Arizona K-12 Business-Education Partnership Symposium Thursday, January 31, 2013

STEM Mentoring

STEM Mentoring Program partnership with Arizona Community Foundation

(ACF)

OBJECTIVES: Help Arizona students (1) achieve greater STEM content

knowledge/understanding, (2) build critical hands-on technical skills, (3)

graduate college and career ready.

INNOVATIVE K-12 teacher teams with local college/university and

industry/business professional mentors conducting multiple visits

FRAME the curriculum in engaging, relevant, professional experiences of eye-

witness participants in STEM activities and…

FOSTER engineering/applied science

PRESENT math in engineering contexts

INTEGRATE STEM in the curriculum

PROVIDE training and orientation

LAUNCH regional pilots in 2013

STEM Mentoring

CENTRAL ARIZONA Discovery Triangle Schools and Districts

partnering with community college scholars and economic

development zone industries and businesses.

Rio Salado, Phoenix, Paradise Valley Colleges

Discovery Triangle Schools (Blasz School District)

NORTHERN ARIZONA Connections: partnership with FUSD,

NAU and Companies through TGen North

Graduate Research Fellows (GRF) + NAUTeach

NACET incubator companies, Flagstaff 40, Flagstaff

Chamber of Commerce

SOUTHERN ARIZONA Communities in Tucson, Sierra Vista

TUSD and Champions for Change partners

Companies in classrooms/ SALC Group

SALC/TVT/Tucson Chamber

ESTIMATE IN 2013: 36 schools, 57 scholars,

42 teachers and 25 companies

SFAz STEM Pathway at Cochise College

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STUDENTS earn college engineering credits in HS; graduate with up to half the credits needed for an Associates Degree in Engineering & Industry Certification; prepared for high-tech, high-wage jobs.

COLLEGES strengthen ties with local high-tech, high-wage employers

EMPLOYERS play instrumental role in program design; early recruitment opportunities; host student and teacher internships

EXPANSION to rural Arizona Colleges including DOL-funded grant to broaden pathways for the Energy Sector

SFAZ STEM Pathway at Cochise County

SFAz STEM Clubs

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STUDENTS engage in interdisciplinary activities that reinforce and accelerate classroom learning through advanced, hands-on activities that demand critical thinking and use of technology.

TEACHERS as STEM Club Advisors transfer their new-found project-based learning skills to their classrooms.

EMPLOYERS host clubs on facility tours, share career experiences, and mentor students on projects. Funded by JPMorgan Chase.

EXPANDED efforts include a focus on at-risk populations and a new “How To Guide” to start more STEM Clubs in more schools.

Tolleson Elementary

Flagstaff Unified School District

Tolleson Union High

School District

SFAz STEM Clubs

STEM Network Plan

Strategic Concentrations

• Strengthen Teacher Effectiveness

• Meaningful Business Engagement

• Integrate STEM into Schools and Districts

• Predictive Analysis and Measure Outcomes

Arizona STEM Network Plan

Knowledge Management

• Technology platform

• Data analysis and measurement

• Tools for Teachers • Index of Quality Programs to leverage effective

education practices and teaching advances

• Web-based tools for the implementation of Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards

Knowledge Management

• Support teachers in shifting instructional practice • Assist with implementation of Common Core and

Next Generation Science Standards • Develop replicable and scalable models for

incorporating STEM into schools • 57 applicants, representing 11 counties • 14 finalists in Site Visit phase • Each site engaged business and community

partners in design and development of proposal

Helios STEM School Pilot: Program Goals