WELCOME TO MY STEM PORTFOLIO
Hello and welcome to my STEM education portfolio. My name is Madeline Chervenak and I am the 8th grade science teacher at Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School. This is my fifth year in Montgomery County Public Schools.
I am currently getting my masters in Teacher Leadership in STEM at the University of Maryland. I fell in love with STEM my first year teaching, the collaboration between students and how students are able to problem solve real world problems made me want to become a STEM teacher. I incorporate STEM into each science lesson so they students learn to take ownership of their own learning. |
STEM Philosophy Statement
STEM is a unique and integrated concept that helps students reach and achieve full science, technology, engineering, and mathematics literacy through seamlessly integrated instruction which is project/problem and standards based. STEM has students use creative problem solving, creative thinking, collaboration and much more to solve a real world problem. Our students need to know how to problem solve in a group and work through an issue using the engineering design process. I think STEM is a needed subject for every elementary and middle school.