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The Innovation Collaborative's website represents the organization's goals and values, which include serving as a national forum to foster creativity, innovation, and lifelong learning for STEAM education and professional development. THE INNOVATION COLLABORATIVE SERVES AS A NATIONAL FORUM TO FOSTER CREATIVITY, INNOVATION, AND LIFELONG LEARNING. We identify and disseminate information about the many ways that effective integration of the arts, sciences, humanities, engineering, and the use of technology reinforce teaching and incorporate lifelong learning in both in-school (formal) and out-of-school (informal) settings. Spring Newsletter promo Spring Newsletter Join the Innovation Collaborative Click here to subscribe to the Innovation Collaborative. STEAM Summit Promo Click here to see Keynote presentations from the 2025 STEAM Summit and more. Spring Newsletter promo Spring Newsletter 1/3 READ THE SPRING NEWSLETTER COLLABORATIVE TO OFFER STEAM K-12 LESSONS

Programs Module 1: What is STEAM? View Details Module 2: Ways of Thinking and Doing View Details Module 3: Integrating Standards View Details Module 4: Adapting a Lesson to STEAM View Details Innovation Collaborative - STEAM Certificate View Details

RESEARCH THOUGHT LEADERS Our Research Thought Leaders are nationally known educators and researchers who integrate creative and innovative thinking with learning in the sciences, arts, and cognition. They represent both K-12 (formal) and Out-of-School Time (informal) learning. The Innovation Collaborative’s ongoing conversations with these Thought Leaders provide the deep underpinning of our work. This partnership not only stimulates Collaborative research about learning at the intersections of these disciplines but also informs the Thought Leaders’ work. Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman Founder and Chief Director of the Center for BrainHealth and Dee Wyly Distinguished Professor of BrainHealth, University of Texas, Dallas Dr. Rob Horowitz Executive Director ArtsResearch Associate Director Center for Arts Education Research Teachers College, Columbia University Dr. Bonnie Cramond Professor of Educational Psychology, Gifted and Creative Education, at the University of Georgia, and the former Director of the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development, researches the assessment and development of creativity Dr. Bob Root-Bernstein Professor Emeritus, Department of Physiology, Michigan State University Rochelle Darville Fulbright and NSTA Awardee High School Science Teacher West St. John High School, Edgard, Louisiana Dr. Jean Ryoo Director of Research, Computer Science Equity Project, University of California Los Angeles Center X

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The Collaborative’s Innovation Fellows are top STEAM teachers and administrators from across the U.S. These Fellows help lead the Collaborative’s K-12 STEAM initiative. INNOVATION FELLOWS The Collaborative’s Innovation Fellows are top STEAM teachers and administrators from across the U.S. The first Innovation Fellows were identified in the Collaborative’s initial round of K-12 STEAM effective practices research. Additional Fellows are added periodically, based on their excellence in teaching and administration and their abilities to move the K-12 STEAM field forward. Fellows represent the arts, sciences, and administration. Collaborative Fellows who were identified when they were K-12 teachers remain Fellow advisors when they move to positions in higher education. These Fellows help lead the Collaborative’s K-12 STEAM initiative. FELLOWS LEADERSHIP TEAM AMANDA DANIELS Melissa ISD, Dallas, Texas ASHLEY LUPFER Pierre Van Courtlandt Middle School, Croton-on-Hudson, New York KIMBERLY OLSON Centre School, Hampton, New Hampshire INNOVATION FELLOWS MICHELE BROWNING SteamSteps and SMI Advisors Los Angeles, California ALICIA CONERLY, EdD Marion County School District, Columbia, Mississippi ANNE LUDES Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts JULIE OLSON Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, South Dakota KERRY BUCHMAN Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, California JENNIFER EDELYN Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, Vienna, Virginia JULI MARTIN Northside Elementary, Angleton, Texas KATHLEEN SWEET Starmont Elementary, Arlington, Iowa MELISSA COLLINS John P. Freeman Optional School, Memphis, Tennessee CHARLES HAYES Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Memphis-Shelby County Schools, Tennessee CARLA NEELY Warner Girls Leadership Academy, Cleveland, Ohio KRISTIN TAYLOR California State University, Northridge, California (CSUN)

