L&N+STEM+Academy+Culture+and+Habits


 * //L&N STEM Academy culture conveys the expectation that all community members accept responsibility for community outcomes.//
 * //This means that we expect one another to honor our commitments: "To be where we are supposed to be, doing what we are supposed to be doing."//
 * //This means that we expect one another to "seize knowledge": To be active, engaged learners.//
 * //This means that we expect one another to do what we can to contribute to the learning of others.//
 * //This means that we expect one another to consider how our actions will reflect on the school community.// || [[image:KnoxCountyStem Habits.jpg width="148" height="177"]] ||

The Advisory Curriculum lessons on the L&N STEM Academy Habits intentionally promote the school culture:
 * Introduction to the Habits //Lesson plan and PowerPoint presentation introducing and practicing the habits and school motto. (Developed by Stephanie Ogden with the 2011-12 Advisory Committee. First used 8/16/2011)//
 * Engage with the Habits //Jigsaw activity to help students to engage with the habits and get to know one another as an advisory.// //(Developed by Rebekah Ellis and Stephanie Ogden for the 2011-12 Advisory Committee. First used 8/17/2011)//

Lessons organized by Habit:
 * Collaboration || * Contributing to the development of community expectations (Introduce STEM Student Code of Professional Conduct and distribution of ePub of Student Handbook (first used 9/13/2011), Refine STEM Student Code of Professional Conduct first used 9/22/2011 and 10/4/2011).
 * Advisory service projects (First used Spring, 2012). ||  ||
 * Critical Thinking || Making connections between powerful ideas:
 * Intellectual Property (first used 8/30/2011) and Constitution Day (first used 9/15/2011)
 * Distribution of e-Pub of Student Handbook (first used 9/13/2011) and Creation of STEM Student Code of Professional Conduct (first used 9/20-22/2011). ||  ||
 * Design || Modeling criterion-based decision making, and engaging students in community decisions:
 * Mascot selection (9/22/2011), Mascot Selection Process (10/11/2012), Mascot Finalists (10/20/2012)
 * Dance etiquette (first used 10/20/2011)
 * Designed to Serve (first used January, 2012) ||  ||
 * Innovation || * Advisory service projects lead to Gryphons Serve and Science Street at Reading Fair ||  ||
 * Inquiry || * World's Fair Park Scavenger Hunt (First used 8/23/2011 and 8/25/2011).
 * College exploration (First used 9/1/2011 and 9/6/2011)
 * Internet research on professional codes (First used 9/8/2011)
 * Congressional Medal of Honor project (First used 10/18/2011 to 11/10/2011), culminating in Veterans' Day parade. ||  ||
 * Professionalism || * Introduction to professionalism (First used 9/8/2011).
 * Contribute to the development of STEM Student code of professional conduct and develop understanding of career standards of professionalism (First used 9/13/2011).
 * Professionalism reflection (First used 10/6/2011 and 10/11/2011).
 * Congressional Medal of Honor: Rubrics pertaining to inquiry and professional presentations ||  ||