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1. T-STEM 101 November 27, 2007
2. Did You Know . . .
3. The 25% of the population in China with the highest IQ’s . . .
4. Is greater than the total population of North America.
5. In India, it’s the top 28%.
6. Translation for teachers: They have more honors kids than we have kids.
7. Did you know . . .
8. China will soon become the number one English speaking country in the world.
9. If you took every single job in the U.S. today and shipped it to China . . .
10. China would still have a labor surplus.
11. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that today’s learner will have 10-14 jobs . . .
12. By the age of 38.
13. According to the U.S. Department of Labor . . .
14. 1 out of 4 workers today is working for a company they have been employed by for less than one year.
15. More than 1 out of 2 are working for a company they have worked for for less than five years.
16. According to former Secretary of Education Richard Riley . . .
17. The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 didn’t exist in 2004.
18. We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist . . .
19. Using technologies that haven’t been invented . . .
20. In order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.
21. Did you know . . .
22. The U.S. is 20th in the world in broadband Internet penetration. (Luxembourg just passed us.)
23. In 2002 alone Nintendo invested more than $140 million in research and development.
24. The U.S. Federal Government spent less than half as much on Research and Innovation in Education.
25. There are over 100 million registered users of MySpace. (August 2006)
26. The average MySpace page is visited 30 times a day.
27. Did you know . . .
28. We are living in exponential times.
29. There are over 2.7 billion searches performed on Google each month.
30. To whom were these questions addressed B.G.? (Before Google)
31. The number of text messages sent and received every day exceeds the population of the planet.
32. There are about 540,000 words in the English language . . .
33. About 5 times as many as during Shakespeare’s time.
34. More than 3,000 new books are published . . .
35. Daily.
36. It’s estimated that a week’s worth of New York Times . . .
37. Contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century.
38. It’s estimated that 1.5 exabytes (that’s 1.5 x 1018) of unique new information will be generated worldwide this year.
39. That’s estimated to be more than in the previous 5,000 years.
40. The amount of new technical information is doubling every 2 years.
41. That means for a student starting a four-year technical or college degree . . .
42. Half of what they learn in their first year of study will be outdated by their third year of study.
43. It’s predicted to double every 72 hours by 2010.
44. Third generation fiber optics has recently been separately tested by NEC and Alcatel . . .
45. That pushes 10 trillion bits per second down one strand of fiber.
46. That’s 1,900 CDs or 150 million simultaneous phone calls every second.
47. It’s currently tripling about every 6 months and is expected to do so for at least the next 20 years.
48. The fiber is already there, they’re just improving the switches on the ends. Which means the marginal cost of these improvements is effectively $0.
49. Predictions are that e-paper will be cheaper than real paper.
50. 47 million laptops were shipped worldwide last year.
51. The $100 laptop project is expecting to ship between 50 and 100 million laptops a year to children in underdeveloped countries.
52. Predictions are that by 2013 a supercomputer will be built that exceeds the computation capability of the Human Brain . . .
53. By 2023, a $1,000 computer will exceed the capabilities of the Human Brain . . .
54. First grader Abby will be just 23 years old and beginning her (first) career . . .
55. And while technical predictions farther out than about 15 years are hard to do . . .
56. Predictions are that by 2049 a $1,000 computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the human race.
57. What does it all mean?
58. At your table… Think about your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews…etc…..
Answer these questions…
What will it take for them to graduate from high school?
What goals do you have for them in their futures?
Is high school enough to reach those goals? Why or why not?
59. Texas High School Project A Partnership to Increase Graduation Rates and College Readiness Where did T-STEM
come from?
60. What is the Texas High School Project? The Texas High School Project (THSP) is a $261M public-private initiative:
$148M TEA—$118M in state and $30M in federal funding
$57M Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other private funding managed by THSP staff at Communities Foundation of Texas
$55M Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
$1M National Instruments
61. Why was THSP created? Building on previous reforms
TAKS testing expansion
Required college-preparatory Recommended High School Program
State funding provided for ninth-grade initiative and high school initiative
Personal graduation plans required for at-risk secondary students
Result: 84 percent of Texas students graduated from high school within 4 years
62. …however, disparities persist
63. Exit level disparities are particularly troubling
64. College readiness is low for all groups Percent of Students Meeting THECB Standard for Higher Education Readiness
65. Negative consequences are significant 56 % of jobs today require some college
80 % of the fastest-growing jobs over the next decade will require some college.
The 50 best-paying occupations, only 2 don’t require a college degree.
A male with a college degree will make almost $1 million more over his lifetime than a high school dropout.
