PAST teams assist teachers to partner with implementation of innovative programs from beginning to end. Embedding a PAST anthropologist in a program means real-time knowledge capture and the ability to make programmatic adjustments to assure success.
Implementation of STEM Design and Development
PAST Anthropologists share a distinctive system of development that starts at the fundamentals of defining the optimum school culture and habits and builds on that foundation. From introducing the principles of design through planning, implementing, sharing, and sustaining programs, PAST STEM Design and Development is carefully scaffolded.
Getting a Program Going
- School Culture & Habits
- Aspiration to Innovation: The Design Principles
Planning
- Capstone Topics and Programs
- Brainstorming Project Ideas
- Creating Many Solutions
- Networked Projects
- Project Partners
Implementing Programs and Projects
- Transdisciplinary Learning
- Connecting All Content Areas
- Aligning Benchmarks with Projects
- Backmapping Programs and Projects
- Evaluation Rubrics
Sharing Projects
- Promoting Projects
- The Life of a Project
Scaling and Sustaining Projects
- Post Program Brainstorm
- Scaling Larger or Smaller
- Scaling Up or Down Grade Levels
