEAM professional learning, including specific strategies used in the CPE Facilitator Resources.

Section 1: Intro to STEAM Professional Learning

Understand adult learning principles and CPE’s approach to STEAM PL.

Section 2: Plan STEAM Professional Learning

Discover strategies and CPE resources for planning STEAM PL.

Section 3: Facilitate STEAM Professional Learning

Explore how to apply strategies and CPE resources for facilitating STEAM PL.

Section 4: Support Ongoing STEAM Professional Learning

Reflect on ways to sustain educators’ learning and gather their feedback on STEAM PL.

Resources

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My Journal: Facilitating STEAM Professional Learning

Download the My Journal before you begin this module. Anytime you see this icon, record your thoughts in the My Journal or other planning tools.

Download the Facilitating STEAM Professional Learning Bibliography.

Facilitating STEAM Professional Learning
1 Intro to STEAM Professional Learning
2 Plan STEAM Professional Learning
3 Facilitate STEAM Professional Learning
4 Support Ongoing STEAM Professional Learning
Facilitating STEAM Professional Learning