As the MS/US Director of STEAM Innovation at The Agnes Irwin School, in Bryn Mawr, PA, I am responsible for leading the Middle & Upper Schools’ programmatic and instructional design toward a dynamic, creative, student-centered model, aligned with the School’s strategic vision and the teaching and learning pillar of the Center for the Advancement for Girls.
Faculty Engagement
- Serve as a catalyst, coach and collaborator in order to make middle and upper school teachers’ innovative ideas become a reality in the classroom
- Serve as a member of the Teaching and Learning Committee and collaborate with teachers on implementing that committee’s recommendations in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math classrooms
- Coach teachers on planning and delivering innovative projects, as well as project management, tool selection, and assessment
- Develop and deliver professional learning opportunities for faculty and individual learning opportunities for students
Program Development
- Develop and manage the STEAM Studio, including selecting and managing supplies, creating opportunities for student engagement, and managing the room schedule • Collaborate with Middle and Upper School teachers to imagine and deliver innovative curricular units in STEAM fields
- Partner with Middle and Upper School teachers on the successful integration of robotics and coding efforts in the classroom
Distributed Leadership for Innovation
- Collaborate with the other members of the Innovation Team to ensure cross divisional and pedagogical cohesion with regard to program, assessment, and tool selection
- Collaborate with other members of the Innovation Team to create and sustain institutional partnerships to provide real world learning opportunities for students in all three divisions
Margaret A. Powers 