STEAM SEEDs

STEAM in the City is a grant-funded program hosted by the Community Engagement and Inclusion office that is designed to support local K–12 public school teachers in developing experiential learning opportunities for their students in STEAM fields (science, technology, engineering, arts/architecture/agriculture, and mathematics). These learning opportunities are geared towards getting students out to explore their neighborhood– identifying tree types in Morningside Park, meeting baby bees in Harlem rooftop apiaries, and a wide range of other experiences that will change how students understand and interact with their local ecosystem. Participating Teacher Fellows receive STEAM education professional development workshops with Barnard faculty and staff, a supply budget for STEAM related project and classroom materials, and staffing support for STEAM projects from Student Educational Experience Designers (SEEDs).

The STEAM Student Educational Experience Designers (SEEDs) help enact these learning experiences. In a week on the job, a SEED may co-facilitate a solar powered car building workshop at the Boys and Girls Club, edit a video demonstrating how to assemble a working wooden crane, lead a class brainstorm in the Barnard Greenhouse, make a music speaker out of magnets and recycled materials at a Teacher Fellow professional development session in the Design Center, or write a curriculum outline for a tree mapping activity in Morningside Park.

From supporting Teacher Fellows in planning age-appropriate project curriculum to co-facilitating workshops in the parks with them and creating engaging STEAM activity kits, the SEED role is a dynamic opportunity to work closely across all stages of a local environment informed experiential learning process, and join a community of passionate student educators.

SEEDs are paid $18.50 / hour.

Click here to read more about the members of the STEAM team and CEI office.