2019 Summer Institute (Baton Rouge): Information and Registration
2019 Summer Institute/ Math 2020 Pilot (Shreveport): Information and Registration
Overview
The open-source curricula for the LSU STEM Pathway courses first took shape at Lee Magnet High School in Baton Rouge (Lee MHS) in collaboration with LSU faculty. In addition to taking courses in the four “core” subject areas—English language arts, math, science, and social studies—all students at Lee MHS take LSU STEM pathways courses in one of the following four Lee Academies: (1) Pre-Engineering, (2) Digital Media & Arts, (3) Computational Thinking & Computer Science, and (4) Biomedical Sciences.
The statewide rollout of the LSU STEM Certification Pathways is a joint effort of the Louisiana Department of Education, Lee MHS, and faculty from Louisiana State University’s Gordon A. Cain Center for STEM Literacy, College of Engineering, College of Science, School of Art, School of Music, and the LSU Center for Computation & Technology.
The LSU STEM Certification Pathways Program
- provides high school students with the opportunity to enroll in a specialized progression of project-based courses (i.e., pathways) to attain industry-promulgated and valued credentials, university issued certificates of course completion, or dual enrollment credit in order to graduate with either a career-tech diploma or to enhance their university-prep diploma,
- requires teachers who instruct the pathway courses to further their academic credentials by participating in intensive graduate-level LSU Pathway Training courses. If taken for credit, this program leads to a customized "Professional Graduate Certificate" issued by the LSU Colleges of Science or Engineering.
- provides school districts with additional state funding to support the Pathway courses and required teacher training. The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) approved the LSU Pre-Engineering Pathway in June 2017; the Digital Design & Emergent Media Certification Pathway is currently under consideration. Under provisions of the approved state education funding formula, a school district offering a BESE approved LSU Pathway course receives $480 per student per course in additional CTE base weight and Career Development Funds.
For more information, see PathwayDescriptionMay2018.pdf
Pathways Overview
In pilot stage since 2017-18.
To be piloted 2018-19.
To be piloted 2019-20.
To be piloted 2020-21.
Pre-Engineering
Core Courses
- Intro to Engineering Design (DE)
- Intro to Computational Thinking
- Intro Robotics
- Engineering Design and Development
LSU Electives
Other LSU Electives
- Statistical Reasoning
Other Approved Electives
- AP Calculus
- AP Statistics
- AP Computer Science Principles
- AP Computer Science A
- AP Biology
- Biology II
- Biology DE
- AP Chemistry
- Chemistry II
- Chemistry DE
- AP Physics
- AP Environmental Science
- Coastal Studies
Digital Design and Emergent Media
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More information about DDEM summer content
Core Courses
- Digital Storytelling
- Intro to Computational Thinking
- Programming for Digital Media (DE)
- Coding for the Web
- Interactive Digital Media Capstone
LSU Electives
Other LSU Electives
- Programming for Engineers
- Statistical Reasoning
Other Approved Electives
- AP Calculus
- AP Statistics
- AP Computer Science Principles
- AP Computer Science A
- Video Game Design
- Photography I
- Photography II
- AP Art 3D
- Basic/Advanced Film
- Film and TV
- Basic Sound
Computational Thinking and Computer Science
Biomedical Sciences
2019 Summer Training Institute
5/28 - 6/13 and 6/17 - 7/03
We are seeking motivated and engaged high school teachers1 who are interested in facilitating LSU STEM Certification Pathway courses in Pre-Engineering, Digital Design & Emergent Media, Computing, or Biomedical Sciences in the 2019-20 school year. Participants do not need to have any background knowledge or prior training in Engineering, Digital Design, Computer Science, or Biomedical Sciences.
For a school to be able to offer courses within the LSU Certification Pathway framework, teachers must become certified to teach a specific course at the LSU Pathways Summer Training Institute at Lee Magnet High School in Baton Rouge. Some courses require teachers to participate in a 3-week training institute (yellow and blue cells below, 12 days); some courses require a 6-week training institute (green cells below; 24 days). The three week training institutes are from 5/28 - 6/13 and from 6/17 to 7/03; the six week institute is from 5/28 to 7/03.
The registration fee for a three-week institute is $1,920 per teacher, for a six-week institute it is $3,840 per teacher. Should a participant want to receive graduate credit for the summer institute (most courses are eligible for graduate credit), the teacher must enroll in the LSU Graduate School and additional LSU fees apply ($434 for 3 hours of credit and $1086.20 for 6 hours of credit2; please contact Dr. Frank Neubrander at fneubr1@lsu.edu if you are interested). If a teacher needs a dorm room on the LSU campus, the additional charges will be about $700 for a three week institute and $1,400 for a six-week institute. Stipends for teachers will be determined and paid for by the school districts.
During the 2019-20 school year, participants also need to attend eight Saturday sessions (8am-noon) that are designed to assist with course implementation issues (participants who cannot travel to LSU will be able to participate virtually). There will be no charge for the Saturday sessions; stipends for teachers will be determined and paid for by the school districts.
Students taking LSU STEM Pathway courses with a trained teacher will be eligible to earn LSU STEM Pathway Certificates and the school district will receive $476 per student per course from the Louisiana Department of Education’s Career and Technical Education JumpStart funds. A school does not have to commit to implement all of the Pathway courses; as long as any one Pathway course is taught by a trained teacher, the school district will receive $476 in JumpStart funding for each participating student receiving a LSU Certification of Course Completion.
For a high school teacher to be able to participate, his/her high school must sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LSU in which the school commits to 3
- providing a dedicated computer lab or one-to-one technology usage with internet connectivity for students participating in the LSU STEM Certification Pathway program,
- piloting each course that the participating teacher is being trained for during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years, and
- paying LSU a $96 administrative fee for each student for which LSU issues a STEM Pathway Certificate of Course Completion and for which the school system receives $476 in JumpStart funding.
To apply, please register fill out this form asap (seats are limited) and latest by April 15th, 2019. You will then receive an email confirming your registration and will be asked to send a resume and a cover letter with your name, email, cell phone, the course(s) you will be taking, request for accommodations, and whether or not you are interested in taking the courses for graduate credit.4 Also, you will be asked to return a brief letter of commitment from your school expressing its willingness to negotiate a MoU with LSU that specifies the terms under which the school can offer these Pathway courses and receive $476 in JumpStart funding per student per Pathway course.
If you have questions about the Pathway program in general, please send them to Dr. Frank Neubrander at neubrand@math.lsu.edu. He will answer within 24 hours.
For more information about the DDEM summer content click here
Contact
- info@lsupathways.org
- 225-772-7252
- 222 Prescott Hall, Gordon A. Cain Center for STEM Literacy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA