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State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
Updates from the State Board of Education
Dr. David SevierDr. Scott Eddins
2014 ETSU STEM Conference
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
SBE- Rule and Policy Promulgation
TNDOE Rule, Policy and Statute
Implementation
GovernorGeneral Assembly
Local School Districts Operation of Public Schools
Local Boards of Education
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
Nine Congressional Districts Plus One High School Member
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
Duties and Powers• Authorized under T.C.A.§49-1-301• Teacher Program Standards and Approval• Teacher Licensure Actions• Evaluation Models• Curriculum Standards• Charter School Appeals and Authorization• School Funding Oversight
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
On the Horizon…• Teacher licensing standards• Teacher program approval standards• Science Standards• Office of Charter Schools
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
In Our Lap…(What We Are Monitoring)
• Teacher Evaluation• CCSS• Instructional Leadership• Teacher Leadership• Virtual Learning
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
Science Standards Steering Committee Meetings
• http://tn.gov/sbe/2013_Dec_18_Science_Steering_Committee.shtml
• http://tn.gov/sbe/2014_Feb_28_Science_Steering_Committee.shtml
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
Tennessee Science Standards Value Statement
• Tennessee possesses a citizenry known to be intelligent, knowledgeable, hard working, and creative. Tennessee’s schools offer science programs that introduce a broad range of important subjects along with opportunities to explore topics ranging from nuclear energy science to breakthrough medical discoveries. The challenge of developing and sustaining a population of scientifically informed citizens requires that educational systems be guided by science curriculum standards that are academically rigorous, relevant to today’s world, and attendant to what makes Tennessee a unique place to live and learn.
• To achieve this end, school systems employ curriculum standards to craft meaningful local curricula that are innovative and provide myriad learning opportunities that extend beyond mastery of basic scientific principles. Tennessee science standards include the necessary qualities and conditions to support learning environments in which students can develop knowledge and skills needed for post-secondary and career pursuits, and be well-positioned to become curious, lifelong learners.
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
1. Develop an in-depth understanding of the major science disciplines through a series of coherent K-12 learning experiences that afford frequent interactions with the natural and man-made worlds;
2. Make pertinent connections among scientific concepts, associated mathematical principles, and skillful applications of reading, writing, listening, and speaking;
3. Recognize that certain broad concepts/big ideas foster a comprehensive and scientifically-based picture of the world and are important across all fields of science;
4. Explore scientific phenomena and build science knowledge and skills using their own linguistic and cultural experiences and/or with appropriate assistance or accommodation;
5. Identify and ask appropriate questions that can be answered through scientific investigations; 6. Design and conduct investigations independently or collaboratively to generate evidence needed to answer a variety of questions;7. Use appropriate equipment and tools and apply safe laboratory habits and procedures;8. Think critically and logically to analyze and interpret data, draw conclusions and develop explanations that are based on evidence and free
from bias;9. Communicate and defend results through multiple modes of representation (e. g., gestural, oral, mathematical, pictorial, graphic, and
textual models).10. Integrate science, mathematics, technology, and engineering design to solve problems and guide everyday decisions; 11. Consider trade-offs among possible solutions when making decisions about issues for which there are competing alternatives;12. Locate, evaluate, and apply reliable sources of scientific and technological information;13. Recognize that the principal activity of scientists is to explain the natural world and develop associated theories and laws;14. Recognize that current scientific understanding is tentative and subject to change as experimental evidence accumulates, and/or old
evidence is reexamined;15. Demonstrate an understanding of science principles and the ability to conduct investigations through student-directed experiments,
authentic performances, lab reports, portfolios, laboratory demonstrations, real world projects, interviews, and high-stakes tests. Information from the NSTA Position Statements was adapted to compile this document.
Declarations Tennessee’s K-12 science standards are intended to guide the development and delivery of educational experiences that prepare all students for the challenges of the 21st century and enable them to:
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
Lets Talk About STEM
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
Fastest Growing Occupations
2000-2010 Growth 2008-20180
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Non-STEM STEM
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
The ResponseFrom Local Higher Education Institutions
Information SecurityHealthcare Information TechnologyInformaticsData ScienceAnalytics... And partnerships with industry that lead to increasing numbers of internships and new hires
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
A New Vocabulary
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
Three Strategies to transform Education in your community
1. Organically Grow Talent
2. Recruit Talent from Specific Markets with the Talent YOU Need
3. Retrain Talent
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
Careers of the Future
1. Analytics Visualization Predictive
2. Community Engineering/Hacking
3. Data Scientist
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
Data scientist• So you want to be a data scientist?– Data Aggregator– DBA– Statistics/Mathematician– Artist• Big Data discussion shifts to Visualization
– Coder–Model Builder/Crusher
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
Owning STEM
Our Comfort Level with the SciencesBiology, Physics and Chemistry
Engineering and Mathematics
Computer Science, Data Science, Informatics, Analytics, Visualization
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
Softer IssuesProblem SolvingCommunicating SolutionsWorking in TeamsMotivationWork EthicPersistence, Determination, Curiosity,
Creativity
State Board of EducationDr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director
The Tennessee State Board of Education
Recognizes and Honors
Dr. Jack Rhotonfor a Lifetime of Outstanding Leadership
in STEM Education in Tennessee
_____________________________________ Dr. Gary L Nixon
Executive DirectorTennessee State Board of Education
