Administrator involvement to sustain school-wide maker programs¶

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Description¶

The report finds that making in schools often begins at the grassroots level with educators organizing clubs or in-class activities, but that efforts unsupported by school administration "often stall or end due to burn-out or employee transition". To grow activities into sustainable programs across entire schools and districts, administrators must get involved and ensure structures cultivating an institution-wide maker culture, create professional learning opportunities for educators new to making, and celebrate making with all school stakeholders to grow community buy-in.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Administrators who get involved and ensure structures are in place to cultivate an institution-wide maker culture

Constraints¶

• Grassroots educator efforts not supported by school administration often stall or end due to burn-out or employee transition

Target Learners¶

• K-12 students in schools with emerging maker programs

Target Learning Goals¶

• Sustainable, school-wide maker learning programs

Related Strategies¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Fulfilling the Maker Promise: Year Two. (2018). Digital Promise and Maker Education Initiative. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/f800e8da-813a-4de3-a10d-fd50b74646d0