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STEM Partnerships

STEM Partnerships. School District of Pickens County Barbara Nesbitt, PhD Instructional Technology Coordinator. PK-Career Partnerships. School District of Pickens County Clemson University Tri-County Technical College Pickens County Business Community. Math Tech Four.

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STEM Partnerships

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  1. STEM Partnerships School District of Pickens County Barbara Nesbitt, PhD Instructional Technology Coordinator

  2. PK-Career Partnerships • School District of Pickens County • Clemson University • Tri-County Technical College • Pickens County Business Community

  3. Math Tech Four • Tri-County Needs Assessment • Revision of Math Tech Four • No longer Probability and Statistics • Focused on Algebraic concepts needed by freshman attending technical schools

  4. STEM ICT-3D • STEM ICT 3D [information communications technologies] • Students as Teachers • Summer Camps • After School Virtual Camp

  5. STEM Institutes • Clemson University and Tri-County and SDPC • HEHD and STEM Education • Four Summer Institutes • SDPC – Follow-up

  6. ITEEA Partnership

  7. First Robotics • High School - Team 2751 • First LEGO League for Middle Schools • Elementary School

  8. SDPC First Robotics Team Wins Regional Championship • Team 2751 • Sponsored by Tri-County Tech

  9. First Lego League for MS • Slideshow

  10. GE Grant – First Lego League • The GE Volunteers Foundation • $4777 grant • East End Elementary School • Expanded to three other schools

  11. FIRST LEGO League • Robotics Camp

  12. Career Fair • 1250 middle school students • Rock Springs Baptist Church • Presentations by more than 30 guest speakers. • Careers represented included construction, energy, education, modeling, cosmetology, medicine, law enforcement, and banking.

  13. Job Shadowing • Middle School Students Job Shadow Mentors

  14. Pickens Business Partnerships • Ron Webber • Danny Fahey • Ray Farley • Work with business community for job creation efforts • Support entrepreneurs in our schools • Attract businesses to the area • Help us understand what businesses need

  15. Video • The T and E of STEM

  16. The STEM Center of Excellence at The Citadel Science Technology Engineering Math Carolyn Kelley, Director 1-843-953-7121 ckelley1@citadel.edu

  17. Overview Institutional Support The Center’s Mission Our Partners and Who We Serve Current Initiatives Teacher Preparation Teacher Professional Development Student Opportunities Community Outreach The Lowcountry STEM Collaborative Our Vision

  18. Institutional Support The Citadel Blueprint: The Strategic Plan for Educating Principled Leaders Objective 2.2: Create Academic Programs of Excellence and Distinction Within Each School. The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Center of Excellence as a new collaborative entity among the Schools of Education, Engineering, and Science and Mathematics. http://www.citadel.edu/blueprint/initiatives/strategic-initiative-two.html 18

  19. The Center’s Mission The STEM Center of Excellence at The Citadel is working to prepare students for the 21st century workforce. The Center works to address the critical needs of the region and state and is committed to: Impacting STEM literacy in South Carolina through: Developing and expanding STEM programs for all students. Preparing effective educators of the STEM disciplines. Employing community outreach programs to encourage and stimulate the interest of all students in the STEM disciplines. 19

  20. Citadel Cadets: our cadets engage in internships, outreach programs in K-12 schools, STEM competitions, and teacher professional development Activities. K-12 Schools: Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester Two and Four County School Districts. Higher Education: HBCUs, Trident Technical, USC, Clemson, MUSC, Charleston Southern, and others. Industry: Boeing, Google, Life Cycle Engineering, NOAA/SCDNR, Practical Aeronautics, Inc., SAIC, SPAWAR, SC Sea Grant, and others. Non-Profits: The Education Foundation, TIES, Change the Equation, and others. Government: Congressman Clyburn’s Office, SC Commission on Higher Education, SC Department of Education, and others. Our Partners and Who We Serve We partner with P-20 educators and administrators, STEM industry professionals, non-profits, and governmental agencies. 20

  21. Scope of Work

  22. Teacher Preparation • Accelerated Master of Arts in Teaching in Mathematics or Biology • Boeing funded • Currently recruiting recent college graduates and career changers • First cohort to begin Fall 2011 • Preparing Future Innovators • A Master’s of Science Degree in STEM Education for Practicing Educators • Currently under development • First cohort to begin Fall 2012 22

  23. Teacher Professional Development • Infusing Math and Science across the K-12 Curriculum • Boeing funded • Professional Development Course • Inquiry and Project Based Learning in the STEM Fields • Professional Development Course • Project-Based STEM Education • Boeing funded • Professional Development Institute • Developing Highly Qualified Science and Mathematics Teachers • Professional Development Institute 23

