our plan and our journey
It starts with collaboration and leadership. The Clay County District Schools are led by Superintendent Addison Davis. Superintendent Davis believes that we are doing a disservice to our students if we do not provide them with
opportunities to experience coding and robotics, not only in after school clubs, but during the school day. He believes that all students need to be developing critical 21 st century skills, not just in middle and high school, but that this kind of learning needs to begin in the kindergarten classrooms, and continue all throughout the elementary school journey. In collaboration with the Northeast Florida Regional STEM2 Hub and Lego Education, a system changing plan was developed to bring access to all students by empowering his leaders. Davis felt that this work was so important that he convened a training for all of his cabinet and his 42 school principals to attend a full day of STEM training. The administrators spent an entire day off campus, building LEGO robots and learning to code! At the end of the day, Davis challenged his leadership to assure that EVERY school participated in the 2018 Hour of Code ™. He further challenged these leaders to go for 100% student participation. “ Devise a plan and make it happen ”, he said. He further raised the bar by asking each administrator to participate and code with their students, and then share their action plan and pictures. The administrators went back to their schools, formed a team, and devised plans and then implemented those plans. In the pages to follow, we will share stories of how schools implemented an Hour of Code ™ in many settings with various master schedules in place. 2
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