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Mark Arseneault

Mark Arseneault was born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts to a family of eight children. In 1989 he graduated from U-Mass earning a BS in Chemistry. After graduating, he and his wife and children moved to Baton Rouge, LA. where he taught high school math and science for 25 years

Mark Arseneault was born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts to a family of eight children. In 1989 he graduated from U-Mass earning a BS in Chemistry. After graduating, he and his wife and children moved to Baton Rouge, LA. where he taught high school math and science for 25 years.

He obtained his Master’s in Education from LSU, and his Masters of Natural Science, also from LSU. In 2015 he took a teaching position at LSU, and in 2016 he became a STEM project coordinator for the East Baton Rouge School District. In 2017 he and his wife moved to Lake Charles where they both work for the CPSB school system.

After working as the Grants Coordinator for CPSB, he became the STEM Center Director in 2019. As the STEM Center Director for a six-parish region (Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jeff Davis, and Vernon), he aims to see that our citizens will have lifelong access to high-quality STEM education and Louisiana will be the global leader in STEM literacy, innovation, and employment.

Iron is tough as nails; does your child have what it takes to be a part of the Future engineer’s team?

One day a week for 26 weeks, your child will be immersed into the world of engineering and develop skills and knowledge that could lead to a very successful life as an engineer in the future.

Students will meet after school for 2 hours each week and work in teams to solve problems, design solutions, and creative innovative ideas as they work through the future engineer’s program. In addition to developing engineering and technology skills, students will also sharpen their math and science knowledge and skills as well.

Nikos Kiritsis

Nikos Kiritsis, a mechanical engineering expert with extensive experience, has held various positions at McNeese State University, the University of Texas, and the Ohio State University, including dean and professor and research and teaching leadership.

Nikos Kiritsis, a mechanical engineering expert with extensive experience, has held various positions at McNeese State University, the University of Texas, and the Ohio State University, including dean and professor and research and teaching leadership.

He has held leadership roles in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, serving as President of Region X, Sabine Subsection, and a member of ASEE.

The individual at McNeese State University has received numerous awards for academic accreditation, innovation, enrollment growth, external funding, and the Engineering is Elementary program. They have established IIEC, attracted over $4 million in grant funding, and collaborated with the Calcasieu Parish School Board to promote engineering careers and educational outreach.

The curriculum pack is for teachers who want to promote a challenging classroom environment and actively engage students in inquiry, reasoning and critical thinking. It is designed to apply the students’ prior learning in science, technology, and mathematics together with engineering skills, creativity and intuition to actively create new knowledge.

The ‘POWER ENGINEERS’ curriculum  enables you to partially cover the following Crosscutting Concepts and overall Science and Engineering Practices, which have been set forth in the NGSS:

Science and Engineering Practices:

  •  Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for
    engineering)
  • Developing and using models
  • Planning and carrying out investigations
  • Analysing and interpreting data
  • Using mathematics and computational thinking
  • Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering)
  • Engaging in argument from evidence
  • Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information Crosscutting

Concepts:

  • Patterns
  • Cause and Effect (Mechanism)

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Gillian Craddock

STEM Support Paraprofessional

337-217-4390 ext. 5337

gillian.craddock@cpsb.org

1509 Enterprise Blvd.

Lake Charles, LA 70601

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