  24. Teacher Professional Development • Innovative Technologies for Educators: A Technology Professional Development Series for K-20 Educators • Digital Storytelling • App Development • Scratch • Pencil • Website Design and e-Portfolios • Modeling and Simulation • Open Source Technologies • The 2011-2012 STEM Innovation Challenges Institute • Developing ‘STEM Innovation Challenges’ for K-12 students • Exposure to area research and content experts • Challenges designed for the South Carolina STEM Innovation Expo

  25. Student Opportunities/Community Outreach Bringing students together with industry STEM experts • Engineering Week (eWeek) • Trebuchet competition: “Storm The Citadel”, sponsored by Google • High school, college, corporate competition • Bridge building competition • Lego Robotics baseball and golf competitions • Demonstrations and presentations of innovations from Electrical and Computer Engineering students 25

  26. Student Opportunities • Enhancing Citadel undergraduate civil engineering opportunities for socioeconomically disadvantaged, minorities and females students in South Carolina • NSF funded • 2011 Summer Camps • Camp Invention • Digital Technology Camps: • Scratch • Alice • Digital Story Telling • Digital Moviemaking • Mindstorms Lego Robotics • And others 26

  27. Student Opportunities The South Carolina STEM Innovation Expo (April 2012 at The Citadel) Competitions include: • The Terra Ignota Project: An air-, land-, sea- and space-based challenge involving systems engineering, modeling and simulations, and terraforming. • The“STEM Goes Viral” Video Challenge: Students screen and compete with short videos they’ve developed that demonstrate inspirational aspects of STEM. • VariousSTEM “Innovation Challenges”: Students present viable solutions they’ve developed to identified STEM-issues. 27

  28. Lowcountry STEM Collaborative Mission statement (what good for whom?) The Lowcountry STEM Collaborative is a community-wide initiative aimed at strengthening the quality of K-20 STEM education, increasing the number of students pursuing STEM degrees to support the local and national pipeline, and elevating the perception and visibility of STEM.

  29. National STEM Network

  30. Collective Success = Lowcountry STEM Collaborative

  31. Five work groups Currently working to identify priorities

  32. Our Vision The STEM Center of Excellence at the Citadel will foster: Highly qualified teachers equipped with cutting edge STEM knowledge and 21st century skills who will: Be confident in advancing student learning in STEM. Inspire and prepare students to pursue STEM-related careers. Be better able to prepare our students to be successful in the global economy. Community engagement in achieving STEM literacy for our state. Working in concert with other STEM stakeholders, our unified efforts will enable student and teacher learning across the state. We will become a model for the nation. 32

  33. The STEM Disciplines: Uniting Education and Industry August 1, 2011 University Center of Greenville

  34. VISION Business and education aligned to ensure world-class schools in our thriving community. MISSION A community-based nonprofit dedicated to building career academies by connecting business and education – working every day to improve our region’s schools, learning opportunities and workforce.

  35. About us: • Established in 1995 • 501(c)(3) initiative of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce • Regional Board of Directors • Business Leaders • Educators • School Superintendents • Volunteers: 304 Business and Education leaders • www.edfound.net

  36. Key Partners • Trident Regional School Districts • Dorchester County District 2 • Dorchester County District 4 • Dorchester County Career & Technical Center • Berkeley County Schools • Charleston County School District • Trident Area Colleges • Trident Technical College • College of Charleston • Charleston Southern University • The Citadel • The Education Foundation Board of Directors, an initiative of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce • P-20 Council • Master Plan Task Force • Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce • The STEM Center of Excellence at The Citadel • STEM related Businesses • CRDA (Charleston Regional Development Alliance)

  37. Why Partner? • “In today’s challenging economic climate, industry and academia can no longer afford to work independently of each other.” • Area Development Online “Higher Education and Business: An Alchemy for Growth.” February 18, 2011

  38. Programs and Initiatives: Link to Strategic Goals

  39. Next Generation Learning CommunitiesFord Motor Company Fund Organized sequence of elective courses in a career cluster Network of in-depth partnerships Integration of career and academic Small, personalized learning environment • Career academies • Advisory committees • Community leaders • Master plan: • priorities linked to community needs

  40. What is STEM in the Workplace? Our thanks to The Boeing Company for funding this initiative

  41. Staff: • Allen Wutzdorff, Executive Director • awutzdorff@edfound.net • Suzi Raiford, Programs Director and Regional • Career Specialist • sraiford@edfound.net • Angie Rylands, Regional STEM Coordinator • arylands@edfound.net • Jess Wickersham, Executive Assistant • jwickersham@edfound.net • Patricia Ferguson, Coordinator, Trident Regional • Education Center, Personal Pathways to Success • pferguson@scpathways.org

  42. Resources: • The Education Foundation • www.edfound.net • Buck Institute of Education • www.bie.org • Ford Motor Company Next Generation Learning Communities • http://fordnglc.org/

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