Add STEAM to your annual PD goals to help
you develop attainable aspects and hold
yourself accountable. Use standards (NVAS,
NGSS, 21st Century Learner) to steer
integration pathways. Make STEAM the focus
of your Enrichment committee, Artist-inResidence or After-School programs or PD.
Find a field trip destination that fits. Join
forces with administration, colleagues, PTA to
foster full circle learning, promote
collaboration and home to school connections.
Build a STEAM Team!
Kimberly Olson has been teaching Art Education at an elementary school on the Seacoast
of New Hampshire for 13 years. She has a passion for making cross-curricular connections
through her everyday Visual Art and Art History curriculum. She has developed
specialized curricula specific to this quest, including ArtWrite!, STEAMlab & MuseArt
which she shares with students through school, after school program and museum settings.
As a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, she based her nature lab on the one she
spent so many hours in as a student. She is currently implementing a STEAM-based
curriculum with her students. Visit her at http://www.sau90.org/centre-school/art-education
STEAMed Magazine
10
October 2016 Edition