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Oct 7, 2026
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How can we deepen student engagement and perseverance through rigorous STEAM challenges grounded in survival scenarios?
How do we build teacher capacity to integrate STEAM, literacy, and career readiness into cohesive, problem-based lessons?
How can we strengthen students’ critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration as they apply learning to real-world problems?
[This workshop] gives me ideas on ways to differentiate and support my students who struggle in reading within the mathematics academia. [The content specialist] gave tips on using whiteboard.fi for short diagnostic assessments--which I can use with word problems for both reading/responding. She gave other assessment/activity examples like using puzzles and four squares--which--I again can apply to the reading/responding portion of mathematics and students with dysgraphia, as well. In addition, these ideas can also be applied to activities in reading/writing, too.
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Winslow School District
As a result of this work
As a result of this work, educators will design survival-based STEAM lessons that engage students in rigorous, real-world problem-solving while developing creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and perseverance. Teachers will leave with strategies for integrating inquiry, literacy, and career readiness into lessons centered on challenges such as weather emergencies, clean water access, shelter, and navigation.
Workshop Description
This workshop engages teachers in designing STEAM-based lessons around survival scenarios, integrating science, technology, engineering, arts, and math with real-world challenges. Participants explore survival themes such as weather emergencies, accessing clean water, building shelter, making fire, and navigation, while also connecting literacy and career readiness skills. The session emphasizes inquiry, collaboration, and problem-based learning, showing how survival contexts can foster creativity, critical thinking, and perseverance. By incorporating authentic experiences, teachers learn to make content both rigorous and meaningful for students.
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Educators will confidently design survival-themed STEAM challenges that connect multiple standards, integrate literacy, and engage students in open-ended problem-solving tied to real-world careers. They will guide students to analyze environmental, social, and economic impacts, make informed decisions, and persevere through complex challenges. This work supports district priorities by strengthening interdisciplinary instruction, student engagement, critical thinking, and career readiness.
Our approach goes beyond one-size-fits-all professional development. We hold ourselves to rigorous standards of quality and delivery in every client interaction, ensuring that each experience is meaningful, relevant, and impactful. We don’t just deliver workshops—we build long-term partnerships with schools and districts, working alongside educators to improve instructional practices and student outcomes over time.
We actively listen to educators’ unique contexts and experiences, using that insight to collaboratively design tailored solutions rather than pre-packaged sessions. Our team asks thoughtful questions, challenges assumptions, and continuously learns so we can help redefine what’s possible in teaching and learning.
Above all, we communicate authentically, foster positive and productive relationships, and bring a deep passion and commitment to education. The result is professional learning that feels purposeful, personalized, and truly transformative.
Our workshops are designed for educators and school leaders, including teachers, instructional coaches, school administrators, and district teams. Each session is tailored to the specific audience to ensure content is relevant, practical, and immediately applicable.
Our workshops are interactive, engaging, and grounded in real classroom practice. Each experience is intentionally designed using the principles of andragogy, sound instructional design, and the core constructs of effective professional development to ensure relevance, coherence, and impact. Participants engage in discussion, reflection, planning, and application activities — not just passive listening. Educators leave with concrete strategies and next steps they can implement right away.
We offer flexible formats, including half-day, full-day, and multi-session series. We can also design ongoing professional learning experiences to support sustained implementation over time.
We offer flexible delivery options to meet the needs of schools and districts, including in-person sessions, live virtual workshops, and asynchronous learning through our applied learning platform. Regardless of format, all experiences are designed to be interactive, engaging, and collaborative, with structures that promote meaningful participation and application of learning.
We believe professional learning is most effective when it’s sustained. In addition to workshops, we offer instructional coaching, implementation planning, and follow-up sessions to help teams translate learning into practice and drive meaningful results.
Inspired Instruction’s workshops are facilitated by a nationwide team of expert Instructional Strategists.  Our facilitators bring diverse experience as classroom educators, instructional coaches, principals, directors, and superintendents, spanning all content areas. We thoughtfully match your specific needs with a facilitator whose expertise aligns to ensure the learning experience is relevant, practical, and impactful for your staff.
We offer a range of pricing options designed to meet the needs of different schools and districts. Our Client Directors work closely with you to understand your goals, scope, and budget, and will partner with you to design a high-quality professional learning experience that fits within your financial framework.
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