Looking for a jumpstart with STEM integrated instruction? Think about involving parents and the community in classroom activities. Surveying parent talents and skills is a great place to start. You can actually find a place for all parents regardless of past work experience. Be creative! Enlisting parents as STEM helpers includes community workers naturally. So – how to enlist these helpers? A note explaining STEM and the need for parent involvement in STEM instruction will help. List some talents that could help students and STEM learning in the classroom. Some might be:
- Engineer
- Lawn maintenance
- Doctor
- Nurse
- Hospital worker
- Homemaker
- Mechanic
- Artist
- Teacher
- Writer
- Researcher
- Office worker, etc.
Parents may feel that their abilities won’t help in the classroom but a brief description of how they can serve is a real motivator to get all involved. Don’t forget Career Day in November! This might just be the perfect day to STEM recruit!!
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