NESC Statewide STEAM Event Series
for Students in Grades 3-12

* You're Hired! *
Student groups from across
North Dakota are invited to participate!
You're Hired! is an experience that allows students to use STEAM along with 21st Century Skills to solve real, present-day problems. Students work as a team (company) to find a unique solution and then present their proposals to a boardroom. Through strong research and planning, innovative design, and persuasive presentation, a team will hear the words, "You're Hired!"

You're Hired! can be an introduction to project or problem-based learning. There is no right answer to the problem presented within each of the You're Hired! modules. These problems are designed to engage students in the 4 C's (communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking) and STEAM. With this event, the process is more important than the product, although the students delight in showcasing the product!
Participating students will engage in the following You're Hired! activities:
  • Company Role and Responsibility Development
  • CTE & Career Exploration
  • 4 C's Study and Application
  • Company Name, Logo, & Slogan Development
  • Solution Research, Planning, Designing, Prototyping, Testing, and Evaluation
  • Presentation Planning and Delivery
  • Application and Execution Reflection

As a culminating activity, student teams will present their solutions to a "board room" of community members who will provide feedback regarding team solutions, presentation skills, and 4 C's applications. This will be a virtual board room experience for those student groups participating LIVE on Zoom with the NESC (arranged by the NESC). Schools who will be participating on-demand will need to arrange their own in-person or virtual "board room(s)" for team presentations. The NESC will provide guidance to on-demand learning sites for this.

You're Hired! Facilitators:
Grades 3-5: Cortney Shuley - NESC Student Services Specialist
Grades 6-12: Derryn Johnson - NESC Professional Learning Specialist

Contact a Facilitator: 1-888-701-NESC (6372)
PARTICIPATION
OPTIONS:

Register your student group for a You're Hired! module and choose from the synchronous (live/Zoom) or asynchronous (on-demand) learning format! This is a great curriculum enhancement option!

Registration Information:
Registration open to all North Dakota schools and students, grades 3-12.

Grades 3-5 Registration Link:

Grades 6-12 Registration Link:

Registration deadline: Oct. 8th

*One administrator per school is asked to register each participating group of students.

Cost: FREE!

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GRADES 3-5
MODULE:
NUTRITION IN SCHOOLS
Recent regulations have changed the look in lunchrooms over the past few years. Students have voiced their opinions to lunch room staff about food amounts and choices… but can they follow the guidelines and come up with something better?
Option #1 - "Nutrition in Schools"
  • Live on Zoom
  • Friday, November 5
  • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM CT (a 30-minute lunch will be built into the agenda)
  • NESC leads the way while your local teacher provides on-site support!
Option #2 - "Nutrition in Schools"
  • On-demand
  • Module recordings and activities (approximately 4.5 hours total) available November 12 - December 10.
  • Your local teacher leads the way with student guidance and instruction/activity pacing while following along with the pre-recorded modules!
GRADES 6-12
MODULE:
BETTER FUTURES
The students’ task is to design a new invention to make the world a better place.
Option #1 - "Better Futures"
  • Live on Zoom
  • Wednesday, October 20
  • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM CT (a 30-minute lunch will be built into the agenda)
  • NESC leads the way while your local teacher provides on-site support!
Option #2 - "Better Futures"
  • On-demand
  • Module recordings and activities (approximately 4.5 hours total) available October 27 - December 10.
  • Your local teacher leads the way with student guidance and instruction/activity pacing while following along with the pre-recorded modules!


GRADES 6-12
MODULE:
NUTRITION IN SCHOOLS
Recent regulations have changed the look in lunchrooms over the past few years. Students have voiced their opinions to lunch room staff about food amounts and choices… but can they follow the guidelines and come up with something better?
Option #3 - "Nutrition in Schools"
  • Live on Zoom
  • Friday, November 19
  • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM CT (a 30-minute lunch will be built into the agenda)
  • NESC leads the way while your local teacher provides on-site support!
Option #4 - "Nutrition in Schools"
  • On-demand
  • Module recordings and activities (approximately 4.5 hours total) available November 24 - December 10.
  • Your local teacher leads the way with student guidance and instruction/activity pacing while following along with the pre-recorded modules!
This event series is supported by the NESC and the Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund.
NESC
1-888-701-NESC (6372)