Project Initiation Steps

Example of National Rollout overview

Project Brief

  • Project overview from DoD leadership
    • Mission, Goals, Strategies
    • Core Requirements
    • Funding
  • Establish priority list –
    • Which Naval sites are ready to implement?
    • Which schools are ready to implement?
    • What projects are currently in your local schools?

Site Consultation

  • National STEM Education Team coordinates mission & objectives with local DoD Lab
  • determine existing school/university partnerships; confirm minimum STEM Ed project components; develop objectives & time-lines
  • Participants:
    • National STEM Education Team (Experienced S&Es from NSWCDD and project staff from W&M)
    • local DoD Lab POCs

Build Local Team

  • Meet with Local Lab/School/University » Local STEM Team
  • National STEM Education Team collaborates with local team to develop academic components (curriculum match with time-lines; establish school administrative buy-in)
  • Confirm partnership mission, objectives, time-lines, and evaluation process
  • Participants:
    • National STEM Education Team
    • *Local DoD Lab POCs
    • *School POCs
    • *Local University Support

* denotes local team

Professional Development

  • National STEM Education Team provides 2-3 day Professional Development in Schools
  • Coordinate with School Admin., DoD Lab and local STEM Team
  • Provide evaluation support
  • Participants:
    • National STEM Education Team
    • Local STEM Team
    • Teachers
    • S&Es

School Based Planning & Support

  • Teacher/S&E Teams plan individual classroom implementation details
  • National STEM Education Team available for consultation
  • Finalize evaluation process (e.g. on-line data check, etc.)
  • Participants:
    • Teachers
    • S&Es
    • Evaluation Team

School Implementation

  • National STEM Education Team collaborates with local STEM Team during Implementation period
  • Observations of Implementation coordinated with evaluation team (confirm fidelity of program)
  • Participants:
    • Local STEM Team
    • Teachers
    • S&Es
    • Evaluation Team

Post-Implementation Meeting

  • National STEM Education Team meets with local STEM Team
  • Reviews initial implementation & follow-up plans for schools/lab
  • Evaluation follow-up
  • Participants
    • Nat’l STEM Ed Team
    • Local STEM Team

National Evaluation Follow-Up

  • National STEM Education meets with evaluation team to review
    • Entry
    • PD
    • Implementation
    • Evaluation

Year II & III Support

  • National STEM Education Team collaborates with local STEM Team to refine program for Year II & III implementation
  • Face-to-face & distance multimedia support
  • Participants
    • National STEM Education
    • Local STEM Team