In order to apply for a STEM School Label provided by the European Schoolnet Agency, we want to analyze the items suggested by them. The checklist is preceded by 2 videos our students recorded in order to show up different cases:
Instruction |
Good implementation already |
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We do it in our Assessment meetings (October, December, March, June, September); A report is made by our Counaelor and a follow-up programme is settled for each student. |
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Yes, and we can see the goals in our Syllabus. |
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Yes, as we can infer from the high number of participants in the extracurricular activities. |
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Yes; you can take a look at our Tech projects in our Annual report, page 5 ahead. |
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We do: we carry out a Science Club based on Bioarchitecture and a Robots-Audiovisual lab (STARgal). |
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It's our philosophy. |
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It is essential in the Curriculum of Tech lessons: we mount prototypes and mother board basis, use 3D printing, solder circuits, build models... |
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It is compulsory in Spain and we do it in our ordinary assessment meetings. |
Curriculum implementation |
Good implementation already |
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STEM appears in our Extracurricular planning syllabus, in our Tech syllabus and in our European Development Plan. |
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We do, and we have won several prizes due to this methodology. |
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The school considers a 2-hour period on Tuesdays to work teachers and students altogether. |
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They are: climate change, electric cars, health issues related to dwelling building materials, videogames, literature awards, etc. |
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They are, and we do a competence assessment in June which vouch for it. |
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Completely, as we can infer from the fact that many students which developed their secondary school in A Cachada are now researching in Programming, Aeronautics, Alternative Energies... |
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That is the basis of our methodology, which deserved several awards. Literature, History, Language and Ethic teachers have collaborated in STEM projects. |
Assessment |
Good implementation already |
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We use writen, oral and online tests, PBL assessment criteria... see our students' Counsellor interview (Sabela Rodríguez). |
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We are working in it |
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It is |
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They are, and they assess methodologies and teachers through online tests |
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It is, throughout Google Classroom. |
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We do, and we have won several awards due to this methodology. |
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We do it weekly through a specific tutorial period. Our Counselor meets tutors every week and carries out a personalized program to help each student. |
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They do: there is a specific guide for each case. See our Counsellor's interview or our Special Needs Plan. |
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We use Google Classroom and our official Assessment website (XADE) |
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We do it in our Assessment meetings (October, December, March, June, September); A report is made by our Counsellor Sabela Rodríguez and a follow-up programme is settled for each student. |
Professionalistion of Staff |
Good implementation already |
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Each course we design and develope a training teacher plan, and STEM is a key working line. At the moment, STEM teachers are involved in a specific training program which deals with our Science Club (Bioarchitecture) and in a STEM Erasmus project (this is our blog to inform our colleagues about the development of the program) |
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They are, and some of the teachers have published their works in official training sites (Abalar platform, material related to audiovisual production) |
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We have a Career Adviser Team constituted by a Counsellor, 2 Pedagogical teachers, an specialist in Audio-Language trouble and a medical supporter. We have 1 person as administrative staff. |
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It's not usual in Spain. Alternatively, we have a general training service (CAFI) for our region, and we work along with its stall in order to develope STEM projects like our Erasmus STEM. |
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They do, in coordination with our training organization CAFI |
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They do, in coordination with our training organization CAFI |
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It has (see interview with our Counsellor Sabela Rodríguez). |
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It does, in coordination with our training organization CAFI |
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We do, as we can infer from our engagement in specific STEM activities like our Science Club based on Bioarchitecture, our Robots-Audiovisual lab (STARgal) and our Erasmus KA1 based on a School STEM develpment |
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It is |
School leadership and culture |
Good implementation already |
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It does, as long as our infraestructure allows it. We are involved in a Erasmus KA1 STEM project, and we are trying to bring our school up to date in the STEM methodology. |
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That's one of the main goals of our Career Adviser Project |
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They do, that's why our school takes part in different STEM initiatives: Maker spaces, Erasmus KA1 STEM, Science Club... |
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It is composed by:
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They are, as we can see in the Extracurricular syllabus |
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It does |
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It does; we cooperate in a Erasmus KA1 and we expect to do it it a KA2 |
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It has been up to the moment |
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They are, the transversal STEM team discusses the main topics and then carries out the conclusions to the general teachers meetings |
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It is |
Connections |
Good implementation already |
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We do it in our Science Club (see video) |
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We have used the Physics labs to carry out a research on Radon gas. We visit Santiago University annually. |
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It has through the official learning platform Abalar |
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It is considered in our Career Adviser project |
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We take part in Science Fairs promoted by Tech organization APETEGA and others like the Mbot competition in Vigo University. We plan to carry out our own STEM fair once we start to work in a new Erasmus we have applied for. |
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In the past, we collaborated in a project to measure water quality. Actually, we are involved in a radon measurement research with USC. |
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It is considered in our Career Adviser project and in our Science Club. See video |
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It is considered in our Career Adviser project, in our Science Club and in our Tech subjects Syllabus. E.g.: Maker Space Bricolabs, |
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It is considered in our Career Adviser project, in our Science Club and in our Tech subjects Syllabus. E.g.: Asteleiros Triñanes, Aluminios Cortizo, Pizarras |
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It is considered in our Career Adviser project, in our Science Club and in our Tech subjects Syllabus. E.g.: CAFI, Fundación Barrié, Audiovisual Olloboi, etc. |
School Infraestructure |
Good implementation already |
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We have one specific IT Classroom with 25 PCs and 2 STEM labs with 6 laptops each and 6 tablets. |
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It does |
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We have an official virtual classroom and we also use the national resourcers service (Abalar) and our materials, published in Google Classroom. |
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We used to have 2 Tech labs (maker space) but we are turning it into STEM labs at the moment. We have 3D printers, 2 maker spaces, IT classroom and audiovisual chroma space. See video |
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It does |
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It does |
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It does: we update it thanks to our teachers' training plans |
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It does. See video |
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Of course, there is an official support team |
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It does |