DEFINING THE FUTURE OF STEAM LEARNING
During 2024–25, the AVS STEAM Committee embarked on a collaborative design process to refine and strengthen our approach to STEAM education. Guided by Leadership + Design facilitators Carla Silver and Tara Curry-Jahn, faculty representatives devoted five full days and one half day to empathy interviews, student shadowing, and iterative feedback. The result is a bold vision that balances rigorous, discipline- specific study with hands-on, project-based inquiry. This framework connects deeply to our new Portrait of a Graduate, which maps five inner roles and five outer descriptors into 25 unique attribute pairings—capturing the adaptable, curious, and ethical learners AVS cultivates.
Next steps include school- wide professional development and community engagement to bring this vision to life in every classroom.
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