Services · How overSTEMed works with schools

What overSTEMed offers, and how the work unfolds.

Seven service areas, low-commitment ways to begin, a partnership process designed for long-term ownership, and an approach built around what your school can realistically sustain.

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Services · Seven offerings

Seven ways overSTEMed treats STEM as core, not an add-on.

From curriculum and training to competitions and after-school programs, these are the core areas where overSTEMed can support your school.

01 · ProgramsCurriculum

Curriculum design

overSTEMed designs STEM curricula where science, technology, engineering, and math move together as one connected subject, anchored by making, iteration, and real-world problems.

02 · IntegrationCross-curricular

STEM beyond STEM class

STEM is more than Science and Math. overSTEMed brings STEM thinking into every subject. Design thinking in humanities, prototyping in art, data literacy in social studies. A way of thinking, not a subject stuck in one room.

03 · PeoplePD

Educator training

overSTEMed equips teachers with practical training, facilitation strategies, and confidence to lead project-based STEM learning.

04 · StrategyAI

Responsible AI integration

overSTEMed helps schools move past AI policy and into AI practice, building age-appropriate use, clear methods, and strong educator oversight directly into the curriculum.

05 · SpacesMakerspace

Makerspace design

overSTEMed creates makerspace environments tailored to your goals, staffing, budget, and long-term sustainability.

06 · TeamsCompetition

Competition team preparation

overSTEMed helps schools prepare student teams for international competitions through coaching, technical guidance, and structured practice.

07 · ProgramsAfter-school

After-school program design

overSTEMed designs after-school STEM and maker programs that extend the core curriculum, not replace it. Clubs, projects, and exploration that deepen what students are already learning in class.

Start small · Before any partnership

Not ready for a full program? Start with one day.

Budgets are tight and priorities compete. That doesn't have to close the door. These are the ways schools work with overSTEMed before committing to anything bigger.

01

Workshops & PD days

A single day of hands-on training for teachers: AI literacy, maker skills, or project-based STEM. Staff leave with techniques they can use the next morning.

02

Roundtables & staff talks

overSTEMed joins an existing staff meeting or teacher roundtable to work through a live question: an AI policy, a makerspace that sits unused, a unit that isn't landing. A conversation, not a pitch.

03

A pilot unit

Co-designed with one teacher, taught with one class, over a few weeks. Small enough to schedule, and your own students provide the evidence to judge it by.

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Approach · Vision & method

A practical partner: from vision through implementation.

01

Listen to your school context

overSTEMed starts with your students, staff, goals, budget, and operational realities before proposing a solution.

02

Design what fits

overSTEMed shapes curriculum, training, AI strategy, and space design around what your school can realistically sustain.

03

Build internal capacity

overSTEMed leaves your team with the knowledge, systems, and confidence to keep growing the work over time.

Fun isn't the opposite of learning. Students learn most deeply when they're making and creating, when there's something in front of them to see, build, and play with. That's not a soft idea. That's how the knowledge actually sticks.

Michael Tzanis  ·  Founder, overSTEMed
Michael Tzanis teaching students
Partnership · Process

How schools typically work with overSTEMed over time.

A partnership with overSTEMed isn't a service list. It's the way those services come together around your school's goals, staff, and learning environment.

Step 01

Start with a discovery conversation

overSTEMed begins by understanding your students, staff, curriculum priorities, facilities, and long-term ambitions.

Step 02

Define the right support mix

Together with school leadership, overSTEMed identifies which combination of curriculum design, faculty training, AI literacy, space planning, competitions, and after-school programs fits the school best.

Step 03

Build and tailor the program

overSTEMed shapes the learning model, resources, and implementation plan around your school's age groups, schedule, and educational aims.

Step 04

Train and support your team

overSTEMed trains educators teacher-to-teacher, building the facilitation strategies, classroom techniques, and confidence needed to lead the work independently.

Step 05

Launch with the right tools and spaces

Schools gain access to online content, practical resources, and consultation on makerspaces or STEM labs where needed.

Step 06

Extend into competitions & after-school

When the school is ready, overSTEMed extends the work into after-school programs that deepen the core curriculum and into international competition prep.