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Community Partner: Center for Educational Outreach
Peer Mentor: Ally Rogers
Site Supervisor: Rebecca Palmisano
What is the Center for Educational Outreach
The Center for Educational Outreach seeks to engage JHU faculty and students to inspire
and prepare K-12 students in STEM education and careers. The Barclay Hopkins STEM
Partnership (BHSP) is a new CEO initiative that seeks to bring together Hopkins students
and faculty, teachers and families from Barclay Elementary/Middle School, and
community organizations throughout the Baltimore region to develop opportunities for
students to learn and develop as STEM leaders.
"A knot formed in my stomach as I heard the footsteps in the hallway getting closer and closer. I
nervously organized the glue sticks and markers on the table in front of me as I waited for the
students to arrive. Loud talking and roaring laughter quickly replaced the distant footsteps, and I
knew they were here. It was the first day of the Barclay Hopkins Summer STEM Program and it
was my first time independently teaching a class of 20 middle schoolers – I was nervous. My
nerves almost immediately disappeared, however, as my students entered the classroom, clearly
excited and eager to learn.
My summer as an intern with the Center for Educational Outreach working, specifically, with the
Barclay Hopkins STEM Partnership has been an unforgettable experience. I was tasked with
creating an “Arts and Making” block for the Hopkins three-week summer STEM program at the
Barclay School, where I taught art activities that incorporated STEM ideas. Initially facing a steep
learning curve, as I am neither an engineer nor an artist, I immediately found comfort and
support in the community I had entered – the staff at the Center for Educational Outreach, the
staff at the Barclay Sch ool, and the students in my classroom.
In the Arts and Making block, as well as the program as a whole, we tried to encourage and
foster each student’s curiosity and creative self-expression. I learned from the program’s staff –
as well as my students – how to model these ideas and apply them not only to my work in the
classroom, but to my life outside of the program as well. It is my hope that my students also
learned new and unique ways to combine their interest in STEM with art and design in order to
express their own unique stories and ideas." -Ally
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Construct and teach lesson plans
for the Arts and Making block of
the Barclay-Hopkins Summer
STEM Program.
Support the Site Supervisor in
day-to-day operations of the
program and assist in other
classrooms when needed.
Organize a final showcase of the
students' work at the end of the
program.
• Create a synthesizing
"Facilitator's Guide" for the Arts
and Making block.
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