RESEARCH THOUGHT LEADERS (ARCHIVED) Dr. James S. Catterall is Professor Emeritus and past Chair of the Faculty at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Dr. Catterall is an Affiliate Faculty member at the UCLA Center for Culture, Brain, and Development. Dr. Catterall is also the Principal Investigator at the Centers for Research on Creativity, (CRoC), based in Los Angeles and London, UK. Dr. Catterall is coauthor of Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development, Arts Education Partnership’s (AEP) 2002 landmark compilation, which provides summaries of numerous significant research studies in dance, drama, the multi-arts, music and visual arts as well as comprehensive summaries written by some of the most recognized names in arts research. Dr. James S. Catterall Sandra Bond Chapman, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Director of the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas, Dee Wyly Distinguished University Chair and author of Make Your Brain Smarter, is committed to maximizing cognitive potential across the entire lifespan. As a cognitive neuroscientist with more than 40 funded research grants, Dr. Chapman's scientific study elucidates and applies novel approaches to advance creative and critical thinking, strengthen healthy brain development, and incite innovation throughout life. Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman Bob Root-Bernstein received his A.B. in Biochemistry (Robert Langridge) and his Ph. D. in the History of Science (Thomas Kuhn) from Princeton University and then did post-doctoral work in Theories in Biology (Jonas Salk) at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies where he received a MacArthur Fellowship. He is currently Professor of Physiology at Michigan State University, where he performs research on autoimmune diseases, the evolution of physiological systems, the nature of scientific creativity, and sciences-arts interactions. He is author of Discovering (Harvard, 1989), Rethinking Aids (Free Press, 1993), and with his wife Michele, Honey, Mud, Maggots and Other Medical Marvels (Free Press, 1997) and Sparks of Genius (Free Press, 1999). He is himself an amateur artist and musician. Dr. Robert Root-Bernstein Dr. R. Keith Sawyer Dr. R. Keith Sawyer, a professor of education at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, studies creativity, learning, and collaboration. After receiving his computer science degree from MIT in 1982, he began his career with a two-year stint designing videogames for Atari. His titles included Food Fight, Neon, and Magician. From 1984 to 1990, he was a principal at Kenan Systems Corporation, where he worked as a management consultant on innovation technologies. His clients included Citicorp, AT&T, and U.S. West. Since receiving his Ph.D. in 1994, he has dedicated his career to research on creativity, collaboration, and learning. Dr. Sawyer has published fourteen books and over 80 scientific articles. His research has been featured on CNN, Fox News, TIME, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR and other media. A popular speaker, he lectures to corporations, associations, and universities around the world on creativity and innovation. He has been a jazz pianist for over 30 years, and spent several years playing piano with Chicago improv theater groups.

INNOVATION COLLABORATIVE STEAM EDUCATOR & ADMINISTRATOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT The Innovation Collaborative is now offering its successful research-based STEAM professional development to teachers, administrators, and schools across the US. This is an opportunity to become an active participant in a dynamic community of learners interested in STEAM best practices. The training is available in-person or online. Created jointly with the Collaborative’s national education institutions, this professional development builds on five years of Collaborative research into the most effective practices for bringing STEAM learning to K-12 students of all populations. Choose from the following professional development opportunities: In-person, including virtual support (for groups, with a max of 15 participants) 1 day (STEAM basics). $1500 plus expenses 2 days (STEAM basics plus classroom applications). $2500 plus expenses Online (for individuals or groups, with a max of 15 participants) Level 1 (STEAM basics): 15 hours. $150/person Level 2 (STEAM applications to classroom): 15 hours. $170/person Levels 1 and 2 combined (basics and application to classrooms): 30 hours. Discounted to $300/person Groups of 3 or more receive an additional 10% discount. Conducted with a combination of synchronous and asynchronous learning. Worth knowing: These trainings can be customized to meet the needs of specific schools and districts. Graduates can earn micro-credentials as STEAM educators. For more information or to register, contact Lucinda Presley, Collaborative Executive Director, at lpresley@innovationcollaborative.org .

A community of STEAM educators, researchers and school leaders met for the National Innovation Collaborative’s free virtual Summit on October 17, 2024. CONTENT FROM THE 2024 STEAM SUMMIT Building Learning Through the Intersection of Sciences & the Arts Introduction by Lucinda Presley, Innovation Collaborative Executive Director Keynotes by two visionary leaders focusing on the intersection of arts and sciences and how educators, administrators, and parents can use STEAM education to help their students succeed in both in and out-of-school-time learning ecosystems. Short, fast-paced conversations between a researcher, educator and school administrator centering on the needs and proactive strategies that will put STEAM education at the center of learning for all students. Breakout sessions in which all registrants are encouraged to attend, addressing: STEAM lessons and classroom strategies; Bringing STEAM to out-of-school-time learning programs; The importance of equity and inclusion in STEAM; Funding STEAM collaboration for research and programs; Creativity and STEAM; Integrating the arts into the science classroom. A community of STEAM educators, researchers and school leaders met for the National Innovation Collaborative’s free virtual Summit on October 17, 2024, featuring: Lucinda Presley, Innovation Collaborative Executive Director Thank you for your interest in this pivotal STEM to STEAM conversation about the arts in science, and science in the arts! You can create an account with The Innovation Collaborative's website HERE , which gives you free access to all the organization’s resources. LEARN MORE

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The Innovation Collaborative completed a four-year National Endowment for the Arts-funded national research project. It determined the most effective practices that promote important workforce-related creative and innovative thinking skills at the intersections of the Sciences, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math (STEAM) and mandated content in K-12 teacher/administrator professional development and classroom implementation. K-12 EFFECTIVE PRACTICES THE RESEARCH The Innovation Collaborative completed a four-year National Endowment for the Arts-funded national research project. It determined the most effective practices that promote important workforce-related creative and innovative thinking skills at the intersections of the Sciences, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math (STEAM) and mandated content in K-12 teacher/administrator professional development and classroom implementation. These and subsequent studies are developed through collaborations with university researchers, content leaders, teachers, administrators, and the Innovation Collaborative’s Research Thought Leaders. This research is helping provide a strong research-based foundation for the growing STEAM movement. STEAM TEACHER/ADMINISTRATOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT An important outgrowth of this research is the Collaborative’s STEAM Teacher/Administrator Professional Development. In this training, educators and administrators learn what STEAM is, the important thinking skills it elicits, how to integrate state standards, ways to deepen STEAM experiences, and how to create their own lessons.

THOUGHT LEADERS' RESEARCH Our Research Thought Leaders are a group of selected, nationally-known researchers who integrate innovation thinking in sciences, arts, humanities, cognition, and creativity with education. Regular conversations among group members will inform their own work, as well as that of the Innovation Collaborative, including the Effective Practices project. Their efforts will also stimulate further research about learning at the intersections of these disciplines.