A woman with only a high school diploma earns a salary just above the poverty
line for a family of three.
66. What is the vision of the THSP? All Texas students will graduate high school ready for college and career success and prepared to be contributing members of the community.
To succeed in work and life in the 21st century, students need the opportunity to achieve the highest level of education they can:
Four-year college
Community college
Military
Job training
67. What are the goals of the THSP? Key goals:
Increase high school graduation rates
Promote a college-going culture and increase college readiness
Build statewide capacity for supporting high school redesign and reform
Create systemic changes that ensure long-term sustainable high school improvement
68. Who does the Texas High School Project serve?
Focus:
Border communities and urban areas – Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, Rio Grande Valley, San Antonio
High schools serving high percentages of economically disadvantaged students
69. What are the guiding principles of THSP programs? The Three R’s
Rigor – challenging curriculum and high expectations for all students
Relevance – meaningful course of study with real-life applications; clear pathways to college and work
Relationships – powerful, sustained involvement with caring adults who mentor, advise, and support students
throughout their high school careers
70. What is the T-STEM Initiative? Texas Science Technology
Engineering and Math Initiative Goals
Develop leading innovation economy workforce by aligning high school, postsecondary education, and economic development
Establish 35 T-STEM Academies, each year producing 3,500 Texas high school graduates
Create 6-9 T-STEM Centers to support the transformation of teaching methods, teacher preparation, and instruction in the STEM fields
Establish a statewide best practices network for STEM education to promote broad
dissemination and adoption of
promising practices
71. Why T-STEM? High school students continue to pass the Math and Science sections of the high school graduation test (TAKS) at lower rates than the ELA or Social Studies sections.
72. Why T-STEM?
Texas has lower percentages of students taking Advanced Placement exams in Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics than the nation and lower percentages of students scoring a 3 or higher.
The number of Hispanic and African American students in Texas who score a 3 or higher on the Chemistry and Physics AP exams is fewer than 500.
Two of the most common reasons campuses were Academically Unacceptable under the state accountability system were failure to meet the TAKS math standards and failure to meet the TAKS science standards.
Math performance was one of the top reasons that campuses failed to meet federal AYP standards.
73. What is STEM Education? Teaching and learning strategies that challenge students to innovate and invent
Model real world contexts for learning and work
Integration of math, science, and technology with other subject areas
The design process driving student engagement
74. T-STEM Academies and Centers
75. T-STEM Academies Design Mix of charter schools, traditional public schools, and schools created in partnership with an institute of higher education (IHE).
Stand alone campuses or small learning communities
Approximately 100 students per grade
Grades 6 – 12 (or 9 – 12 and actively work with feeder middle schools)
Serve a population with a majority representation of high-need students
Open enrollment and non-selective
76. T-STEM Academies Goals Produce Texas graduates in areas of high need across the state with the preparation to pursue postsecondary study and careers in STEM-related fields by:
Providing a rigorous, well rounded education
Establishing a personalized, college- and work-ready culture
Providing teacher and leadership development
77. T-STEM Centers Design Located at universities, regional ESCs, LEAs, and other non-profit organizations
Create regional partnerships among businesses, higher education entities, school districts, and other organizations to support the T-STEM initiative
78. 78 T-STEM Center Goals Identify and develop innovative instructional materials that integrate math and science concepts with the practical, problem-solving elements
Deliver professional development to teachers in STEM fields based on national best practices
Train administrators and principals in effective leadership strategies for supporting innovative math and science instruction
Provide technical assistance, training, and coaching to the T-STEM Academies and other schools
Support regional partnerships between businesses and school districts around STEM
79. How does this fit into our region?
80. International Relationships The City of McAllen & M.E.D.C. maintains a strong international relationship with Mexico. We work closely with Mexican officials in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, to attract new investment, develop infrastructure, enhance workforce education and training, and promote the construction of worker housing.
81. International Clients
82. Population Density
83. National Worker Deficit
84. National Worker Deficit Shortages of labor constitutes the foremost challenge confronting U.S. manufacturers
In 2005 90% of manufacturers surveyed by the National Association of Mfg. reported moderate to severe shortages of production workers and 65% indicated a moderate to severe shortage of scientists and engineers; 54% say this is causing moderate to high negative impact on customer service.
NAM estimates U.S. mfg. will face a deficit of 10 million workers by 2020.
According to a recent article in Forbes magazine it was stated that currently there is a person turning 60 yrs of age every 7 seconds in the U.S. and in 3 years 40% of the existing work force will reach retirement age.
85. Future National Worker Deficit
86. Future Texas Workforce
88. McAllen, Texas is designated as an Attainment Area as shown on the from the Texas Environmental Profile
89. Maquiladora Employment
90. Maquiladora Employment
91. Maquiladora Employment
92. Trans Texas Corridor
93. Current Distribution Channels
94. Emerging Distribution Channels
95. Meeting the National and Local Needs…
96. Be sure to add photos, slides, and links if useful.Be sure to add photos, slides, and links if useful.
97. Academy Design Blueprint The design blueprint is a written document specifying the design of the T-STEM Academy, including its design, development and implementation.
It will detail the decisions which have emerged from the analyses and discussions in the early phases of designing the academy and is therefore a culmination of the planning work undertaken by the design team.
98. Four Phases of Development
Phase One: Innovation and Invention
Phase Two: Implementation
Phase Three: Refining
Phase Four: Reinvention
99. Design Blueprint Definition Benchmark:
(1) An intermediate target to measure progress in a given period using a certain indicator. (Little, 2002).
(2) A reference point or standard against which to compare performance or achievements (Little, 2002).
(3) Benchmarking is a process used in management and particularly strategic management, in which organizations evaluate various aspects of their processes in relation to best practice, usually within their own sector. This then allows organizations to develop plans on how to adopt such best practice, usually with the aim of increasing some aspect of performance. (Wikipedia, 2006)
100. T-STEM Academies Benchmarks BENCHMARK 1: Leadership is Mission Driven
BENCHMARK 2: School Culture and Design
BENCHMARK 3: Student Outreach/Recruitment, Selection and Retention
BENCHMARK 4: Teacher-Leader Selection, Development and Retention
BENCHMARK 5: Curriculum
BENCHMARK 6: Instruction
BENCHMARK 7: Strategic Alliances
BENCHMARK 7: Budget Finance
101. Design Blueprint Definitions Program Requirement: (1) In engineering, a requirement is a singular documented need of what a particular product or service should be or do. (2)In the classical engineering approach, sets of requirements are used as inputs into the design stages of product development. (Wikipedia, 2006)
102. Design Blueprint Example BENCHMARK 1: Leadership is Mission Driven
Program Requirement 1.1: Every academy will create design blueprint for a STEM-focused learning environment with explicitly high expectations for all students with a focus on a relationship-based, rigorous, relevant, and standards-driven curriculum
103. Schema of Support Innovation Coaches
Duties include at monthly visits to the T-STEM Academy
Regular weekly contact with Academy leader via email and/or phone
Submittals of site visit reports using the needs assessment tool to T-STEM staff
Collection of academy progress indicators against the school goals.
The T-STEM coaches network resources to further the success of the T-STEM schools.
T-STEM Academy Training
Kilgo Data-Driven Decision-making
Target conferences
Centers Support
Developing new science, technology, engineering, and math instructional materials
Providing teachers with professional development opportunities, including specially-trained coaches that support educators working to achieve T-STEM goals
Create partnerships between businesses, institutions of higher education, and school districts to support TSTEM.
Evaluate the practices used at T-STEM academies and will identify and document the most successful techniques.
T-STEM Innovation Network
Face-to-face convenings and Online convenings
Knowledge Network: Resources, Lesson Plan Builder, etc.
Knowledge Management: Project Management
Knowledge Capture: Work Product Storage, Digital Portfolio, etc.
104. What are the kinds of questions that each team needs to ask themselves as they enter the design phase? Physical location of Center?
Fiscal agent of grant award?
Major Goals, in priority order?
Timelines, staffing patterns, and
collaborating partners?
105. Many Challenges Build trust relationships with partners, collaborators, clients, and stakeholders
Move past historical work of our institutions, yet build on combined strengths to do difficult work
Move past institutional inertia, deal with politics of making changes in the way we work
Deal with required areas of work that are not necessarily our greatest strengths
Develop an appropriate enterprise model
106. Who ought to be part of the design phase so that this work is insured? At the informational level, a broad range of stakeholders…..
At the design level for the actual start-up work, a smaller team….including
practitioners and leaders
108. We are talking about ways for you to stay informed of workforce trends, demands and skill sets. We want to engage industry beyond asking them to pay for lunches and banners.We are talking about ways for you to stay informed of workforce trends, demands and skill sets. We want to engage industry beyond asking them to pay for lunches and banners.
109. How do you make it come alive?
111. What do you have to look forward to? Engaged Students
Higher Success Ratings
Higher Graduation Rates
Higher Completion Rates
Increase in students graduation with college credits
Long lasting partnerships to develop new programs
